DETROIT - On Feb. 5, the Detroit City Council passed a two-part resolution opposing discrimination against transgender individuals and welcoming the National Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality, Creating Change to the Renaissance [...]
by Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, DC - AIDS advocates are furious with the budget that President George W. Bush has submitted for the next fiscal year. Overall, the Department of Health and Human Services will be [...]
by Bob Roehr BOSTON, Mass. - Current HIV prevention activities for gay men are like "using AZT monotherapy to treat HIV infection," University of Pittsburgh research Ronald Stall told the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and [...]
DETROIT - The murder of a transgender woman discovered last week has been mishandled by the Detroit Police Department, said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Trangender Equality. "Understand that this kind [...]
By Anthony Paull You're going to Sundance. You're me, and your plane has just landed on an icy runway, but that's fine and dandy because you're ready to skid into Park City Airport and slide [...]
by John Corvino The Gay Moralist No one was surprised when the Phelpses announced plans to protest Heath Ledger's memorial services. Known for their "God Hates Fags" message and their obnoxious funeral pickets - they [...]
{ITAL John, John leprechaun went to [campaign] with nothing on. [Religious right] told him what to wear: [anti-homo] underwear!} Okay, so I took some liberties with that little grade school ditty there. But I can't [...]
1. In the year of the whirling wind, blasting sands, cascading rain; the year of the mongrel beast of war endlessly chasing its flea-bitten tail, a prophet of restless dudes scaled Mt. Rushnomore, seeking counsel [...]
compiled by Howard Israel "I am going to miss watching Mitt preach religious tolerance - for Mormons only - and practice intolerance towards atheists, Muslims, gay people, and immigrants." - Katie Halper, a political humorist, [...]
by Wayne Besen As the nail biter of a presidential race becomes more uncertain, the only thing guaranteed is a good cry on Inauguration Day. Electing our first woman or black president will bring sobs [...]
By Lawrence Ferber k.d. lang's on the phone. And I immediately sense that it's probably been a long day of press and publicity chores - perhaps of fielding the same questions over and over again, [...]
Steven Wooder can't say he'll be there. Which means no zig-a-zig-ahhh-ing for the 43-year-old Mount Clemens man when the Spice Girls drown Detroit in girl power during their reunion tour. Well, unless he puts his [...]
By Peter Galvin Shelby Lynne has fascinated fans with her singular style and attitude since the early '90s. That's when she first burst onto the music scene as the duet partner of none other than [...]
By Anthony Paull You're going to Sundance. You're me, and your plane has just landed on an icy runway, but that's fine and dandy because you're ready to skid into Park City Airport and slide [...]
February 14, 2008 "I've got a new trainer and she's giving me a lot of good things. Really educating me about nutrition and weight loss and how to do it...I'm not on a diet. It's [...]
By Richard Labonte "The Kind of Girl I Am," by Julia Watts. Spinsters Ink, 346 pages, $14.95 paper. Watts brings fresh zest to a timeworn plot about an ambitious girl, born into gritty poverty, who [...]
cut/ Matthew McConaughey in "Fool's Gold." Photo: Warner Bros. cut/ Cedric the Entertainer in "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins." Photo: Universal Pictures NEW THIS WEEK: Fool's Gold After years of searching, ne'er-do-well treasure hunter Finn (Matthew [...]
PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Canton Symphony Society, under award-winning music director and conductor Nan Washburn, will present a "A Beatles Blast!", a special benefit concert, at 8 p.m. Feb. 21 at the historic Penn Theatre [...]
DETROIT - Julian Bond, the national chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, wowed a packed ballroom at the Detroit Renaissance Center Thursday night. Bond spoke to over 1,500 lesbian, bisexual, [...]
Capitol Correspondent DETROIT - When New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson strapped on a bullet proof vest in preparation for his ordination as the Episcopal bishop of the small northeastern state, he did so because [...]
DETROIT - Mandy Carter has been on the front lines, fighting for LBGT and racial equality since the 60s. She lead the battle to unseat anti-gay U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) in the 90s. In [...]
DETROIT - Jon Stryker is a quiet man - but a quiet man of action. And his actions were honored Thursday night at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference when the [...]
by Rex Wockner Anti-gay groups are paying signature-gatherers in hopes of placing an initiative before voters in November to amend the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Previous attempts to collect enough voter signatures to [...]
by Rex Wockner U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey has unbanned the Justice Department's gay group, DOJ Pride, the Washington Post reported Feb. 5. In 2003, the group was barred from holding its annual pride-month celebration [...]
by Rex Wockner Same-sex couples in Oregon finally were able to begin using the state's registered-partnership law Feb. 4. It had been delayed for a month by anti-gay activists who challenged the legal determination that [...]
Captial Correspondent DETROIT- Greg Varnum has announced that he will be leaving the Triangle Foundation, a Detroit-based LBGT rights advocacy and anti-violence project, effective in March. Varnum is the Director of Youth Initiatives and Information [...]
by Rex Wockner Gay weddings decline in UK The number of same-sex civil partnerships taking place in the United Kingdom dropped 55 percent in 2007 over 2006 -- likely reflecting a decline in pent-up demand [...]
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 2008 Creating Change Conference, held in Detroit, was a success. It showcased dozens of organizations and, with a $3.6 million infusion into Detroit's economy and over 2,100 attendees, [...]
ARCHITECTURE/GARDEN TOURS: Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Special events include: "Enchanted Evening" (Feb. 9; $42 per person, reservations required). General admission: $8. Open Tue.-Sun. Grosse Pointe Shores: 313-884-4222. http://www.fordhouse.org ARTS FESTIVALS The Erotic Poetry & [...]
They're back! Those record-shattering menopausal marvels are returning to Detroit's Gem Theatre Feb. 13 for a limited run, and visiting with them during a recent rehearsal break proved why "Menopause The Musical" has been so [...]
By D. A. Blackburn Growing up in suburban Detroit, Sean Allan Krill dreamed of a life on the stage. After moving to Shelby Township at the age of 12 - he was born in Oklahoma, [...]
By Peter Galvin Shelby Lynne has fascinated fans with her singular style and attitude since the early '90s. That's when she first burst onto the music scene as the duet partner of none other than [...]
PROFESSIONAL THEATER/OPERA: A Man of No Importance The Oscar Wilde classic gets a modern-day update by writer/director Mike McGettigan. Fevered Egos Entertainment at Planet Ant Theatre, Hamtramck. Thu.-Sun., Feb. 22-March 15. $15. 313-365-4948. http://www.planetant.com All [...]
By Jessica Carreras To National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman, positive change in the LGBT movement always starts locally. At his State of the Movement Address last Saturday at the Creating [...]
DETROIT - Matt Foreman, head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, who stirred up the audience attending Creating Change conference when he said Friday that HIV is a "gay disease", expanded on his [...]
by Jessica Carreras - SAN FRANCISCO Lawrence King, the victim of a school shooting and supposed hate-crime, was pronounced dead late last night. King was shot in the head in his classroom at E.O. Green [...]
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