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Dolly Parton sashayed onto DTE Energy Music Theatre's stage squeezed into a blue-silver sequined gown - but she didn't need it. She sparkled louder than any shiny dress, like this one, which made her busty [...]
Analysis LANSING - Mike Cox's Attorney General's Office has at least one legal staffer who likes to play divisive politics, spewing venom on http://www.RightMichigan.com. So while the mainstream news has continued to cover the U.S. [...]
The CDC has just released new estimates of the number of people in the nation newly infected with HIV in 2006, and they show an increase of over 40 percent. But Midwest AIDS Prevention Project [...]
By Anthony Paull You'll have to forgive my beautiful friend, Jasmine. Tonight, she's sucked down one too, too many glasses of white wine, and now she's feeling a tad bad for herself because she hasn't [...]
Remember the old Big Boy comic books? The ones you'd get at your local Elias Brothers' restaurant with the kiddie menu? Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart apparently does and thought it'd make a great campaign [...]
Parting Glances RECEIVED: Gotham City (Registered Mail) -- Dear Parting Glances sob-sister columnist. I came across a copy of BTL through a butler friend who, for whatever reason of overly exuberant curiosity, happened to be [...]
Is it or isn't in the best interest of the LGBT community: that is the question. Whether it is nobler to think of the long-term implications on our community, the struggle for full equality for [...]
by John Corvino The Gay Moralist A recent Newsweek article on Lawrence King - the cross-dressing, gay 14-year-old fatally shot by a classmate last February - has prompted many accusations of "blaming the victim." In [...]
Just a hunch, but Matthew Marsh's upcoming gig at the Magic Bag in Ferndale won't be anything like his last - performing for a feisty and out-of-it bunch of geriatric nursing-home residents. While visiting his [...]
Chris Wallace likes meat. Just not that kind. He, his other The White Tie Affair bandmates and their entourage are making a pit-stop at an A&W in Oregon ("No tax, baby!" he hoots), and Wallace, [...]
"Every dog has its day; every diva needs her gay," Margaret Cho says during her new reality show. No kidding. There's no denying female comedians love us, and sometimes treat us like we're a brand. [...]
ROYAL OAK - Some of the country's top hot rods and classic cruisin' cars will be up for bid this year at the Woodward Dream Cruise as the world's largest one-day automotive event holds its [...]
By Richard Labonte "The Sealed Letter ," by Emma Donoghue. Harcourt, 416 pages, $26 hardcover. As she has with two previous novels, "Slammerkin" and "Life Mask," Donoghue reaches into Britain's past for scraps of fact [...]
NEW THIS WEEK: Pineapple Express Flying high on pot, process server Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) witnesses drug kingpin Ted Jones (Gary Cole) murder a rival and runs to addled drug dealer Saul Silver (James Franco) [...]
By Richard Labonte "The Sealed Letter ," by Emma Donoghue. Harcourt, 416 pages, $26 hardcover. As she has with two previous novels, "Slammerkin" and "Life Mask," Donoghue reaches into Britain's past for scraps of fact [...]
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Venus, then Mercury, align with Saturn in Virgo, stirring up the critical faculties. Remember: Self-improvement is job #1! Mars in Virgo squares Pluto, cranking up energy, arguments, and temper. When [...]
NEW THIS WEEK: Pineapple Express Flying high on pot, process server Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) witnesses drug kingpin Ted Jones (Gary Cole) murder a rival and runs to addled drug dealer Saul Silver (James Franco) [...]
Q Puzzle Across 1 'N Sync member Lance 5 Joe.My.God, for one 9 Bear 14 Opening for the crack of dawn 15 Time that drags 16 Michael of "Miss Congeniality" 17 "Peter Pan" pooch 18 [...]
by Jessica Carreras At the forefront of the battle for LGBT equality are marriage rights, anti-discrimination ordinances and the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. For Jackson resident Charles Meade, however, the struggle began with [...]
In Michigan, there is still a ways to go before all daily newspapers offer LGBT couples equal opportunities to print engagement and wedding announcements. Below are two lists - one of papers that are inclusive [...]
by Jessica Carreras DETROIT - Bernadette Brown has been doing her homework and is ready to take over as the Triangle Foundation's new director of policy. But what she's not ready for - the gas [...]
Analysis LANSING - Mike Cox's Attorney General's Office has at least one legal staffer who likes to play divisive politics, spewing venom on http://www.RightMichigan.com. So while the mainstream news has continued to cover the U.S. [...]
The CDC has just released new estimates of the number of people in the nation newly infected with HIV in 2006, and they show an increase of over 40 percent. But Midwest AIDS Prevention Project [...]
by Bob Roehr MEXICO CITY - The International AIDS Conference is almost a misnomer. It is not one conference, but a dozen of them running simultaneously under the same huge umbrella. Participants pass each other [...]
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs California Attorney General Jerry Brown's rewording of the title and summary of the ballot measure that would amend the state constitution to re-ban same-sex marriage got a green light [...]
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Pop singer Cyndi Lauper told The Times of London on Aug. 2 that she had to come out as straight. "My sister was gay, my best friends were gay, [...]
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs The California Supreme Court's May ruling legalizing same-sex marriage did much more than that, says Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and lead lawyer [...]
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Openly gay actor Neil Patrick Harris from TV's "How I Met Your Mother" tells Out magazine in its September issue that he wants to be a role model for [...]
by Rex Wockner International News A recent homophobic outburst from British MP Iris Robinson, who is married to Peter Robinson, leader of the regional government in Northern Ireland, was credited with upping attendance at the [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Not as many same-sex couples are taking advantage of the Czech Republic's registered-partnership law as was the case in 2006 when the law came into force, the newspaper Pravo reported [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Several members of the Dutch Cabinet took part in the Aug. 2 gay-pride boat parade on Amsterdam's canals. Education and Culture Minister Ronald Plasterk, who is responsible for gender equality, [...]
by Rex Wockner International News President Rafael Correa has defended a new draft Ecuadorean constitution that grants same-sex couples the rights of marriage, El Telegrafo reported Aug. 1. The document faces a popular vote Sept. [...]
by Rex Wockner International News About 450,000 spectators and 45,000 marchers turned out for the rain-drenched EuroPride parade, held this year in Stockholm Aug. 2. Marching groups included the dominant Church of Sweden, 80 businesses [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Panamanian President Martin Torrijos Espino signed a decree July 29 repealing a 1949 law that criminalized sodomy under penalty of a $500 fine or jail time. The move followed protests [...]
When you ask someone what they would ask for if they could have one LGBT rights wish come true, they might say "To be able to marry" or "To be able to be out in [...]
By D. A. Blackburn After a one-year hiatus, Lansing's Renegade Theatre Festival returns Aug. 21 through 23, joining the festival circuit in the city's Old Town district. In 2006, the inaugural Renegade festival drew some [...]
By D. A. Blackburn Stage directing is a field that is notoriously hard to break into - especially for young artists. What's more, it's a field that has, historically, been dominated by men. BoxFest Detroit, [...]
In Michigan, there is still a ways to go before all daily newspapers offer LGBT couples equal opportunities to print engagement and wedding announcements. Below are two lists - one of papers that are inclusive [...]
by Jessica Carreras At the forefront of the battle for LGBT equality are marriage rights, anti-discrimination ordinances and the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. For Jackson resident Charles Meade, however, the struggle began with [...]