Getting back at him
Dear Jody Q: I'm very unhappy in my relationship with "Erik." Erik and I have been together for six years and seven months. For guys, we're doing really well, and we have been put on [...]
The Tide Isn’t Turning on Marriage
By Diane Silver Political IQ This is a reality check. From a hard, crass, political point of view, our victories in Iowa and Vermont mean very little. For gay- and lesbian-headed households in Vermont, and [...]
Viewpoint: Sisterhood of the Traveling Walker
Well, it's inevitable. No matter how fabulous we are and how bright our light may shine, we are all getting older. With each birthday, another year passes as we transform from being a rising star [...]
Creep of the Week: Virginia Foxx
Was the murder of Matthew Shepard a hoax? Is he actually alive and well, hanging out with Elvis, perhaps? My, what a scandal! Thank you Virginia Foxx, Republican Representative from North Carolina, for bringing this [...]
Parting Glances: How’s it hanging, Philip?
Latest word is that Philip Markoff, dubbed the Craiglist Killer, alleged murderer of 26-year-old masseuse Julissa Brisman, had also been trawling the popular site for gays and T-persons as possible victims. The 22-year-old Boston University [...]
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre stages ‘The Syringa Tree’
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre presents the searing contemporary drama "The Syringa Tree," directed by Alex Bisker, May 7-10 at The University of Michigan's Arthur Miller Theatre. Performances are at 2 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. [...]
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte "Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America," by Nathaniel Frank. St. Martin's Press, 364 pages, $25.95 hardcover. What an infuriating book - in a good way. By [...]
Hear Me Out
Levi Kreis, 'Where I Belong' Some might say he belongs in their bed, but Levi Kreis' third album's title, "Where I Belong," is really conveying his sense of serenity, overcoming the internal homosexuality vs. religion [...]
Losing my sister
Amandine Abraham's sister is gone. Photos in family albums remind her that Janielle Williams, her 29-year-old sibling, is still there - she especially recalls a First Communion picture where Janielle wasn't wearing her veil, unraveled [...]
Hangover Helper
By Camper English Cocktail Chatter In addition to being painful, hangovers are a waste of time. I've got things to do in the morning - work, exercise, brunch cocktails - and it's much harder to [...]
Keep an open mind, Taurus!
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Mercury just popped into Gemini long enough to irritate Pluto over in Capricorn, provoking arguments and power struggles. Then he retrogrades into Taurus causing three weeks of further unraveling. It's [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Wanda Sykes is Fox's Ms. Saturday Night Romeo already thought that Wanda Sykes was one of the funniest people on the planet, but when she spoke openly and proudly about her [...]
Of _The L Word_ We Sing
Q Puzzle Across 1 Benjamin Britten's Peter 6 "Quo Vadis" emperor 10 Big name in pumps 14 Fame 15 Where to find hot buns 16 Sailor's mop 17 Gladiator area 18 Pilaf ingredient 19 Debussy's [...]
Between Ourselves: Activist Justin Lippi
by Jessica Carreras Justin Lippi wants to help people heal. At 22 years old, the Michigan State University psychology and and philosophy student has already won an award for his work with LGBT issues on [...]
Second parent adoption bill on the move
by Jessica Carreras Proponents of the second parent adoption bill, House Bill 4131, rejoiced last week as the bill began to move forward. However, they admit that there's still a long way to go - [...]
Local couples flock to gay wedding expo
ST. CLAIR SHORES - For the past eleven years, Akita Stewart of Detroit and Bridie Johnson of Redford have shared the closeness of a dear friendship that has grown into a romance and love that [...]
Affirmations health fair to offer health services, screenings
On Saturday, May 9, Affirmations, the LGBT community center in Ferndale, will host its seventh annual health fair as a Project Healthy Living site. The free event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., [...]
Local teen plans marriage equality event
by Jessica Carreras Barely old enough to marry himself, Anthony Wagner, an 18-year-old Henry Ford Community College student, is organizing a pro-gay marriage event for this Saturday, May 9, from 2-4 p.m. at Ford Field [...]
Local support needed for Uniting American Families Act
The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA -H.R. 1024/S. 424) was introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as a Valentine's Day gift this year to same-sex, binational couples by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) [...]
Action needed on anti-bullying bill
A federal anti-bullying bill, the Safe Schools Improvement Act, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday by California Rep. Linda Sanchez. The bill's introduction comes less than a month after the tragic [...]
House approves hate crimes legislation
by Bob Roehr The U.S. House of Representatives passed hate crimes legislation on April 29. The tally of 249 to 175 was a modest increase over the 237 to 180 vote on the same legislation [...]
Obama’s 100 day gay report card
by Jen Colletta Philadephia Gay News Last Wednesday marks the 100th day since President Obama took the oath of office and, for the national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, never-before-experienced access to and inclusion [...]
Marriage momentum continues
By Lisa Keen On Wednesday, April 29, the New Hampshire Senate voted 13 to 11 to approve a bill providing for equal marriage rights for gay couples. The New Hampshire House approved a same-sex marriage [...]
Justice at last
by Bob Roehr A transgender women illegally discriminated against in hiring by the Library of Congress will receive nearly a half million dollars. The final settlement was announced on April 29. David Schroer had a [...]
Viewpoint: First 100 days don’t include gays
Jennifer Vanasco By the end of Barack Obama's first 100 days, it became clear: gays and lesbians are not this president's priority. He stopped mentioning us, except for two notable cases: the brouhaha surrounding the [...]
Internationally-adopted children show questionable vaccination records
by Bob Roehr The nearly 250,000 foreign-born children adopted into American families over the last 15 years are disproportionately likely to have gay or lesbian parents. A new study suggests that parents should not necessarily [...]
Bungled edit or change in policy?
By Lisa Keen It's a little like President Obama's controversy last month over whether he bowed to a Saudi king or just "bent over" unusually far to shake his hand. But the latest controversy involves [...]
Austrian court strikes down transsexual surgery law
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Austria's Administrative High Court has struck down a law that blocked recognition of male-to-female transsexuals' new gender unless an individual's penis had been removed. "Mandatory sex-change surgery today is [...]
Botswana gays sue over gay sex ban
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The organization Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana has sued the government over the nation's gay sex ban. Group members filed suit April 29, saying the ban violates rights [...]
Burundi bans gay sex
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The president of the Central African nation of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, "secretly" signed a bill criminalizing homosexual conduct April 22, Human Rights Watch reported. The measure had passed the [...]
Appointed Icelandic lesbian prime minister now elected
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Iceland's lesbian prime minister, Johanna Sigurardottir, who was appointed to the job Feb. 1 after the government fell when the nation's banks collapsed, was elected to continue serving on [...]
Court: Lambda Istanbul can continue operating
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The legal case against the Turkish GLBT group Lambda Istanbul returned to local court April 30 and the organization was granted permission to continue operating. In May 2008 the [...]
Romania considers gay adoption ban
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The Romanian GLBT group ACCEPT and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission expressed opposition April 22 to a proposed amendment to Romania's civil code that would prohibit [...]
Support is crucial for movement on all our issues
Feeling left out of the hubbub of marriage equality that is taking over the news in such states as Maine, New Hampshire, New York and others? Fret not. Here in Michigan - or, for that [...]
The devil’s in the details at the Network
Moments into the opening night performance of "Fences" at Performance Network Theatre, actors Lynch Travis and James Bowen entered as Troy Maxson and his best friend Jim Bono, and the two commiserated about work, women, [...]
Mitten State culture, men make for big laughs
By D. A. Blackburn Our lives are profoundly shaped by the men who inhabit them, and the regional culture in which we grow up. The Planet Ant Theatre's newest late night production, "Sirs," which opened [...]
Shakespeare’s never been this much fun!
Something may be rotten in the state of Denmark, but not in the city of Northville, where a madcap romp through every Shakespeare play ever written had theatergoers at Tipping Point Theatre gushing with praise [...]