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Dolly Parton = Big Blast
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 [...]
Politics is not just for the federal DOJ. Michigan attorney general staffer celebrates departure of gay activist on right-wing Web site
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. [...]
MAPP chief: No surprise that AIDS estimate was way off
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 [...]
The Dating Diet: What About Bob?
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 [...]
Creep of the Week: Brent Rinehart
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 [...]
What’s it all about, Alfie?
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 It: That is the question
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 [...]
Blaming Larry King
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 [...]
Long ‘time’ coming
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 [...]
A queer ‘affair’?
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, [...]
A so-so ‘Cho’
"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. [...]
Woodward Dream Cruise to hold first-ever car auction
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 [...]
Book Marks
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 [...]
Now Playing
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) [...]
Book Marks
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 [...]
“Have apologies ready, Cancer!”
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 [...]
Now Playing
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) [...]
“Greek Team”
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 [...]
Announcing inequality
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 [...]
Michigan Newspapers policy on same-sex announcements
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 [...]
Bernadette Brown comes home
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 [...]
Politics is not just for the federal DOJ. Michigan attorney general staffer celebrates departure of gay activist on right-wing Web site
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. [...]
MAPP chief: No surprise that AIDS estimate was way off
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 [...]
Snapshots from Mexico City: XVII International AIDS Conference
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 [...]
Ballot wording change OK’d in California marriage battle
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 [...]
Cyndi Lauper: I had to come out as straight
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, [...]
Minter: Calif. ruling changed more than marriage law
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 [...]
Neil Patrick Harris wants to represent ‘normal’ gays
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 [...]
Homophobic outburst ups attendance at Belfast Pride
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 [...]
Fewer Czech gays are entering registered partnerships
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 [...]
Dutch Cabinet ministers join gay pride
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, [...]
President defends gay rights in draft Ecuadorean constitution
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. [...]
Big turnout for rainy EuroPride
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 [...]
Panama legalizes gay sex
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 [...]
BTL EDITORIAL: Think globally, act locally
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 [...]
Renegades take Old Town Lansing by storm
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 [...]
Local female directors step out of the box
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, [...]
Michigan Newspapers
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 [...]
Announcing inequality
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 [...]