By Anthony Paull OK, let's just call a bitch a bitch and agree dating is a bitch. Yes, I've said it. Dating has each of us by our fabulously manicured balls, and sometimes it's hard [...]
I usually spend New Year's Eve alone. Just for old time's sake. Yes, hard to admit - popular raconteur and egad-about Spell Checker that I am - I sit in my art studio with a [...]
by John Corvino In terms of gay-rights progress, brace yourself for a difficult year. This is not because things are getting worse. It's because the national conversation on gay-rights issues is getting harder. One reason [...]
No longer content cornering the market on low-cost, high sodium, low-nutrition convenience foods masquerading as what your mother would have made for dinner had she actually loved you, Campbell's is waving a new flag. And [...]
By Taras Berezowsky Among his many influences in modern dance choreography, being Filipino is arguably Eddy Ocampo's most fundamental. As a young child performing Filipino folk dances in his native Chicago - well before a [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Lisa Kudrow Takes a Ride with "Dirty Girl" What happens when the school slut grabs a closeted classmate and goes on a road trip of self-discovery? We'll all find out when [...]
Only a gay guy - or a straight dude raised on queer musicians - would have a birthname like Brandon Flowers. And the pretty boy frontman of The Killers (who is, by the way, hetero [...]
In years past, The Second City-Detroit was known for its biting satires. No subject was deemed too sacred, and no local personality went untouched. But over time, the topics became somewhat generic and the humor [...]
NEW THIS WEEK Defiance The four Bielski brothers evade the invading Nazis by escaping into Belarus' forest where others fleeing the dawning Holocaust join them. The eldest Bielskis, Tuvia (Daniel Craig) and Zus (Liev Schreiber), [...]
by Jessica Carreras If it's a good sign to an artist when their artwork sells at a gallery, Sister Cheryl Phillips should be ecstatic. Her piece "River" - a large canvas covered in a rainbow [...]
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Big political shifts accompanying the Uranus-Saturn opposition set the scene for personal changes. Mercury in Aquarius aggravates the existing tension with crazy notions. Talk out those ideas - gently, calmly [...]
Q Puzzle Across 1 Went down, on the beach 6 Dorothy Gale's home 10 Word on Warhol's can 14 Tim of "Rocky Horror" fame 15 "A Streetcar Named Desire" director Kazan 16 Bear that may [...]
by Clayton Gibson This SHOULD have been the headline around the world after the Rev. Rick Warren, Pastor of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life, gave this significant interview to Beliefnet. Unfortunately, [...]
Since 2004, Royale Theus has been making a name for himself in the HIV/AIDS community through his work with the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project. The 28-year-old director of programs spearheads several initiatives to help prevent [...]
By Jim Larkin Eric Ross knows there are a lot of gay and lesbian students in Michigan who would love to show the nation their unity while helping California fight Proposition 8. They just haven't [...]
by Jessica Carreras Recent cuts in funding from General Motors that hit hard on the Michigan Opera Theatre and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are also affecting the Affirmations community center. Last week, GM announced cuts [...]
The Washtenaw Youth Mentoring Coalition and the Washtenaw Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network are teaming up to make January a great time to give to others. On Jan. 19 and 20, the two organizations are asking locals [...]
by Bob Roehr Party identification, ideology, religiosity and age were the factors most likely to determine how a person voted on Proposition 8, California's initiative that, when passed in the Nov. 4 election, banned same-sex [...]
BTL Capitol Reporter LANSING - The Michigan Department of Community Health on Wednesday announced $1.4 million in grants to nine groups for abstinence-only education programs. The grant programs are directed at youth ages 11-18 and [...]
CHICAGO - During his run for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama stated his unequivocal support for same-sex marriage, according to an exclusive story in the Jan. 14 Windy City Times newspaper. President-elect Obama's [...]
During its worship service on Jan. 18, The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation will be presenting Deborah Labelle and Jim Toy with its annual Beloved Community Awards for their work on behalf of human rights. [...]
By Jim Larkin FLINT - It wasn't just that Joann Downing fought for the rights of the LGBT community that amazed those who knew her best. It was that she fought for all people's rights [...]
Lift Every Voice, 10 a.m. Brunch and gala with guest speaker, music and poetry to celebrate the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. Hosted by Unity Fellowship of Christ Church. Tickets: $35. First Congregational Church of [...]
With the North American International Auto Show coming up this week, there's one group the auto companies are courting heavily that's important to note: LGBTs. Known to be one of the most progressive and trend-setting [...]
By D. A. Blackburn ] Last Friday, the Hilberry Theatre unveiled "Born Yesterday," a production so eerily timely that it seems to have been pulled directly from the headlines. In reality, it was written by [...]
In the final moments of "Beyond the Rainbow" at Meadow Brook Theatre, Judy Garland sits alone on an edge of the Carnegie Hall stage. A single spotlight draws all eyes to her. The year is [...]
By D. A. Blackburn The set of Who Wants Cake? Theatre's "Deathtrap" may startle you. Not just because it's filled with guns, daggers, swords and implements of torture, but also because it's one of the [...]
By The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire Opening Inaugural Event Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC January 18, 2009 Welcome to Washington! The fun is about to begin, but first, please join [...]
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