Dear Jody: Sperm shopping
Q: I am a 35-year-old woman and my partner "Sarah" is 39. We have been living together for seven years and recently decided that we wanted to have a baby. I will be the baby [...]
Book Marks: Spanking New, Robin and Ruby, Ganymede Stories One
by Richard Labonte "Spanking New," by Clifford Henderson. Bold Strokes Books, 288 pages, $16.95 paper. Spanky, the narrator of this delicious novel, is an unborn baby who can flit from one character's thoughts and emotions [...]
‘Off and Running’ will have audiences up and applauding
by Jessica Carreras If the trend in TV and movies lately is to portray gay and lesbian characters without focusing on their orientation, "Off and Running: An American Coming of Age Story," showing Saturday as [...]
Classical goes queer
Something's concocting in Cameron Carpenter's outrageous mind regarding the garb he'll wear for his local engagement. It's a hodgepodge of khakis, a fishing vest, a ratty corduroy jacket over a button-down shirt from the '80s, [...]
Tret-ing along
Tret Fure's 16-year-old self wouldn't be happy with her. She never made it as big as she imagined herself being as a teenager, but after four decades in the business, her pride stands tall in [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente You will believe an elephant can fly In keeping with the Disney Corporation's transparent bid for global domination of all adorability-based product, they want to bring "Dumbo" to Broadway. Tony Award-winning [...]
Your life is an open book on ‘Drag Race’
By Bebe Zahara Benet As I travel all around the country to promote my new single, so many people have told me that this season's Jessica Wild reminds them of me. I told my "mija" [...]
Stay at home, Sagittarius!
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Zipping through Aries, Mercury is keeping tongues and wits sharp, and maybe dangerously ahead of good sense and manners. This week he aspects Jupiter, expanding wit and wisdom and also [...]
A very, very, very fun ‘Bee’ at The Box
When you think of a spelling bee, what image pops into your mind? A slow-moving, geeky yawn-fest of rarely used words? Actually, there's much more behind the time-honored tradition than meets the eye, which creators [...]
MBT’s ‘April’ enchants with romantic charm
By Bridgette M. Redman When it is dark, dreary and gray, the rain muddles one's surroundings, smudging the colors and lines leaving merely an impression of life. But when one steps back, as the very [...]
A delightful habit at Andiamo Novi Theatre
I'll be honest: The last place I wanted to be on Saturday night was reviewing yet another production of the original "Late Night Catechism." It's not that I dislike the show. In fact, I've probably [...]
What is quality of life?
By Rev. Deb Dysert Associate Pastor at MCC Detroit I recently had my teaching assignment changed. I was moved from a high school setting serving students with cognitive impairments (developmental delays) to a school building [...]
Gay and Christian – not an oxymoron
Dr. Matthew Clark Can you be gay and Christian? The answer is "yes!" Say it to yourself and believe it! You are a child of God. Christ loves you just as he does our heterosexual [...]
Lithuanian MPs try to stop pride parade
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Fifty members of Lithuania's Parliament have petitioned the Prosecution Office to stop the Vilnius city government from permitting a gay pride parade in May. The MPs say the parade [...]
UK Catholic adoption charity can discriminate against gays
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs London's High Court on March 17 exempted a Catholic adoption charity from laws that ban discrimination based on sexual orientation in the provision of public services. The court said [...]
Gay, lesbian couples marry in Mexico City
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Same-sex couples started marrying in Mexico City on March 11. The first same-sex weddings took place in the Municipal Palace with Mayor Marcelo Ebrard and numerous other officials in [...]
Portugal same-sex marriage law still on track
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Same-sex marriages could start in Portugal in May. Parliament finalized and passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage on Feb. 11. The law was sent to President Anibal Cavaco Silva [...]
Saudi man to be flogged for gay video
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs A 27-year-old man in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was sent to jail for a year, fined $1,330, and will be lashed 1,000 times for appearing in a gay-themed video. Ahmad [...]
Hate crime convictions in Slovenia
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Slovenia has seen its first convictions leading to imprisonment in an anti-gay hate crime case. Three men will spend 18 months in jail for attacking the Ljubljana lesbian bar [...]
Strength, beauty and courage
by Jessica Carreras Mother's Day may be two months away, but for Sherry Duquet and Sandra Boulton, celebrating moms and the beauty and strength of all women is a year-round job. The couple owns Solstice [...]
Gay Kalamazoo commissioner fights pancreatic cancer
by Jessica Carreras KALAMAZOO - Openly gay Kalamazoo City Commissioner Terry Kuseske underwent surgery Friday, March 19, as a beginning to treatment for pancreatic cancer. Kuseske, who became the first gay commissioner in Kalamazoo when [...]
A Rhinestone Rodeo
Hundreds of metro Detroiters will kick up their cowboy (and girl) boots for a one-of-a-kind experience at Affirmations' 11th annual Big Bash. This year's event - dubbed the Rhinestone Rodeo - is set to take [...]
Between Ourselves: Eric Folkmire
by Jessica Carreras Eric Folkmire is a 22-year-old activist from Warren. He serves as the networking and media chair for the Southeast Michigan Dyke March, which empowers lesbians and their GBT and allied friends to [...]
Merged organization to hold town halls across state
The organization created by the merger of the Triangle Foundation and Michigan Equality has announced upcoming Town Hall/Focus Group Sessions aimed at spurring conversations about how the organization can best serve Michigan's LGBT community. These [...]
Barrage of protests in D.C., California
by Rex Wockner Gays and lesbians were arrested in three separate protests March 18 at the White House and at the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. "Don't Ask, [...]
Health passes, ENDA is poised
By Lisa Keen A bitterly divided U.S. House of Representatives approved the Senate health care reform bill late at night on March 21 - a bill that includes no provisions to prohibit discrimination based on [...]
Sheehan’s stand
by Chris Geidner Since Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) first began hearings last month on the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy," he's had many witnesses voice disagreement with him. Never, though, has the chairman of [...]
Celebrate health care, fight for our rights – simultaneously
They say that every dog has its day. Well, perhaps the same is true when it comes to the legislation we care about. Health care reform's day, obviously, was Sunday night (perhaps Tuesday morning, too). [...]
Creep of the Week: John Sheehan
A quick history lesson: In 1995, during the Bosnian War, thousands of people were murdered in the town of Srebrenica. It was - and still is - horrific. But it turns out the entire thing [...]
Parting Glances: Sister’s L24J “Moonmidata”
I feel remiss to the many PG fans of Sr. Serena Scatterpin, Renegade Sisters of Mary, who've sent worrywart e-mails about her absence from these too-frequently-secular columns. Over the years Recovering Catholics - which seems [...]
S/he said: Azad, David Mixner, Simon Strikeback
compiled by Howard Israel "I didn't want to overwhelm them or make them have to deal with this thing that they didn't ask for. But then I realize that that's an illogical thought because I, [...]
Transmissions: Existence is crucial
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith One key thing about being a transgender person today is simply being able to exist. Taken to its most extreme, this refers to those who murder us, who attempt to erase [...]
Corvino to debate same-sex marriage at University of Detroit Mercy
Two groups from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law - the UDM OutLaws, a gay activism group, and the school's chapter of the conservative Federalist Society - have joined forces to bring a [...]
Date turns into robbery, beating
On Friday, March 26, Ferndale Police were called to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak after a male victim reported being beaten, robbed and held against his will beginning Thursday night at his Ferndale home. The [...]