by Rex Wockner A TV ad showing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom saying California is going to have same-sex marriage "whether you like it or not" is being credited with flipping poll numbers to favor [...]
by Rex Wockner Singer Melissa Etheridge, 47, and actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, 33, are getting married, Etheridge told the TV show Extra on Oct. 1. "Yes, we have four children and we're trying to find [...]
by Rex Wockner TV talk show host Jay Leno expressed unequivocal support for same-sex marriage on his Oct. 1 broadcast. During a chat with out talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, Leno said: "I come from [...]
by Rex Wockner News analysis Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is strongly against same-sex marriage and has a history of speaking against gay rights, but in the current campaign, she's attempting to strike a [...]
by Rex Wockner The Pittsburgh diocese of the Episcopal Church broke with the church Oct. 4, in no small part due to the national church's tolerance for same-sex unions and openly gay clergy and bishops. [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday, Oct. 10, that gay couples in Connecticut must be able to obtain marriage licenses the same as straight couples. The decision puts Connecticut [...]
Q Puzzle Across 1 They crawl all over your mound 5 Like spilled seed 9 Lucy's gal pal 14 Muck's partner 15 "Aida" solo 16 "Moulin ___ " 17 "The African Queen" author 18 What [...]
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by Jessica Carreras For Gary Johnson, being involved with racing was almost more natural than being gay. In fact, long before the now-road racing manager of Dodge Motorsports came out in 2003 in his mid-40s, [...]
http://www.Gaywheels.com, the sole source of information specifically targeted to and about LGBT car-shoppers, recently announced its analysis of dealer searches by their users. Of the thousands of users that searched for a dealer on http://www.Gaywheels.com, [...]
By Joe LaMuraglia It wasn't that long ago that it was considered heresy to utter the words "gay" or "lesbian" in the halls of the world's automotive headquarters. It is amazing what a difference time [...]
If a rainbow had wheels, we know some of you would drive it. Or at least the BTL readers we talked to, like the ones scattered throughout this issue, would. "My car isn't gay. It [...]
by Jessica Carreras For Gary Johnson, being involved with racing was almost more natural than being gay. In fact, long before the now-road racing manager of Dodge Motorsports came out in 2003 in his mid-40s, [...]
"I've got good news, bad news," the unmistakably seductive voice of Sr. Serena Scatterpin awakens me at dawn from a sound, debate-free sleep. "It must be urgent, Sister," I cuss, wheez, and blink my way [...]
by Chris Crain To hear Sarah Palin tell it, there's no disagreement between Republicans and Democrats over extending full equality in legal recognition for gay couples, so long as it's not called "marriage." That's the [...]
by Leslie Robinson When it seems like the USA is saturated with Christian fire-and-brimstone folks categorically consigning gays to hell, take heart: other countries are stuck with them, too. Canadian David Popescu is running for [...]
Woe unto the scared shitless anti-gay conservative in a state like California. Ever since the courts gave the go-ahead to legal marriages for same-sex couples, folks who can only stomach the "one-penis+one-vagina=marriage" equation have been [...]
Billy Masters "When I heard (Obama) speak about a gay person never having to sit outside the hospital room with their loved one sick inside, I burst into tears because so many people I care [...]
By D. A. Blackburn If you hadn't noticed, it's election season. Between attack ads and debates, pundits and political satirists, the American public is being bombarded with political fodder, and the trend is sure to [...]
Like a coin, RJ Danvers has two sides. He's the type of guy who'd bend over backwards for his grandmother, picking her up and driving her to the Apple Store, like he plans to do [...]
By Taras Berezowsky As you flip through your favorite alternative weekly this Halloween, prematurely popping bite-sized Tootsie Rolls, you may confront a critical decision. Should you stick to tradition by haunting your usual trick-or-treating route? [...]
Rufus Wainwright likes it huge. Sound, that is. But when he makes a return visit locally at 8 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, the crooner will go for the simplistic: Just [...]
By Jack Fertig Horoscopes Hooray! Mercury, retrograde for the last three weeks, is turning direct, and we can finally clean up problems in filing, communication, mixed messages, directions, and so on. Try to get to [...]
NEW THIS WEEK Body of Lies CIA agent Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) does the dangerous, unglamorous groundwork in the war on terror, chasing down insurgents first in Iraq and then in Amman. While he's often [...]
by Dan Woog The OutField If Jesse Ream has her way, terms like "men's sports" and "women's hoops" will one day seem as archaic as leather football helmets and basketball bloomers do now. Everyone who [...]
by Rex Wockner International News The Roman Catholic Church has been thwarted in its plan to move the remains of influential 19th-century English Cardinal John Henry Newman from his joint grave with his male housemate [...]
by Rex Wockner International News The European Commission is planning to file a complaint against the Czech Republic over its failure to include the EC anti-discrimination directive in its national law. Among much else, the [...]
by Rex Wockner International News The incoming editor of the Finnish provincial newspaper Lapin Kansa says she was fired before starting work because management found out she is in a registered same-sex partnership. Johanna Korhonen [...]
by Rex Wockner International News The European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association has moved to new offices in the heart of Brussels' "EU Quarter." "The new office is located within walking distance [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Ireland needs to fix its laws on transgender issues, the Irish Human Rights Commission said Oct. 1. Among other things, post-op transsexuals should be able to get a new birth [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Gold-medal diver Matthew Mitcham told the Sydney Morning Herald on Oct. 8 that he is sad he was the only out gay man at the Beijing Olympics. "I was actually [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Participants in the recent Sarajevo Queer Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina continue to receive death threats, says Amnesty International. Three newspapers published the names of all the individuals who were [...]
by Rex Wockner International News "Side by Side," the first gay film festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, was blocked from starting Oct. 2 by city officials who declared the clubs The Place and Sochi, where [...]
What will you do if Sarah Palin gets into office? First of all, quit introducing that possibility into the world. I intend to stay in my beloved old country and try to make her life [...]
by Jessica Carreras For anyone who missed the ALORDE Collective's Genesis Health Conference at Hotter Than July this summer, fret not. On Oct. 25, the group is beginning a series of health seminars to cover [...]
By Cornelius A. Fortune DETROIT - Dr. Kofi Adoma, president of Karibu House, remembers a time back in 1997 when it seemed like the organization would continue to run as it had: out of pocket, [...]
HIGHLAND PARK - The Ruth Ellis Center announced Monday the appointment of Kevin Howley as interim executive director. The announcement follows news of the sudden departure of Grace McClelland, the center's first executive director, who [...]
by Jessica Carreras SOUTHFIELD - It was Mother's Day all over again at the Triangle Foundation's State Dinner. Held Oct. 12 at the Westin of Southfield, the night honored several Michiganders who have made great [...]
Between The Lines has one thing to say to the Connecticut Supreme Court: Thank you! Not only for the 4-3 decision that puts Connecticut in position to be the third state in the nation to [...]
The dark and stormy clouds that haunted the administration of Meadow Brook Theatre this past season have moved onstage where they belong - in "Murder by Poe," the suspense-and-laugh-filled season-opener that's a satisfying treat this [...]
By D. A. Blackburn Someone should check Lauren Bickers for a pulse. In the latest main stage show at Planet Ant Theatre, "Blood Bath & Beyond," she makes a convincing corpse, an affable vampire slayer [...]
By By Robert Bethune "Honor thy father," says the ancient book, and that's what Don Browning wants to do in Williamston Theater's production of "Leaving Iowa," by Tim Clue and Spike Manton. It sounds simple: [...]
By D. A. Blackburn If you hadn't noticed, it's election season. Between attack ads and debates, pundits and political satirists, the American public is being bombarded with political fodder, and the trend is sure to [...]
Dog Story Theater will present a multi-media live performance of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" at 8 p.m. Oct. 16, 17, 23-25 and 28-31. Based on of the short story, this fast-paced show is filled [...]
By Taras Berezowsky As you flip through your favorite alternative weekly this Halloween, prematurely popping bite-sized Tootsie Rolls, you may confront a critical decision. Should you stick to tradition by haunting your usual trick-or-treating route? [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday, Oct. 10, that gay couples in Connecticut must be able to obtain marriage licenses the same as straight couples. The decision puts Connecticut [...]
by Jessica Carreras For Gary Johnson, being involved with racing was almost more natural than being gay. In fact, long before the now-road racing manager of Dodge Motorsports came out in 2003 in his mid-40s, [...]
CHICAGO - The Dump Dobson coalition, a partnership of local and national gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender organizations, is holding a press conference this Thursday at 11 a.m. outside of the Renaissance Chicago Hotel (1 [...]
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