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The Gay Moralist: Growing older, gratefully
By John Corvino This column hits the Internet around my 40th birthday. Forgive a middle-aged columnist for indulging in some reminiscing. Little reminders of my age keep creeping up, like the fact that I had [...]
Creep of the Week: Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher
Ah, Joe the Plumber. That quintessential everyman all good Americans strive to be: hardworking, heterosexual, white male, and strongly opinionated without any idea what he's talking about (aka Republican). Not only can the man snake [...]
Parting Glances: Tempest in a cracked paint pot
Back in the "good old days" of Great Depression #1, following Stock Market Crash '29 - years and years - well, at least a galloping few - before my time, the arts took a real [...]
Book Marks
by Richard Labonte "Body Surfing," by Dale Peck. Atria Books, 420 pages, $26 hardcover. Two best-friend teen boys are at the heart of this sex-driven gorefest from the author of the queer classic "Martin and [...]
Crafting the Cosmopolitan
By Camper English Cocktail Chatter The Cosmopolitan is one tasty cocktail and probably most popular drink created in the last 30 years, but it is not magically original. The recipe calls for lemon vodka, lime [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Singer may take Bale and Wahlberg prisoner So "Superman Returns" may have underperformed, and "Milk" stole his "Mayor of Castro Street" thunder, but gay director Bryan Singer remains at the top [...]
Quentin, crazy?
Half muttering - hey, it's early - Quentin Harris confesses his schedule is go-go-go crazy. Whirlwind traveling, which brings the native here at 4 p.m. May 25 for Movement: Detroit's Electronic Music Festival. Several projects, [...]
Good to be LaKisha
LaKisha Jones made us believe her when she enraptured those watching "American Idol" with a hair-tossing, bug-eyed, effing-ferocious take on "And I Am Telling You, I'm Not Going." But then, she did. "Too soon," says [...]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
by Andrew Collins Out of Town Few European locales have more to offer lesbian and gay travelers than the remarkably forward-thinking and tolerant city of Amsterdam. Even better, a combination of consistently reasonable airfares, direct [...]
Pop-opera ‘Miss Saigon’ lands in Royal Oak
ROYAL OAK - Audiences may be wondering how Stagecrafters is going to pull off the iconic evacuation scene of "Miss Saigon" when a 1975 Huey helicopter lands on stage. More than just lights and sound [...]
“Bea Honest”
Q Puzzle Across 1 Peggy of Split Bitches 5 Opposite of loads 9 NG: Weight-room exercise 14 NG: Mata ___ 15 HRC's equal sign, e.g. 16 NG: Palmer of "The Boys From Brazil" 17 NG: [...]
Letters to the Editor
Affirmations: Stop your censorship! Responses to the article "Photos deemed 'too sexual' for Affirmations" and the concurring editorial, "Art is meant to provoke," both published May 14. I wish I could find the author of [...]
Between Ourselves
by Jessica Carreras Denise Brogan-Kator is a 54-year-old mother who lives with her partner, Mary Kator, in Milford. She's also the chairperson of the Triangle Foundation's board of trustees, on the board of the Washtenaw [...]
Backlash for Bash Back
Members of the radical anarchist group Bash Back! Lansing have been served with court orders in a federal lawsuit brought against them for their participation in a Nov. 9 protest in the evangelical Lansing Church [...]
Conyers on Obama
DETROIT - U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the Detroit Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, says it is time to repeal the 16-year-old ban on openly gay service members in the U.S. military. The controversial [...]
A deadline to end DOMA?
DETROIT - Congressman John Conyers (D-Detroit) said May 16 that the votes are in place in the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. Gay rights advocates have [...]
HARC to hold Dining for Dollars
The HIV/AIDS Resource Center will hold its 14th Annual Dining for Dollars fundraising dinner at 7 p.m. May 27 at Zingerman's Roadhouse in Ann Arbor. Join in for a night of festivities and enjoy food [...]
Hate crimes on hold
LANSING - Democratic leaders in the state House on May 14 put off action on bias crime legislation which was passed on for action by the House Judiciary Committee the day prior. The bill passed [...]
EU criticizes Burundi’s criminalization of gay sex
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The European Union, in a declaration issued by its presidency, has criticized the African nation of Burundi for its recent criminalization of gay sex. "The criminalisation of consensual same-sex [...]
Fired gay Chilean police officer sues
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs A policeman fired in Santiago, Chile in 2006 for being gay has filed suit at the Santiago Court of Appeals seeking reinstatement, back pay and $88,770 in damages. Cesar [...]
Gays will have ‘house’ at 2010 Winter Games
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Gay athletes at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will have a "Pride House" in which to chill out together in the mountain resort town of Whistler, British Columbia. The [...]
Gay Euro MP banned from speaking in England
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The president of the European Parliament's Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights was prevented by local officials from addressing an International Day Against Homophobia rally May 9 in Birmingham, [...]
Lebanese gay group to target gay-sex ban
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs In what may be a first for the Arab world, the Lebanese gay group Helem says it will launch an effort to overturn the nation's ban on gay sex. [...]
Lesbian couple denied marriage license in Moscow
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs A lesbian couple were turned away when they applied for a marriage license at Moscow's Marriage Registration Office on May 12. Irina Fet and Irina Shipitko were handed a [...]
Swedish gay leader beaten at Moldova Pride
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The president of the Swedish national gay group RFSL, Soeren Juvas, was beaten up in Chisinau, Moldova, May 11. He was stopped by police as he left a pub [...]
Genesee PFLAG hosts film series
By Jim Larkin FLINT - Ever been to a thought-provoking movie and wished there was someone to discuss it with afterward? Yeah, Genesee County PFLAG knows the feeling. That's one of the reasons the county [...]
The work for safe schools continues
by Jessica Carreras Michigan citizens gathered on May 13 in Lansing to lobby for the passage of Senate Bill 159 - the anti-bullying legislation with enumeration - and though they shared a common cause, their [...]
MAC moves forward
by Jessica Carreras When Torii Hamilton joined the Affirmations Board of Directors in 2003, she was surprised to see that though the community center aimed to serve a diverse LGBT community, the organization itself lacked [...]
LGBT, AIDS leader Rodger McFarlane dies
by Bob Roehr Rodger McFarlane was bigger than life, a tyro of an organizer in AIDS and the LGBT community who never lost his human touch, the quiet ability to soothe and comfort. He took [...]
Gay erotic magazines shut down
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Venerable erotic gay magazines Honcho, Inches, Mandate, Playguy and Torso were shut down May 11 by Mavety Media Group. The closure also extended to the company's lesser-known gay titles. [...]
Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch supports same-sex marriage
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Blogging for the Yonkers Tribune, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch came out in support of same-sex marriage May 11. "I believe that same-sex marriage will be approved [...]
New Hampshire governor to sign marriage bill
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Despite unrelenting pressure from anti-gay activists, including via TV ads, New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said May 14 he will sign a bill passed by the legislature legalizing same-sex [...]
New York Assembly passes same-sex marriage bill
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs The New York state Assembly passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage May 12 by a vote of 89-52. The measure now goes to the Senate, where it may [...]
Wanda Sykes criticized for comments to Obama
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs Openly lesbian comedian Wanda Sykes has come under fire for comments she made to President Barack Obama on May 9 at the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner. "Rush [...]
Merger is long overdue
The All-American Lobby Day was great. Lots of people showed up to support anti-bullying legislation, meet with legislators and voice their support for Matt's Safe Schools. Sound like a lot of fluff? That's because it [...]
Love and laughs on Thursdays in Ferndale
Ferndale's newest hotspot is on a roll. Recently named Best Comedy Club by both Metro Times and Real Detroit Weekly, Go Comedy! Improv Theater has quickly become the region's home for quality improvisational comedy. With [...]
‘The Producers’ under (not behind) the stars
By D. A. Blackburn How do you make the most raucous, riotously funny musical in recent memory an even more enjoyable evening of theater? Mount it outdoors, under the stars, and infuse it with a [...]
Affirmations: Stop your censorship!
Responses to the article "Photos deemed 'too sexual' for Affirmations" and the concurring editorial, "Art is meant to provoke," both published May 14. Letters to the Editor I wish I could find the author of [...]
Affirmations responds to BTL article
There were several inaccuracies related to Affirmationsâ Social and Enrichment Coordinator, Maureen Jones, in the May 14 article about Affirmationsâ Pittmann-Puckett Art Gallery. Maureen Jones did, in fact, review and approve only three of the images [...]