by Jessica Carreras The fight to eliminate marriage equality in California rages on, and one of the largest donors? Michigan's own Elsa Prince. Prince donated $200,000 on Aug. 8 and $250,000 on Aug. 14 for [...]
Did you know when Barack Obama gets elected "porn will be available practically everywhere with no restrictions?" I didn't. That is, until I got schooled by Focus On the Family Action. "Porn for one and [...]
Parting Glances I'm really, really quite taken with my iPhone. As a person of refined tastes (few of which my retirement budget actually permits, however), it gives me modest pleasure when my unit, costing 300 [...]
by John Corvino I've been doing a lot of same-sex marriage debates lately, and thus interacting with opponents - not just my debate partner, but also audience members, some of whom will soon be voting [...]
Billy Masters "I am so distressed about this election. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the new stories are about the election. All the commercials are for Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection. [...]
If a cowboy is hanging with some leather daddies at Exotica 4, it's a triumph in Vena's eyes - and the start to solving larger social issues? "I always thought that if the rest of [...]
Hear Me Out LaBelle, "Back to Now" Even with modern brush strokes, the feisty soulful triad - Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendrix and Sarah Dash - is more back to then versus now, resuscitating the classic [...]
Gay or straight, horror fans can agree on a couple of things. We like seeing severed heads bounce on the pavement like a basketball. And we never mind seeing zombies make out by munching on [...]
By Taras Berezowsky Even with yapping puppets, "Avenue Q" is no "Sesame Street." The Broadway musical, which opens Nov. 5 at Detroit's Fisher Theatre, is tailor-made for an adult audience. It explores a range of [...]
Leisha Hailey, the sweet-as-sugar actress on "The L Word," can pretty much do it all - act, play guitar, sing, sell breakfast food and be hot. She's also a journalist, albeit on a lesbian soap [...]
NEW THIS WEEK High School Musical 3: Senior Year Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and his girlfriend Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) are about to graduate from East High, but they've got conflicts. Troy doesn't know if [...]
By Jack Fertig Horoscopes Mercury is aspecting most of the outer planets, triggering new ideas for opportunities (Jupiter) - tackling limits (Saturn), innovation (Uranus), competition (Eris), and inspiration (Neptune). Nurture those ideas for a few [...]
By Dan Woog The Outfield Cheerleading developed in the early 20th century, when males began chanting at football games. During World War II, females took over - many men were in the military, while women [...]
Q Puzzle Across 1 Line of Rupert Everett 6 "A Boy Named Sue" writer Silverstein 10 The bottom line 14 Cara of "Fame" 15 Roz portrayer on "Frasier" 16 "The African Queen author 17 Mary, [...]
By Lisa Keen Imagine being on an airplane that's making an emergency landing and watching, via the plane's seat-back television, as CNN broadcast the landing live. That's a little like what it feels like watching [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Two male U.S. citizens were arrested in Playa del Carmen, in Mexico's Quintana Roo state, for kissing and hugging in public, the Mexico City daily El Universal reported Oct. 22. [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Australia's Senate passed a bill Oct. 16 to treat unmarried couples who break up the same as married couples who divorce. The measure, which was returned to the lower house [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Former UK professional soccer player Paul Elliott, who was the Scottish Player of the Year in 1990-1991, said Oct. 16 that he knows 12 current top players who are gay [...]
by Rex Wockner International News The top deputy to the late Austrian rightist leader Joerg Haider created speculation Oct. 22 that he and Haider had been lovers. Haider crashed his car and died Oct. 11 [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Jerusalem's GLBT community center, Jerusalem Open House, is in "financial crisis," the board of directors said in an open letter to the community Oct. 22. "As an organization that a [...]
by Rex Wockner International News A controversial bill that passed Britain's House of Commons Oct. 22, authorizing stem-cell research that implants human cells into animal eggs creating human-animal hybrids, also cleared the way for lesbians [...]
An analysis of the candidates' positions on issues of concern to the GLBT community Employment Non-Discrimination Barack Obama: * Supports ending employment discrimination against the entire GLBT community John McCain: * Cast a deciding vote [...]
OAKLAND COUNTY - One could hardly attend any LGBT event this past year without running into Gary Peters - at events hosted by Triangle Foundation, Affirmations, the HOPE Fund, Pride - he was everywhere, and [...]
by Jessica Carreras In June, the Hamtramck City Council passed a human rights ordinance that prohibits discrimination in areas such as housing, employment and public services based on, among other things, sexual orientation and gender [...]
by Jessica Carreras The fight to eliminate marriage equality in California rages on, and one of the largest donors? Michigan's own Elsa Prince. Prince donated $200,000 on Aug. 8 and $250,000 on Aug. 14 for [...]
by Jessica Carreras On Nov. 4, amidst the slew of local, state and national elections, Michigan voters will also be casting their votes on two controversial proposals. The first, Proposal 1, would legalize the growth [...]
by Jessica Carreras On Nov. 6-9, the HIV/AIDS Resource Center of Jackson, in conjunction with other community organizations, will host a display of four sections of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. The quilt will [...]
This election, do more than just vote - volunteer! People from all backgrounds and all areas are needed to help monitor the polls on Nov. 4 to ensure election integrity. Be trained as a poll [...]
We can't predict the future. We can read polls. We can listen to political commentators. We can talk up Obama's spine-chilling speeches and talk down about Sarah Palin's off-the-script wardrobe freak outs. We can watch [...]
It's no secret that local playwright Joseph Zettelmaier is one of the industry's rising young stars. An adjunct lecturer at Eastern Michigan University and prolific author, two of Zettelmaier's efforts have already been nominated for [...]
By D. A. Blackburn "Apartment 3A" may be the "nicest apartment in the building," but it's certainly not the most desirable property in town. One of 12 plays written by Jeff Daniels for The Purple [...]
By Robert Bethune The moment I walked into the Hilberry for their current production of "Hamlet," the set hit me. Jeffrey Strange's Elsinore is beautifully worked stone in a forbidding mass of arches, levels, stairs [...]
OAKLAND COUNTY - One could hardly attend any LGBT event this past year without running into Gary Peters - at events hosted by Triangle Foundation, Affirmations, the HOPE Fund, Pride - he was everywhere, and [...]
by Jessica Carreras On Nov. 4, amidst the slew of local, state and national elections, Michigan voters will also be casting their votes on two controversial proposals. The first, Proposal 1, would legalize the growth [...]
By Jessica Carreras While good news continues to come in nationally, bad news hit the city of Hamtramck tonight as the results for the human rights ordinance were released. According to city councilmember Scott Klein, [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service California's landmark victory enabling same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses is teetering on the brink of extinction, but - with 96 percent of precincts reported in as of 1:40 [...]
