As the world continues to learn more about coronavirus and its spread, it's vital to stay up-to-date on the latest developments. However, it's also important to make sure that the information being distributed is from credible sources. To that end, Between The Lines has compiled, [...]
Porn stars tie knot – and so do Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Wanda Sykes?
"Let me tell you, if 'Robin' somehow crops up in one of the new 'Batman' films along the line, I'll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work." - Christian Bale makes [...]
Creep of the Week: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
Everyone knows that ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away. In fact, it often makes the problem worse. Unfortunately, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams must have forgotten that when he barred New Hampshire Bishop [...]
Parting Glances: My limbo. Sister’s whoooosh!
EYE-PHONE TRANSCRIPT (7/4/08): "Hi, Chaz. How's it hangin'? - spiritually speaking. It's me. Your old beatific buddy and perennial fashion guide, Sr. Serena Scatterpin, Renegade Sisters of Mary. "You'll never in a month of celibate [...]
She He Said
compiled by Howard Israel "The world as it is should be one that rejects discrimination of all kinds. A world that recognizes that equality in relationship, family and adoption rights is not some abstract principle. [...]
Obama on California marriage
by John Corvino The Gay Moralist Barack Obama believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Yet he opposes the California ballot initiative that would write that view into the state constitution, [...]
Family matters
When Saint Clair Shores native Chris Pudlo scored his series-debut on Logo's "Sordid Lives," it didn't immediately sink in that he'd work with a menagerie of acting icons. Or get an ass spanking by one. [...]
‘Girl’ Talk
Rue McClanahan is nursing her illness - an "indefinable something," she determines - with a bowl of vegetable soup, which sounds pretty dull compared to the dish she serves to us (see accompanying story) and [...]
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte "Candy Everybody Wants," by Josh Kilmer-Purcell. Harper Perennial, 288 pages, $13 paper. Jayson Blocher - the "y" added for style - yearns for celebrity. The small-town Wisconsin teen's first stab at '80s [...]
“Learn from feedback, Taurus!”
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Prepare yourself for a planetary bait-and-switch. Venus in Leo makes grand promises, although as she aspects Saturn in Virgo, her tempting involves work and delayed gratification. Then, as she moves [...]
“Two to Beam Up”
Q Puzzle Across 1 Doesn't feel up 5 Straight beater 10 Queens rule over them 14 Mosque head 15 Hits hard 16 Apple that isn't a fruit 17 Start of a quote about legalizing gay [...]
Impact, future of California same-sex marriages unclear
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service On a high bluff overlooking a vast span of Pacific Ocean and sun-drenched shoreline, Candy Cox and Debra Peevey got married on June 28 in southern California. They had [...]
Report urges repeal of DADT
by Bob Roehr A study by four senior retired officers, each with more than 30 years of service from all four branches of the military, is urging repeal of the antigay military policy known as [...]
Affirmations to screen ‘DL Chronicles,’ hold meet and greet with creators of show
In celebration of the upcoming Hotter Than July celebration, Affirmations will screen two episodes of season one of "The DL Chronicles," followed by question and answer and meet and greet sessions hosted by Johnnie Jenkins [...]
Hotter Than July 2008
It's hot outside - but it's about to get Hotter Than July in Detroit. The 13th annual event kicks off this Saturday and continues with over a week of music, dancing, socializing and learning with [...]
Anti-gay-marriage registrar wins discrimination case
by Rex Wockner International News A marriage registrar in the London borough of Islington who refused to perform same-sex civil partnerships was bullied, harassed and discriminated against for her Christian beliefs, the Central London Employment [...]
Large, violent attack on Budapest Pride
by Rex Wockner International News Right-wing extremists attacked the 1,500 marchers in Budapest's gay pride parade and fought with police for several hours afterward July 5. Hundreds of counterdemonstrators reportedly threw rocks, eggs, bottles, firecrackers, [...]
Council of Europe executive committee to support gay rights
by Rex Wockner International News The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe plans to issue a formal declaration in support of GLBT rights and to engage the entire organization in combating discrimination against [...]
Half a million at London Pride
by Rex Wockner International News Around half a million people turned out for London's gay pride parade July 5, led by Mayor Boris Johnson, who wore a pink cowboy hat. Members of the British Army, [...]
Hundreds of thousands at Madrid Pride
by Rex Wockner International News Led by Equality Minister Bibiano Aido, hundreds of thousands of GLBT people marched in Madrid's pride parade July 5. This year's theme was "Lesbian Visibility." The Socialist Party of Prime [...]
Wowereit would welcome Obama to Brandenburg Gate
by Rex Wockner International News Openly gay Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said July 9 he would be "delighted" for Barack Obama to speak at the city's famed Brandenburg Gate. Although no firm plans have been [...]
Jewish Gay Network of Michigan receives grant, expands programming
The Jewish Gay Network of Michigan has hired Kim Phillips-Knope as its program director. An educator and specialist in LGBT issues, Phillips-Knope is the organization's first paid staff member. Founded in 2005, JGN is a [...]
McCain opposes gay households adopting
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service Adoption became an issue this week in the presidential campaign - at least for Republican nominee-apparent John McCain. The New York Times, in an interview published July 13, asked [...]
Michelle Obama speaks to supportive crowd in Pontiac
By Cathy Markes PONTIAC - Nearly 300 people crowded a renovated theater in downtown Pontiac last Wednesday to hear Michelle Obama share her hopes for America's future and to campaign for her husband. In what [...]
Kern County supes reject marriage ban
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Supervisors in Kern County, Calif., voted unanimously July 8 to do nothing with a proposed ordinance to ban same-sex marriage in the conservative county. The measure was proposed by [...]
Massachusetts may OK marriage for out-of-staters
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Massachusetts' legislature is considering repeal of a 1913 law that prohibits people from other states from getting married there if the marriage wouldn't be allowed where they live. The [...]
Some deputized employees didn’t want to marry gays
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Twenty-four of the 112 employees in the San Diego county clerk's office who were deputized to perform marriages asked to be excused from marrying same-sex couples, The San Diego [...]
San Diego offers gay-wedding sweepstakes
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs The San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau is holding a contest to give away a six-day "dream vacation" to the city for a same-sex couple to get married. The [...]
Their big, fat, rock ‘n’ roll wedding
By Jessica Carreras Chris Campbell and Scott Meyers had better brush up on their Kid Rock and Nickelback tunes. After all, the avid XM Satellite Radio listeners have local radio station 101.1 the WRIF - [...]
Hamtramck sexual orientation ordinance under fire
by Jessica Carreras The anti-transgender and sexual orientation discrimination ordinance that passed in Hamtramck's city council last month is being threatened. The ordinance was passed in early June with a 6-1 vote that included the [...]
Michigan Equality unveils online resolution for Independence from Hate Crimes and Hate Speech month
LANSING - Michigan Equality, the only Lansing-based LGBT activist group in the state, unveiled an online resolution last week as part of Independence from Hate Crimes and Hate Speech month. Michigan Equality announced a new [...]
Working together is more than just a good idea
Hamtramck has nothing to be worried about. Yes, its ordinance protecting people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender expression or identity is being challenged, but it's no big deal. Why? Because people [...]
‘Jewsical! The Musical’ lacks chutzpah
By D. A. Blackburn The Second City opened a revival production of "Jewsical! The Musical" on July 9 to a packed house, but few guests offered toasts of Mazel Tov at the curtain call. While [...]
Camp until it hurts, then gender-bend
By Robert Bethune I think the Who Wants Cake? guys at The Ringwald Theatre took an oath for their current show, "The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode." I think the oath ran something like, [...]
‘Improv-able Lives’ at Ledges Playhouse
GRAND LEDGE - The Ledges Playhouse returns this summer with "Improv-able Lives," an original sketch and improvisational comedy starring local cast members Mark Bethay, Tonya Burnham, Melanie Cherry, Luke Elder, Michael Hayes, Ben Holzhausen and [...]
Sigourney Weaver and Jeff Daniels share ‘Love Letters’ July 26
CHELSEA - If going to the theater and watching a man and a woman read a lifetime of their correspondence sounds like a snooze-fest, you could be correct. But what if it's Jeff Daniels and [...]
Second parent adoption bill dead, supporters say
LANSING - Supporters of a bill to expand adoption rights to unmarried couples has died in the state House, reports Penny Gardner, director of the Coalition for Adoption Rights Equality, a group pushing for a [...]
S.P.I.C.E. to host film and meet and greet as part of HTJ
As part of Hotter Than July 2008, local LGBT group Sistahs Providing Intelligence, Creativity and Empowerment (S.P.I.C.E.) will be hosting a Film Festival Mixer on Thursday, July 24 at the Legal Aid and Defender Association [...]