Is Ryan Seacrest in or out?
Billy Masters "I think if I met the right person. I am just afraid I'll end up with some hustler, fall in love with the rent boy who'll take me for all I'm worth." - [...]
Drunk, pregnant – and lesbian?
Dear Jody Q: You are not going to believe my problem. I've never read anything like it in your paper before...or any other paper for that matter. What happened, to make it short, is that [...]
Who would Jesus root for?
By Dan Woog The OutField Each year at the NCAA women's basketball Final Four, the scene was the same. Pat Griffin sat at the Women's Sports Foundation's "It Takes a Team" booth, handing out literature [...]
Parting Glances: I got plenty a nuthin’
Whether you're gay or lesbian, you are "buy-sexual," according to recent Gay Press Reports. You're also part of a "discretionary" spending-clout minority worth about $641 billion. (NOTE: "Indiscretionary" clout items - reasonably intelligent escort services, [...]
She/He Said
compiled by Howard Israel "As Michigan wages a mostly unsuccessful struggle to retain good jobs and well-educated workers, its policy of excluding gays (or exempting them from rights and privileges enjoyed by other citizens, which [...]
Anything But Straight: Extremist Makeover
by Wayne Besen In 2001, David Bianco was at the pinnacle of his career in GLBT journalism. He was the founder of Q Syndicate, a content provider for gay media, and wrote, "Past Out," a [...]
GM Hits the Brakes
By Ben Finzel Viewpoint I've written a fair amount about auto marketing to gays and lesbians and offered advice to carmakers for ways to bolster market share in a weakening economy. Several major automakers have [...]
John McCain
Creep of the Week From the Don't Blink Or You'll Miss It Department: On July 13 John McCain told The New York Times that gays are unfit to be parents. Two days later he told [...]
Ovaries rock
COMMERCE - If you had the chance to party in the woods with a group of women for three days while being entertained by a diverse line-up of musical talent, would you take it? What [...]
Coldplay – Gay?
Hear Me Out Coldplay, "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" "Wanna know how I know you're gay? You like Coldplay." Sure, we can't possibly ignore legions of swooning female fans and "straight" [...]
Down-low bros
By Thomas Matich It's Terrance Dean's first time at a gay festival, and he's a bit nervous. But for Motor City Pride, he's made a triumphant return home. Now a New Yorker, the former entertainment [...]
“Rely on charm, Scorpio!”
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Harmony between Jupiter in Capricorn and Mars in Virgo helps productivity in any sort of work, but especially tasks requiring attention to detail or critical analysis. Venus is making harder [...]
Being gay is more than partying, parades
I want to say that I totally understand and agree with John Garrison's letter ("Not a bunch of freaks," June 19, Issue 1625) of how he feels pride is an embarrassment. Now, as a black, [...]
Two non-profits give teens a chance to be rock stars
FERNDALE - Affirmations and Common Ground Sanctuary are joining forces to produce the third annual Battle of the Bands, an alcohol, tobacco and other drug-free safe space for metro-Detroit area teens. They are currently accepting [...]
‘Not so different after all’
By Jim Larkin and Krista Bethke DOUGLAS - Living in rural Vicksburg near Kalamazoo, Doug Gould and J.R. Reading often feel isolated from other gay families, so the Rainbow Families Great Lakes annual Family Week [...]
Pooch party
by Jessica Carreras Cat lovers, beware. On July 26, Ferndale is going to the dogs. Literally. There, with a host of events and various stores and vendors participating, the first ever Fido Does Ferndale will [...]
Over 150 come out for Pride March, birthday celebration
by Jessica Carreras Last Saturday, being more sweltering than the muggy, 85-degree Detroit weather was a big thing to boast. But Hotter Than July insisted - and they were right. Despite the heat, the Ruth [...]
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 [...]
Attempt to block California vote on marriage fails
by Rex Wockner National News The California Supreme Court denied a petition July 16 to remove from the November ballot the voter initiative to amend the state constitution to re-ban same-sex marriage. Lawyers for Equality [...]
Census won’t count married gays
by Rex Wockner National News The U.S. government will not count married gay couples in the 2010 census, the San Jose Mercury News reported July 12. Instead, same-sex couples who accurately report that they are [...]
ABC, FX get high marks from GLAAD
by Rex Wockner National News ABC and the FX cable network do the best job of representing gay Americans, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said July 14. GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index tracks the [...]
McCain doesn’t ‘believe’ in gay adoption
by Rex Wockner National News Republican presidential candidate John McCain told The New York Times that he opposes gay adoption July 13. "I think that we've proven that both parents are important in the success [...]
U.S. Senate votes to repeal HIV travel/immigration ban
by Rex Wockner National News The U.S. Senate voted 80-16 on July 16 to repeal the nation's ban on HIV-positive foreign visitors and immigrants. Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Gordon Smith, R-Ore., secured a provision [...]
PEPFAR reauthorized, HIV travel ban lifted
by Bob Roehr The United States international AIDS effort -- the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) -- has been renewed for another five years. Conservatives in the Senate used legislative tactics to try [...]
Flagship event time consuming, but ‘worth it’
By Jim Larkin DOUGLAS - It's not an easy job putting on a weeklong event chock full of activities and educational workshops for gay and lesbian parents, but Greg Alan Gerrans of Douglas and others [...]
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 [...]
Orchard Lake celebrates 80 years with Fine Art Show
The 6th Annual Orchard Lake Fine Art Show, set for July 25-27, brings 150 of the highest quality juried artists from around the country and Canada to sell their art works on the campus of [...]
M.E.P.A.C. announces endorsements in state house races
LANSING - M.E.P.A.C. the political action committee of Michigan Equality, announced its endorsements in races for the state house of representatives. The group endorsed 45 democrats and six republicans in 52 House District races. Of [...]
Use the privilege of being out to help those who aren’t
Saturday marked the beginning of Hotter Than July 2008, a celebration of being out and proud in the black LGBT community. But the celebrations taking place all this week are only a reality for some, [...]
‘All’s well’ this summer in Jackson
By D. A. Blackburn In preparing to raise the curtain on its 13th season, The Michigan Shakespeare Festival expanded its offerings and added a second, out-state venue to its schedule, raising the bar and extending [...]
Newsweek does a disservice to murder victim
Viewpoint Larry King was a flamboyant 15-year-old murdered in February in what some have labeled a gay-bias crime. Newsweek's coverage of the murder shows exactly why anti-bias laws have to be expanded in Michigan - [...]
Detroit Candlelight Vigil to be held Wednesday in Response to Anti-Gay Church Shooting
DETROIT - A candlelight vigil will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit in solidarity with a community near Knoxville, Tenn. that was violently attacked in [...]
Newsweek does a disservice to murder victim
Viewpoint Larry King was a flamboyant 15-year-old murdered in February in what some have labeled a gay-bias crime. Newsweek's coverage of the murder shows exactly why anti-bias laws have to be expanded in Michigan - [...]