Creep of the Week: American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property
July is quickly evaporating. Before you know it it'll be September and you'll be wishing you did more than just watch "30 Rock" reruns in front of your A/C unit for three months. But hey, [...]
General Gayety: The Episcopal Agenda
by Leslie Robinson At the recent Episcopal General Convention, Episcopalians effectively lifted their temporary ban on gay bishops. They also chose to begin drafting an official prayer for same-sex unions. In leading with its conscience [...]
Parting Glances: Tell it to the Marines, Mary!
Twentynine Palms, Calif. is blessed with temperatures in the mid-70s year 'round - and a heapin,' helpin' handful of sharpshooter marines. Keep that in mind if your planning a trip to that financially beleaguered part [...]
Taking it from the street
BIRMINGHAM - Exuberance. Energy. Color. Pop. All words that describe "Let the Silence Have Its Say," the new graffiti-based exhibit opening July 24 at the Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center. Following the traditions of Kenny Scharf and [...]
The Mixer Mix-up
By Camper English Cocktail Chatter Much as I love the name, I can't bring myself to consume what the kids today are calling the Skinny Bitch. This cocktail is usually made with a flavored vodka, [...]
‘Shortbus’ actor exposes himself, Regina Spektor goes ‘far’ on new LP
Jay Brannan, 'In Living Cover' As talented a musician as Jay Brannan is, who can help shaking the image of him as the hot threesome-having guy in John Cameron Mitchell's "Shortbus"? His oft-stripped music helps, [...]
Lesbian ‘Man’ steams up Hotter Than July
By D. A. Blackburn Laurinda D. Brown knows a thing or two about creating steamy theater. And on July 25, she's bringing the heat to Detroit's annual black pride celebration, Hotter Than July, with her [...]
Gay-friendly hideaways with big views
by Andrew Collins Out of Town There's a reason that hotels charge twice as much - or sometimes even three times more - for a room facing the crashing surf or a soaring mountain peak [...]
Pride House: A home For gay Olympians
By Dan Woog The OutField It's mid-summer - so the 2010 Winter Olympics are just a few months away. Already in the host city of Vancouver, the gay community is making sure that gay, lesbian, [...]
‘Reno 911!!’ explodes with dumb fun on season six DVD
A buncha cops who aren't doing their jobs ... and they're not in Detroit? Yeah, this is "Reno 911!," and the gaggle of no-go officers - including the hot-pants-wearing gay one, Lt. Jim Dangle (Thomas [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Julianne Moore and Annette Bening, 'All Right'? Julianne Moore made out memorably with Toni Collette in "The Hours" while Annette Bening dallied with suburban neighbor Kristen Chenoweth in "Running with Scissors," [...]
Reevaluate long-term goals, Pisces!
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Mars in Gemini already sharpens tongues, but while he's semi-square Eris, any little remark can ignite a verbal battle royale. Sun quincunx Pluto this week makes it even worse. Try [...]
Silver Deposits
Across 1 Bi 5 What you say to get a lei 10 Where to find a date in a hot place 15 Quartet after a desertion 16 Sculptor Edmonia 17 One who often screws actors [...]
Group says GLBT activists targeted after Honduran coup
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission on July 17 condemned "the recent murder and arbitrary arrests of ... LGBT activists in Honduras." "IGLHRC has learned that these [...]
Lithuanian Parliament overrides veto of ‘no promo homo’ law
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The Lithuanian Parliament on July 14 overrode a presidential veto of a bill that bans from schools and public places any information that "agitate(s) for homosexual, bisexual and polygamous [...]
Poles hate same-sex marriage
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Seventy-five percent of Poles oppose legalization of same-sex marriage and 87 percent say gay couples shouldn't be allowed to adopt children, a GfK Polonia poll has found. The poll [...]
Portugal sees biggest Prides yet
by Rex Wockner Lisbon, Portugal, saw its biggest gay pride parade to date June 20. PortugalGay. PT photo International News Briefs About 3,000 people marched in Lisbon's gay pride parade June 20, making it [...]
Russian human rights ombudsman meets with gay group
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Russia's human rights ombudsman, V.P. Lukin, met with members of the Russian LGBT Network on July 15 and received a "discrimination monitoring report" prepared by the network and the [...]
Ukraine bans Brueno
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Sacha Baron Cohen's new gay flick Brueno has been banned in Ukraine for alleged immorality, obscenity and impropriety. The Culture Ministry said it was displeased with the movie's "artistically [...]
Affirmations’ handling of youth program raises concerns
Letters to the editor I've worked as a youth counselor with Buffalo, New York's Gay and Lesbian Youth Services of WNY. I've been a high school teacher, a college instructor, learning center specialist and mentor [...]
Between Ourselves
by Jessica Carreras Greg Pawlica Greg Pawlica volunteers for and serves on the boards of several local organizations in Ferndale, he lives in the city and now, he's running for city council. The 41-year-old [...]
Life is a beach
by Jessica Carreras Rex Nockengust and Gene Allen of Beach Glass Bingo will be selling their ocean-inspiring jewelry at the Orchard Lake Fine Arts Show this weekend. Photo courtesy of Beach Glass Bingo. Rex [...]
On the same side
By Anthony Martinez Beven During the past several years, as the gay civil rights movement in this country has gained more momentum and media attention, it has increasingly been compared to the African American civil [...]
Hotter Than July ’09 kicks off with annual march
DETROIT - About 40 people took to the streets near Palmer Park Saturday, July 18 for the 10th annual Ruth Ellis Pride March. The event, which winds along Merrill Plaisance Street from Woodward Avenue to [...]
EchoVerse is Hotter Than July
As part of Detroit's black gay pride festivities, EchoVerse Poetry and Slam Series will be hosting an event at 9 p.m. July 24. The event, EchoVerse is Hotter Than July, will feature slam poet T-Miller, [...]
Back in the saddle
Under the radar for the better part of five years, the Michigan International Gay Rodeo Association has reorganized and is refreshed and ready to get back to work. The group's first order of long term [...]
PFLAG to show film addressing DADT policy
By Jim Larkin FLINT - Genesee County PFLAG will be closing its Friday Night Film and Discussion series on July 31 with one of the hottest issues facing the gay community: the country's "Don't Ask, [...]
AIDS leaders call for more world support
by Bob Roehr Medical leaders of the International AIDS Society, meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, chastised political leaders of the developed world for inadequate support of AIDS programs in the developing world. They called [...]
Senate approves hate crimes bill
By Lisa Keen The Senate approved the long-sought Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act by a voice vote on the night of July 16. The measure, however, was approved as an amendment to an annual [...]
Horserace to equality
By Lisa Keen The shocker at the Kentucky Derby this year was that a little known horse with 50 to 1 odds came in first. The horse had never won on a dirt track before [...]
Sotomayor hearing held
By Lisa Keen U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was grilled twice on how she might rule should a same-sex marriage case comes before her on the high court - and, both times, she carefully [...]
Hate crimes could pass, but we still have work to do
Finally. It is the word on the lips of every LGBT and allied citizen of the United States; of every person who has ever been assaulted or seen their friends assaulted; of every parent who [...]
Shakespeare, Sondheim take Jackson by storm
By D. A. Blackburn The Michigan Shakespeare Festival has raised the curtain on its 15th season, and though organizers have been forced to grapple with the myriad challenges associated with diminished funding, they have, nevertheless, [...]
Sweet, irreverent mini-musical charms audiences in Ferndale
It's extremely rare that it takes me longer to drive to a theater than it does to watch the show I'm reviewing - especially if the theater is only 15 miles away, and I take [...]
Belkin skewers efforts to repeal DADT
by Bob Roehr A group of advocates for repeal of the antigay military policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) is turning its fire on gay rights groups based in Washington, DC for enabling [...]