That’s What Friends Are For
By Anthony Paull The Dating Diet The most important things I learned in college happened in the hallways, the backseat of my car and under my silky sheets. In these places, I learned sex, I [...]
Creep of the Week: Rep. Sally Kern
Poor Sally Kern (R-Okalahoma). Ever since she said that gays were a bigger threat to this country than terrorism she's been under "tremendous assault" by "homosexual anti-Christian hate groups." Well, according to Concerned Women for [...]
Parting Glances: Sister’s rhythm method
Sixty years ago a British historian started a rumor that Richard the Lionheart was gay, based on a parchment saying the king (who ruled England with anything but a limp wrist from 1189 to 1199) [...]
She He Said this week
compiled by Howard Israel Thanks to everyone at Out magazine for this great honor! If any young kids are reading this - gay or not, those that are different, those that aren't stick-thin, those that [...]
All Politics is Loco: Go West
by Sean Kosofsky It seems like westward expansion is the American way. Explorers, treasure hunters, conquistadors and pilgrims came across the Atlantic Ocean searching for land, wealth and a new life. As each wave of [...]
Sen. Obama and the Rev.Dr. Jeremiah Wright
By Imani Williams Voices from an Urban Bush Sista! Presidential hopeful Barack Obama can worship with his family where they decide their spirits are best fed. I'll start by saying that I smell fear. I [...]
Pianist Andras Schiff returns with second installment of Beethoven Sonata Project
ANN ARBOR - The University Musical Society presents pianist Andras Schiff in the second two-concert installment of his Beethoven Sonata Project, which features all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas performed in chronological order over a two-year [...]
Billy Masters
"Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing a fight, 'Rocky' and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up." - Hillary compares herself to "Rocky Balboa," who [...]
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte "The End of the World Book," by Alistair McCartney. Terrace Books, 314 pages, $26.95 hardcover. There's nothing linear about McCartney's debut novel. There's not much narrative to it, either. It's not really [...]
That’s What Friends Are For
By Anthony Paull The Dating Diet The most important things I learned in college happened in the hallways, the backseat of my car and under my silky sheets. In these places, I learned sex, I [...]
Spell Breaker
Ellis gets loopy when she's cooped up in her 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan - or the "Green Machine," as she calls it. And the Minneapolis-based folkie is about to take the nearing-200,000-miles vehicle on tour, [...]
Metal Minded
By Gregg Shapiro When you hear heavy-metal diva Otep sing, shredding her vocal chords on the dozen tracks of the band's latest album "The Ascension," you'd never guess that she's a mild-mannered and fascinating conversationalist. [...]
Now Playing
NEW THIS WEEK Leatherheads Duluth Bulldogs' aging gridiron great, Dodge Connelly (George Clooney), recruits Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), a World War I hero turned college football star, to join his struggling team. "Chicago Tribune" reporter [...]
Pianist Andras Schiff returns with second installment of Beethoven Sonata Project
ANN ARBOR - The University Musical Society presents pianist Andras Schiff in the second two-concert installment of his Beethoven Sonata Project, which features all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas performed in chronological order over a two-year [...]
“Let go of drama, Pisces!”
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes The Sun aligns with Eris, helping us focus on our individual roles within our respective groups. With both planets squaring Jupiter in Capricorn, we're challenged to balance our personal ambitions [...]
“The Rd. Out”
Q Puzzle Across 1 Got a little behind 5 Plays Sheehan's sport 10 One with a foamy head 14 Triangle ratio 15 "___ at time!" (No threesomes!) 16 Heterogeneous mixture 17 Gay rodeo persona? 19 [...]
Letter: Biblical idiocy
Corvino's article ("The sins of sodom", Issue 1614, 4/3) isn't news to those of us who have spent our lives refuting what I call "Bibilical Idiocy." There is something else I'd like to add, however. [...]
Letter: Thanks for the memories
Thank you so much for this wonderful article about my dear friend, Bill Kain. (Remembering The Copa, By Jim Larkin, Issue 1613 - Between The Lines News). I worked as a performer in his clubs [...]
Activists denounce prosecution of Ukrainian gay newspaper
by Rex Wockner Ecuadorean president supports same-sex partnerships Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said March 29 that the government "will seek to grant certain guarantees to stable homosexual unions but without ever arriving at the point [...]
Arcus infuses cash and energy into bridge building programs
By Sarah Mieras The Michigan based Arcus Foundation is making waves in the funding community. With the recent announcement of its grants for this year, the Foundation has pumped more than $9.6 Million into human [...]
Arcus spearheads change with K-Zoo Racial Justice initiative
By Sarah Mieras A recent Arcus Foundation program is creating new alliances in the struggle to understand and eliminate racial and economic injustice. The recently launched Michigan Racial & Economic Justice Initiative aims to pull [...]
Corvino cancellation causes chaos at Aquinas
by Jessica Carreras Grand Rapids- A scheduled visit to speak at Aquinas College has turned into a campus uproar over philosopher and gay rights advocate John Corvino after his event was cancelled by Aquinas President [...]
Quotable Joe
ANN ARBOR - In a wide ranging, 45 minute long interview with Between The Lines last week, HRC president Joe Solmonese discussed politics, HIV funding, and more. BTL recorded the interviews and will be posting [...]
HRC leader stands by non-inclusive ENDA decision
Capitol Correspondent ANN ARBOR - Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington D.C., told BTL last week that he and his organization stood by their decision to support a non-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination [...]
Photographer Charlie T shows LGBT community ‘Just As We Are’
by Jessica Carreras When Charzette "Charlie T" Torrence first started taking pictures of her friends, she had no idea what it would end up amounting to. But now, her "Just As We Are" exhibit, an [...]
Mo. lawmaker says court should not grant annulment to gay couple
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP ) - A state lawmaker says a Missouri judge should not grant an annulment to a lesbian married in Massachusetts. Republican State Sen. Delbert Scott of Lowry City said the couple [...]
Aquinas’s outcry reveals power of Corvino’s words, free speech
It's no secret that philosopher, gay rights advocate and Wayne State University professor John Corvino is controversial. He's been debated, argued with and, recently on a Catholic message board, called a heretic. However, love him [...]
Theres no horsing around at The Abreact
Last winter, Abreact co-founder Thomas Hoagland returned from New York and re-imagined the musical ÒSweeney ToddÓ into one of the most talked-about shows of the season. Now, a year later, heÕs back with yet another [...]
Steamy ‘Beauty’ explores gender roles
By D. A. Blackburn Closing its 45th season on a high note, Wayne State University's Hilberry Repertory Theatre has taken on an acclaimed guest director and a large-scale production about gender identity in the time [...]
Watching potential grow at the Purple Rose
It's always a treat sitting in the audience at The Purple Rose Theatre. With its commitment to producing original works, theatergoers are given a rare opportunity to experience the birth of new voices and ideas [...]
Twice-monthly improv gets to the ‘Point’
"Improv is improv, isn't it?" a friend remarked when he learned I was about to review yet another improvisational comedy last week. "That's like saying all wines are alike, or all hamburgers," I replied. "It [...]
UPDATE: Corvino cancelled indefinitely
by Jessica Carreras Earlier today, Aquinas College President C. Edward Balog confirmed that John Corvino's visit to the college has been officially cancelled, according to a statement issued by Balog. Corvino was originally scheduled to [...]