Creep of the Week: John Gibson
I've got a joke for you: Q: Why did Heath Ledger cross the road? A: He didn't. He died. Also he played a gay guy in a movie once. HA! LOL! ROTFLMAO! Oh, wait... that's [...]
Unity, hope and action are the keys to creating change
Creating Change is coming to Detroit, but it's not just about a conference. It's an attitude. A commitment to action. Creating change - the idea and the event - is about having hope in the [...]
That’s professor faggot to you
by John Corvino Gay Moralist I'm back in the classroom after an eight-month sabbatical. It's good to be teaching again. I love teaching. I'm a philosophy professor at Wayne State University in Detroit. Mostly, I [...]
Parting Glances: Sister’s emails exposed!
NOTE: These e-mails from the rather ample laptop of Sr. Serena Scatterpin, Renegade Sisters of Mary, were suddenly subpoenaed (God only knows why) by the 69th District Court, Farmers Market Jurisdiction, Michigan. As a columnist [...]
Creating Change offers hope for Michigan
by Kate Runyon Viewpoint The 2007 Creating Change Conference is almost here! Hopefully as you read this you have already registered for the conference, made your hotel reservations and are getting as excited as I [...]
‘Fat Girls’ has big heart
Young writer-director scores with underdog story. Even without hefty humor. Been bullied? Then you'll feel Rodney. He's the guy who's always getting ragged on. And the one whose married-to-God mother (Deborah Theaker) is making it [...]
Play explores gays, HIV and AIDS in the black family
ANN ARBOR - Plays about HIV and AIDS are nothing new. Activists and thespians alike have been staging them since the early days of the AIDS crisis. But "Before It Hits Home," which opens Feb. [...]
Heath Ledger: More than that ‘gay cowboy’
By Miles Christian Daniels It's funny how we remember famous people. Tammy Faye Bakker will always be remembered for her eyelashes. Richard Nixon for Watergate. Luciano Pavarotti for his sprawling tenor voice. And, if headlines [...]
Here comes Hilarity Clinton
By Sarah Mieras Kate Clinton calls herself many things: "comedy concierge," "com-activist" and "Hilarity Clinton." And for over 25 years, she's been churning belly laughs from fans. But, folks, that's all she's got. "I have [...]
Confessions of a Wannabe Superstar (With a Huge Penis)
Can't imagine there's a gay guy who sneers at shopping? Really. They exist. Stephen Guarino is living proof. The cast member of Logo's "The Big Gay Sketch Show," which returns for a second season on [...]
Art at Affirmations
Sixteen artists are taking part in an all media show saluting the National Gay/Lesbian Task Force Conference. The show, entitled "Art Salutes NG/LTF!" features the work of artists Alice Allhof, Anthony Beasley, Patrick Burton, Jud [...]
Billy Masters
"He was a real sweetie pie." - Eric Roberts, who plays a minor role in "The Dark Knight," describes co-star Heath Ledger. Do straight men often call their male friends "sweetie pie"? This week's column [...]
Fun-raising’ events will help fund second Kalamazoo Pride
By Shaun Hittle Looking for some sweet ways to show support to the Southwest Michigan LGBT community? The Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center is sponsoring two events designed to raise funds for the second [...]
Ella Fitzgerald-inspired singer to perform at Creole Gallery
Singer-songwriter Rachael Davis will bring her genre-hopping style to the Creole Gallery in Lansing at 7 p.m. Feb. 5. Davis will perform as part of The Grand River Radio music series sponsored by the Creole [...]
Royal Oak concert to feature upgraded 1967 pipe organ
The Royal Oak First United Methodist Church Performing Arts Series will continue with an organ concert performed by Dr. Craig Scott Symons at 4 p.m. Feb. 10. Organ PLUS! includes music for organ and other [...]
McCain campaign ‘Robo-Call’ exploits anti-gay prejudice
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign, responding to an automated "robo-call" released Monday in Florida by the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain said in a press release, "It's ironic that Sen. John McCain is [...]
Euro court: Gays must have equal adoption rights
by Rex Wockner International News The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled Jan. 22 that gay people cannot be excluded from access to the adoption process based on their sexual orientation. [...]
Argentine couple seeks recognition of Spanish marriage
by Rex Wockner International News Argentine gay activists Cesar Cigliutti and Marcelo Suntheim got married in Spain on Jan. 21 and plan to demand that Argentina recognize their marriage. The Argentine capital of Buenos Aires [...]
Swedes support full same-sex marriage
by Rex Wockner International News Seventy-one percent of Swedes favor moving beyond the nation's 14-year-old registered-partnership law and granting gay couples access to full marriage, a new poll has found. The Sifo poll questioned 1,000 [...]
Kuwaiti cross-dressers arrested, abused
by Rex Wockner International News At least 14 cross-dressers have been arrested under a new Kuwaiti law that criminalizes "imitating the appearance of the opposite sex ... in public." They are being held in a [...]
Oxford Street loses ‘mojo,’ becomes ‘buttcrack’
by Rex Wockner International News The gayest street in Sydney, Australia, has "lost its mojo" and become "a buttcrack," The Sydney Morning Herald reported Jan. 18. Oxford Street has become crime-ridden and is dominated by [...]
13-14 percent of Canadian teens acknowledge gay attraction
by Rex Wockner International News Fourteen percent of Canadian teenage girls and 13 percent of teenage boys are attracted to people of the same sex, a survey has found. The Ipsos Reid poll results appeared [...]
Dr. Julie Nemecek to Speak at Perceptions
by Tana Michaels Perceptions Saginaw Valley will be hosting Dr. Julie Nemecek at 7pm on Thursday, February 21, at St. John's Episcopal Church, 123 N. Michigan Avenue, in Saginaw. Everyone is welcome to attend this [...]
Pink Pistols grow to 40 chapters
by Shaun Hittle When Dexter Guptill and his gun-slinging group head into a restaurant, they can't help but be noticed by other patrons. Virginia state gun law prohibits concealed weapons in establishments that serve alcohol, [...]
Transgender odyssey
When Julie Nemecek first told the president of Spring Arbor University that she was transgender and would be assuming her female persona, the president, Nemecek said, was supportive. But in the weeks that followed, the [...]
Art & Around for the period Jan. 31-Feb. 9, 2008
ARCHITECTURE/GARDEN TOURS: Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Special events include: "A Classic Affair," an evening of entertainment and fabulous food (Feb. 2; $50); and an intimate, elegant affair, "Enchanted Evening" (Feb. 9; $42 per person, [...]
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte "About My Life and the Kept Woman," by John Rechy. Grove Press, 320 pages, $24 hardcover. The story about the story - and about the man - behind one of gay fiction's [...]
Wine brings out truth at the Purple Rose
Just like the doctor in David MacGregor's sparkling new play "Vino Veritas," I, too, have always believed that nothing good ever comes from drinking anything colored blue. It's a philosophy that has generally proven true [...]
Never quite saying Kaddish together
By Robert W. Bethune Here we have a play about two sisters who are Jewish, with witty lines, strong characters and worthwhile issues at stake. The play is "Saying Kaddish With My Sister," by Alison [...]
Play explores gays, HIV and AIDS in the black family
ANN ARBOR - Plays about HIV and AIDS are nothing new. Activists and thespians alike have been staging them since the early days of the AIDS crisis. But "Before It Hits Home," which opens Feb. [...]
Now Playing
NEW THIS WEEK: How She Move Raya (Rutina Wesley) is both a brilliant student and a gifted street-dancer. When her sister's drug addiction and death decimate her family's finances, Raya must return home from her [...]
Theater Events for the period Jan. 31-Feb. 9, 2008
PROFESSIONAL THEATER/OPERA: All in the Timing A collection of short stories by David Ives. Detroit Ensemble Theatre, Warren. Fri.-Sun., through Feb. 16. $12. 877-636-3320. http://www.detroitensembletheatre.org And Neither Have I Wings to Fly Two Irish sisters [...]
Changing Creating Change
By Sarah Mieras DETROIT - Heading into its 20th national conference, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is shaking things up. A new name, a new time of year and a new line of [...]
NGLTF executive director announces resignation
By Sarah Mieras WASHINGTON - A week before the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's largest annual event, the Creating Change Conference, Executive Director Matt Foreman has announced that he is leaving his post in [...]
Creating Change 2008 Conference Highlights
February 6-10, The Renaissance Center, Detroit Day-Long Institutes February 6: Start with the Fundamentals: Anti-Racism Institute for New Activists Building Community and Solidarity from the Inside Out: Anti-Racism Institute for Intermediate Activists Finding Our Kin [...]
Change starts at home
By Sarah Mieras DETROIT - In the 25 years Matt Foreman has worked as an activist for LGBT equality he has seen many advancements, changes and even a few setbacks. But one constant has been [...]
So-called ‘Marriage Amendment’ barely meets signature deadline
Tallahassee, FL - After four years of signature gathering, backers of a measure to deny family benefits for unmarried Floridians barely met the requirements to place the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection" constitutional amendment on the [...]
So-called ‘Marriage Amendment’ barely meets signature deadline
Tallahassee, FL - After four years of signature gathering, backers of a measure to deny family benefits for unmarried Floridians barely met the requirements to place the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection" constitutional amendment on the [...]