Dear Jody: Girlfriend caught ‘sexting’
Q: Jody, I thought I had a great relationship with my partner "Janice." We have been together for 14 years; it'll be 15 next February. We had a commitment ceremony just two years ago. Not [...]
Queeries: Help for the Holidays
By Steven Petrow Bring him home for the holidays? Q: My partner and I usually spend Christmas apart, opting instead to dine with our respective families. But this year I'd like to take him to [...]
Book Marks: Books of the Year
by Richard Labonte For a few years, memoirs have been the "it" book in literary queer publishing, and the trend continues - several are included in this subjective list of my 10 "best" fiction and [...]
It’s ‘Complicated’ – but any good?
Two words are all it takes to turn Meryl Streep's straight-laced spinster divorcee into a saucy sexpot. "Let go," her shrink's broad advice, apparently equates to this: smoke pot, embrace your naked out-of-whack body, and [...]
Hear Me Out: Best Beats of 2009
My best affairs of 2009 have been with women. Now, of course, this means aural relations with pop powerhouses, dance-floor fiends and sweet-ass singer-songwriters. Relentlessly, they've penetrated my hearing holes, becoming more than casual hook-ups. [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente 'Wicked' Menzel going to 'Glee' As if this show couldn't get any gayer, Broadway's alliance with "Glee" -specifically, the show's stuck-like-glue ties to "Wicked" - continues to pick up steam and [...]
A Magnificent ‘Man’
This is how you know a gay fashion designer made "A Single Man": It looks great. And this poetic beauty, in all its chic come-to-life contrast, is what makes Tom Ford's dynamic directorial debut, where [...]
“Focus on work, Pisces!”
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes The disharmony between Mars, Saturn and Pluto continues with Venus aligning with Pluto. Efforts to establish peace can be coercive. Maybe they need to be, but look ahead to see [...]
After All, Her Husband Was Gross
Across 1 Ballet move 5 Petty of "A League of Their Own" 9 Puts it to 13 Pomo ___ Homos 14 Similar in nature 15 Anderson of TV and film 16 "Dial ___ Murder" 17 [...]
Saving the best for last: ‘Jersey Boys’
A typical touring show arrives in town long after media hype machines have pelted potential theatergoers with an almost nonstop barrage of adjectives and sound bites that try to convince anyone and everyone that this [...]
‘Misbehavin’ at the Music Hall Jazz Cafe
By Jenn McKee In many ways, "Ain't Misbehavin': The Fats Waller Musical Revue" seems a perfect fit for the Jazz Cafe at Detroit's Music Hall. The show features singers performing Waller's songs in period dress [...]
Milestones
2001 University of Michigan Spectrum Center, 30 years 2002 Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit, 30 years PFLAG-Ann Arbor, 20 years 2003 Crossroads, 25 years The Greater Lansing Gay Men's Chorus, 15 years 2004 Dignity Detroit, [...]
Honduran gay leader, resistance fighter assassinated
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Well-known Honduran gay activist Walter Trochez was murdered in a drive-by shooting Dec. 14 in Tegucigalpa. He was 27. Trochez was an active member of the resistance front against [...]
Gays blocked from fielding candidate in Philippine election
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The Philippines Commission on Elections on Dec. 17 upheld its earlier decision to block the LGBT group Ang Ladlad from registering as a political party and fielding a candidate [...]
Quebec government launches battle against homophobia
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The Canadian province of Quebec launched an official campaign against homophobia Dec. 11. "By its gesture this morning, Quebec society demonstrates once again that it is in the vanguard [...]
UK registrars cannot shun civil partnerships
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs England's Court of Appeal ruled Dec. 15 that a Christian marriage registrar who was disciplined for refusing to register gay civil partnerships was not a victim of religious discrimination. [...]
Affirmations welcomes new board members
FERNDALE - On Dec. 2, Brandon Jones and Tina Seitz were appointed to join the Affirmations Board of Directors. Effective immediately, they join a 15-member board which governs the 20-year-old Ferndale non-profit. Each will serve [...]
Between Ourselves
by Jessica Carreras Jena Lewis Jena Lewis is an activist, trans educator and mother. The Grand Rapids-based woman also participates in the Bells of River City dance team, paints and is active in the [...]
International ex-gay ministry drops local affiliate
Truth Wins Out revealed last week that the nation's largest "ex-gay" organization, Exodus International, officially cut ties with its Lansing affiliate Corduroy Stone after charges were made by an ex-gay survivor that the sessions included [...]
Undoing the knots
by Jessica Carreras A photo snapped by a Triangle member causes cups to get pulled from pretzel chain Auntie Anne's. Photo courtesy of the Triangle Foundation The Triangle Foundation celebrated a small - but [...]
Volunteer with Speak Equal
Speak Equal, an LGBT activism group based out of Grand Rapids, is looking for volunteers. Currently, the group is forming two committees in need of help - a committee for artchives and research and another [...]
What’s in a decade?
Between The Lines is feeling a little nostalgic as we reach the end of 2009. But we're not just thinking about the past year - Proposition 8 protests and debates, marriage and discrimination victories and [...]
Dirty laundry again?
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of all the articles slamming the non-profit we know as Affirmations. I've been watching the various stories surface every other month and as an educated person, I [...]
Parting Glances: Your meter’s running, Elvis!
By the time you read this PG you'll have spent the equivalent of 20 cents. If you're a speed reader you'll save yourself a nickel or a dime, depending upon your scanning skills. God bless [...]
Viewpoint: In the midst of plenty
by Pamela Alexander After reading last week's editorial on racism, I am thoroughly convinced there is no better time than now to focus on the issue of race in the LGBT community, particularly in the [...]