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Dear Jody: At a loss
Q: I am ready to crawl in bed and never get up. I can't believe how unfeeling my whole family is. Let me explain: My significant other "Brad" died three months ago from complications from [...]
Out from the Poundstone Age
Never one for the computer, Paula Poundstone finally caved because people wouldn't stop gushing about the "stupid" thing. Now the longtime comedian's tweeting and friending in between writing another book, promoting her first live comedy [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood: Eliza Dushku, Susan Sarandon, ‘Whorehouse’
By Romeo San Vicente Eliza Dushku's road to Mapplethorpe Actors with ambition to produce and direct know that to make their dream projects come true there are dues to be paid. So when "Dollhouse" star [...]
Bio of Katharine Hepburn is mostly in her words
By Mary Foster, Associated Press Writer The latest biography of Katharine Hepburn is very close to an autobiography, since much of the book comes from a series of interviews that author Charlotte Chandler recorded with [...]
Tweet, Scorpio!
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Mercury in Pisces sextile to Pluto in Capricorn offers very deep insights that seem illogical, but go with your gut. Your subconscious may be catching rational connections that your conscious [...]
Hear Me Out: Little Boots gives us her ‘Hands,’ k.d. lang quenches a constant craving on best-of
Little Boots, 'Hands' Good pop doesn't work too hard. So luckily, few beads of sweat trickle from the electro shimmer of Victoria "Little Boots" Hesketh's much-anticipated stateside landing. Odds are, however, that you already knew [...]
Policy Reinterpreted
Across 1 Sweet opening? 5 Game with many openings 10 One of the Three Bears 14 Dreadlocks feature 15 Skater Sonja 16 Ryan of porn 17 Elton John Broadway musical 18 Lose ground 19 "Peter [...]
The NCAA talks trans (and LGB)
By Dan Woog The OutField For several years now, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has addressed LGBT issues at its annual convention. The once sparsely attended sessions have mushroomed into key events. High-ranking athletic administrators [...]
He’s big, he’s green and he’s puttin’ on the Ritz
By Martin F. Kohn Mel Brooks created a monster. It's called "The Producers," and "Young Frankenstein," Brooks' subsequent Broadway musical based on one of his movies, will forever be in its shadow. "The Producers," directed [...]
‘Welles’ of laughter at Performance Network
Neither snow nor ice nor cars in freeway ditches were going to keep me from my appointed rounds Friday night, or rather, from Performance Network Theatre where I was scheduled to review the opening night [...]
The ‘Good,’ the bad and the morally bankrupt
By D. A. Blackburn There's something extraordinarily disconcerting--and genuinely thought-provoking--about watching a man make bad decision after bad decision for two intense hours. This, of course, is precisely the motivation behind C. P. Taylor's heady [...]
Big dreams, funny show at The Ringwald
I suspect this scenario has been played out hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of times throughout history: A couple of friends are sitting around the house, the bar or backstage when an [...]
Hawaii’s Garden Isle: Kauai
by Andrew Collins Out of Town In terms of scenery, the one Hawaiian island that comes closest to living up to the expectations of many first-time visitors is Kauai, a comparatively small but magnificently lush [...]
Australian Senate rejects same-sex marriage bill
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Australia's Senate rejected a measure to legalize same-sex marriage Feb. 26. The vote was 5-45. Twenty-six senators failed to vote. The bill, introduced by the Greens, was opposed by [...]
Clarification
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs A recent International News Brief said, "Police reportedly stopped a gay 'wedding' in Mtwapa, Kenya, on Feb. 12 after a large mob formed and threatened to stone the couple [...]
Indian professor who had gay sex driven from university
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs An Indian languages professor at Aligarh Muslim University in Lucknow, India, was driven from his job in mid-February after a TV news crew burst into his house and taped [...]
Gays file complaint against Quebec sportscasters
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The Quebec Gay and Lesbian Council filed a complaint Feb. 22 against sportscasters Alain Goldberg and Claude Mailhot who said on the air that Olympic skater Johnny Weir hurts [...]
Russian gay marriage group denied registration
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Russia's Justice Ministry on Feb. 22 refused to register the activist group Marriage Equality Russia. The ministry said the group's aims contradict a law that defines "marriage as a [...]
Transgenders file suit against Guyana cross-dressing ban
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Members of Guyana's Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination filed suit in the Supreme Court on Feb. 19 against the nation's ban on cross-dressing. The "originating notice of motion" says [...]
Groups target trans abuses in Turkey
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Recent murders of two transgender women in Turkey highlight an ongoing pattern of violence and the urgent need for government intervention, four human rights organizations said Feb. 22 in [...]
Art & Activism
by Jessica Carreras Dustin Lance Black will probably never pen a James Cameron-esque blockbuster. He'll never bank off of the vampire craze or direct the latest date night rom-com. But there's definitely something to be [...]
To be included
by Jessica Carreras Defining inclusion is tough. The dictionary tells us it's the act of being included, while our instincts speak in more societal terms. Inclusion, to us as human beings, is allowing everyone to [...]
Speak Out:
by Eric Rader The coming year will be one of major political change in Michigan. Due to term limits, Gov. Jennifer Granholm cannot run for another term. While the LGBT community (like our state) has [...]
Between Ourselves: Sarah Dettloff
by Jessica Carreras Sarah Dettloff is a fan of having a plan. The 29-year-old Roseville resident, who now works with the National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Detroit team, is hoping to help create that plan for [...]
Motor City Pride planning under way
The Motor City Pride Planning Committee is hosting an organizational meeting to discuss the 39th annual Motor City Pride. The discussion will be held at the Affirmations LGBT community center in Ferndale at 2 p.m. [...]
2010 Michigan Political Leadership Program fellows announced
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Two former governors with 20 years of experience and 24 new Michigan State University Michigan Political Leadership Program Fellows with political dreams of their own were celebrated last week at two [...]
Foundation offering paid LGBT internships
The R. Scott Hitt Foundation is offering funding for qualified candidates with the vision to be future leaders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement. The pro-LGBT sponsoring organization that the interns choose to [...]
Triangle gears up for ComedyFest
Jessica Kirson, Gloria Bigelow, Jamie Pierce and Roxanna Ward will perform during the 14th Annual Michigan Lesbian & Gay ComedyFest at 6 and 9:30 p.m. March 13 at Dearborn's Ford Community & Performing Arts Center. [...]
Creating change with art
Using art to create change isn't a new concept. But it is one that we often forget about. Sometimes, we are so caught up in the emotions surrounding what we are fighting for that we [...]
Creep of the Week: Cliff Kincaid
Last month when the Conservative Political Action Conference let gay conservative group GOProud cosponsor, they sure raised a shit storm. Ryan Sorba, last week's Creep, got his 15-minutes of fame when he was booed for [...]
Parting Glances: Sarah’s Rose of Cairo
Last Tuesday I chanced to find myself four fast food commercials into "Purple Rose of Cairo," at the magic moment when Mia Farrow (who, by the way, turned 65 this year, not that I hold [...]
S/he said: Elton, Olympics and Dr. Oz
Compiled by Howard Israel "While persecution remains a reality for most of these gay characters, just as it does in many movies and television shows featuring gay love stories, the widening acceptance of AIDS as [...]
A penny for her thoughts: Caring about LGBT aging
by Penny Gardner It has been a while since my thoughts have been seen on these pages and I have something to say. As a commissioner on the Michigan Commission on Services to the Aging, [...]