Dolled up and nowhere to go
Dear Jody Q: My partner, "Sammy," and I have been together for three years, but just moved in together last February after our ceremony on Valentine's Day. We have been very happy with this decision. [...]
Creep of the Week: U.S. Department of Defense
Good news for ex-cons! Is a little thing like a burglary or vehicular manslaughter charge getting in the way of your career? Well, fear not. The United States Military welcomes you with open arms. Unless, [...]
Parting Glances: Soap on a rope
Journal Entry (WEDNESDAY): "Do you see who that is?" elbows my dinner companion anthropologist Rick Robinson, as we leave a Woodward Avenue restaurant near Birmingham. "And please, don't say anything." I can't resist. Taking seats [...]
She/He said this week
compiled by Howard Israel "Stereotypes are funny. It might not be politically correct, but sometimes stereotypes are there for a reason. (Pointing to a photo of a boy in a spandex figure skating outfit...) I [...]
Observations
by Wayne Besen Anything But Straight When you elect people who choose finance over farming and mutual funds over manufacturing as the base of our economy, don't blame the immigrants, liberals or homosexuals when your [...]
All Politics is Loco: Marriage and Misogyny
by Sean Kosofsky There is a transformation occurring in the LGBT community through the pursuit of marriage equality. It is part assimilation (which isn't always bad) and part family protection which in many ways is [...]
Three ‘Nightstand’
Trina Hamlin's no safer pulled over, aimlessly wandering around somewhere in the Florida Panhandle, than she would've been using her cell while driving. Getting into an accident would, at least, spare the "blues-infused" folkie the [...]
Giving the Gays Her Best Shot
By Lawrence Ferber Pat Benatar recently performed her iconic '80s hits for her lesbian legion during Dinah Shore Weekend in California. We can't guarantee the same heavy homo turnout at her set of local shows: [...]
‘Brothers and Sisters’ actor comes out, Daniel Craig on being naked
Billy Masters "I wish I could see Brooke, but all she does is work. But she always makes time to visit her friends no matter how busy she is...I preferred Brooke's first husband, Andre Agassi, [...]
Local theater company closes 2007-08 season with political drama
The Peppermint Creek Theatre Company will present its fifth and final show of their 2007-08 season, the hugely relevant and political drama, "Stuff Happens! The American Secretary of Defense." Donald Rumsfeld's famous response to the [...]
Now Playing
April 28, 2008 NEW THIS WEEK The Forbidden Kingdom Jason (Michael Angarano) is a bullied teenager who is bewildered to find himself transported back in time to feudal China, selected as the answer to a [...]
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte "The Stone Gods," by Jeanette Winterson. Harcourt, 224 pages, $24 hardcover. Not too many fictional years from now, the planet Orbus has been devastated by a global war and is on the [...]
Now Playing
April 28, 2008 NEW THIS WEEK The Forbidden Kingdom Jason (Michael Angarano) is a bullied teenager who is bewildered to find himself transported back in time to feudal China, selected as the answer to a [...]
Most married LGBT folks believe love is a gift
By Cathy Markes For as many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender marriages and unions that exist, there are at least as many explanations of spirituality's role in their lives together. Irregardless of the fact that [...]
FTM? Fine by me
by Jessica Carreras When Crystal Proxmire met Aaron Watkins on MySpace, she didn't think twice about the fact that his user name had "FTM" in it. "I was completely clueless," she admits. Now, two years [...]
Tying the knot
You're on your own, past your clubbing days and ready to settle down. Now what? Time to get hitched, of course. There's no need to shy away from big plans and big weddings just because [...]
MAPP introduces The House of Prevention
FERNDALE - A cutting edge, youth-oriented HIV/AIDS education and prevention program dropped two years ago because of funding cuts will return next week with a fresh, new look and approach. "And none too soon," said [...]
Prop 2: Catalyst for change
By Jim Larkin Flint's Out'N About project inspiring other cities around state FLINT - Greg Fiedler had had enough. It was 2004, sometime after Gov. Jennifer Granholm had introduced her Cool Cities concept and her [...]
Revitalized, Re-energized and Re-organized
LANSING- Candice Risner just wanted her band Bridgewater to play the Michigan Pride Festival last year. So she made phone calls and sent emails and in her words, she "finally" got a return call. She [...]
Michigan Women and AIDS Committee to present Red Ribbon Awards
DETROIT - Activists and supporters from all over the greater Detroit area will gather April 25 to celebrate and honor women who have fought against the AIDS epidemic in Michigan. The luncheon event will be [...]
Pride nominations sought
FERNDALE - Nominations are now being accepted for the 23rd Annual Pride Banquet and Awards Ceremony which will be held on June 19 at the Ukranian Cultural Center in Warren. Each year the event celebrates [...]
Aussie TV anchor comes out
by Rex Wockner International News Veteran Melbourne, Australia, TV anchorman Peter Hitchener, 62, came out April 6 in an interview with the Sunday Herald Sun. "Given that we are on private issues of private life, [...]
Egypt jails more men for debauchery
by Rex Wockner International News Egypt sent five more men to prison April 9 for "habitual practice of debauchery." The men, arrested in an ongoing crackdown mostly on HIV-positive people, will spend three years in [...]
Euro court trans decision on Lithuania is final
by Rex Wockner International News Lithuania must implement a process for allowing and funding sex-change operations or pay 40,000 euros ($63,600) to transsexuals who seek the surgery so they can go to another country to [...]
Eurovision attendees fear anti-gay attacks
by Rex Wockner International News Far-right groups in Serbia reportedly have threatened to harm the throngs of gay people who typically travel to attend the campy Eurovision Song Contest. The 53rd extravaganza will be in [...]
Police raid Lambda Istanbul Cultural Center
by Rex Wockner International News A dozen plainclothes police officers raided the Lambda Istanbul Cultural Center April 7. They stayed for two hours, rummaged through everything, and took away documents containing financial and membership information. [...]
Hundreds protest Norway’s same-sex marriage plans
by Rex Wockner International News Several hundred people marched through central Oslo April 12 in opposition to the Norwegian government's plan to legalize same-sex marriage. Norway has had a registered-partnership law that gives gay couples [...]
N.Y. governor supports same-sex marriage
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs New York Gov. David Patterson said April 7 that he supports legalization of same-sex marriage. Speaking by video link to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's awards dinner [...]
PlanetOut to sell Advocate, Out, Alyson, porn mags
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs PlanetOut Inc. is selling The Advocate and Out magazines = as well as The Out Traveler, HIVPlus, three porn magazines and book publisher Alyson Publications = to an affiliate [...]
Task Force loses Foreman, makes big plans for future
by Jessica Carreras Last Tuesday, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force underwent a significant change when Matt Foreman had his last day as the gay rights organization's executive director. Foreman has served in the [...]
Dignity Confronts the Pope
by Bob Roehr Gay and lesbian Catholics were among those who flocked to events during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States, but there were few smiles upon their faces. They came to protest [...]
Love of any kind is something to celebrate
Spring is (officially) here and love is in the air. With the release of our 2008 Commitment Guide and the upcoming elections, it's time for us at Between The Lines to take a look at [...]
‘Lear’ exits, Grossman enters at the Network
What inspires a person to become an artist? There is no definitive answer. But for 24-year-old Athol Fugard, an actor and budding playwright in apartheid South Africa, it was the relationship with a legendary, but [...]
‘Royal Oak in Bloom’ introduces spring May 11
ROYAL OAK - Flats of colorful annuals, pots of perennials and whimsical yard art will spread out over the city hall and library parking lots from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 11 as the [...]
Theater Events for the period April 24-May 3, 2008
PROFESSIONAL THEATER/OPERA: Cobb A fascinating play that examines the life of one of the greatest baseball players of the 20th century: Ty Cobb. Planet Ant Theatre, Hamtramck. Thu.-Sun., May 2-24. $15. 313-365-4948. http://www.planetant.com The Compleat [...]
Church sign causes Sunday mass protest
by Jessica Carreras Redford- On a peaceful spring morning, as Redford locals headed off to church, one group was determined to create a religious learning experience of their own. Last Sunday, just before the Covenant [...]