Where were you when you heard about the Iowa decision? I was on the phone with friends squealing and giggling like a school girl in love when the ruling was announced, with all six justices [...]
Iowa. Corn growing, homo loving Iowa. Who would have thought? Certainly not U.S. Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican with glowing rating on the joint Family Research Council Action/Focus on the Family Action Congressional Scorecard. [...]
As I write this week's challenge to intellectual adumbration and not-infrequent factual improbability called Parting Glances, it's two days after April Fools' Day. Better late than never. As fools go, I suppose I rank somewhere [...]
By Diane Silver Pressure Builds for the Administration to Tackle DOMA We may soon know whether Barack Obama will stand up for queer America or fold like so many politicians have before. The pressure of [...]
Nestled between The Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea and Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor sits a rather unique venue with a name that explains why it makes total sense to open in a market [...]
by Richard Labonte "Ruins," by Achy Obejas. Akashic Books, 212 pages, $15.95 paper. The hero of this magical, mystical novel is middle-aged Usnavy, so named because his mother could see the ships of the U.S. [...]
By Brandon Voss Best known as grunge pioneer and hard-rockin' frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave, Chris Cornell throws fans a club-friendly curveball with his third solo effort, 'Scream,' a collaboration with sample-savvy hip-hop/R&B ueber-producer Timbaland. [...]
By Anthony Paull As friends, let's keep things on the surface, shall we? After all, talk of "lost love" is the best way to ruin a perfectly good evening, and I'd like this dry martini [...]
Bob Mould, 'Life and Times' Standing in Bob Mould's light is probably not the best idea. The 48-year-old's a punk legend (Huesker Due in the '70s and Sugar in the '90s) - and in the [...]
People like to call Patti LuPone a diva. She hopes the title refers to her stage command - which earned her a Tony Award for playing Mama Rose in "Gypsy" - and not the demanding, [...]
Are you - or your kids - into theater? Students can spend the summer learning all about theater from Tipping Point's professionals. Here's all the info: Fairy and Troll Camp (First-third grades) Learn the basics [...]
Q Puzzle Across 1 Italian wine region 5 Photographer Ritts 9 Kahlo in drag? 14 Penn of "Milk" 15 Protected, to seamen 16 "Thereby hangs ___" 17 Matthew Shepherd, e.g. 20 Drag queen's shoe feature [...]
By Camper English Cocktail Chatter Today's nightclub bartenders can mix most of their drinks in a few seconds with one bottle, one squeeze of the cocktail gun, and one slice of pre-cut dried-out lime, but [...]
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes The Sun is aligned with Eris focusing our attention on our alliances and group identifications. Aspects from Mars and Jupiter make us eager to protect the group and expand its [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Ellen's going to be a mom - Mother Nature, that is She's the award-winning host of a successful talk show. She's the face of Cover Girl. She's got a hot wife. [...]
by Jessica Carreras Christine Voss has magic hands. Not only do they help the aching muscles of the Royal Oak residents where she works and resides, but they also regularly help out with Affirmations events. [...]
Always Our Children, a panel presentation, will be held 7-9 p.m. April 16 at Plymouth Congregation Church, at 2001 E. Grand River Avenue in Lansing. Catholic Parents and their adult gay and lesbian children will [...]
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation's largest LGBT civil rights organization, announced this week that HRC Foundation Religion and Faith Director Harry Knox will join the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Gay couple Martyn Hall and Steve Preddy have sued the Chymorvah Private Hotel in Marazion, Cornwall, England, for not letting them stay in the same room. They seek #5,000 [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a request for expedited hearing of several cases stemming from Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's repeated bans of gay pride marches. Some [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs France's Senate voted March 25 to recognize foreign same-sex unions. The measure now moves to the National Assembly. "We congratulate the French Senate for finally moving forward to solve [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Japan's Justice Ministry said March 26 that it has begun issuing marriage-eligibility certificates to Japanese citizens who plan to marry someone of the same sex in a foreign country [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs According to various news reports, Morocco's government has launched a crackdown on promotion of homosexuality, saying it threatens religious and moral values. The Interior Ministry said activities that go [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Two Moscow Pride organizers were arrested in Ryazan, Russia, March 30 for presenting "propaganda of homosexuality to minors." Nikolai Baev and Irina Fet, along with two activists who were [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Sweden's Parliament legalized same-sex marriage April 1. Gay couples can begin marrying May 1. The vote was 261 to 22 with 66 abstentions and absences. Six of the seven [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Voters in Zurich, Switzerland, elected an openly lesbian mayor March 29. Corine Mauch, 48, won the seat after her predecessor took an early retirement. She has agreed to deliver [...]
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday morning struck down a state law restricting marriage to one man and one woman, and many Michigan residents are hailing the ruling. However, while many praised how the ruling [...]
LANSING - The Michigan Senate confirmed the appointment of Garnett Lewis to the Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees last week. Lewis was appointed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Lewis is the first openly gay person [...]
Bingo at Diversions 9-11 p.m. Sundays Diversions Night Club, 10 Fountain NW, Grand Rapids Bingo nights to raise funds for West Michigan Pride. http://www.diversionsnightclub.com Bingo at Throwbacks 8-10 p.m. Mondays Throwbacks Grill and Pub, 245 [...]
by Jessica Carreras With June less than two months away, Michigan is gearing up for Pride. From Traverse City and Kalamazoo to Lansing and metro Detroit, Pride plans are underway. Contracts are being signed, acts [...]
by Jessica Carreras ROYAL OAK - The first ever international Transgender Day of Visibility was held March 31, and at the epicenter was metro Detroit - where the idea for the day began. Local events [...]
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Citing a new U.S. State Department report on human rights in Jamaica, a group of San Francisco gay activists, including city Supervisor Bevan Dufty, launched a boycott of the [...]
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs A proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage died in West Virginia's House of Delegates March 30. Delegates voted 67-30 to reject a move to force the measure out [...]
Charles Pugh announced in late March that he is officially leaving WJBK-TV Channel 2, a local Fox affiliate. His last day was Friday, March 27. Pugh, who worked as a weekend anchor for seven years [...]
Jaws dropped when it was announced that Proposition 8 might pass - and then did pass - in California, reversing the court order allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state. And on Friday, they [...]
By D. A. Blackburn We tend to associate the Department of Motor Vehicles with simple aggravations, not love connections, but in Don Gordon's "Panache," inconvenience and romance intersect in a collision of surprisingly rich characters. [...]
By Martin F. Kohn Meet the Smiths, a family whose moral compass appears to have been de-magnetized, in Tracy Letts' dark comedy "Killer Joe." Dark? It's more like a black hole. So little light escapes [...]
