The Dating Diet: Stranger in My House
By Anthony Paull Lesbians don't date, they U-Haul. And gays don't date, they haul ass. Well, that is except for my friend Nathan. He's not living up to the stereotype, and I'm really disappointed. I [...]
Dear Jody: Just a complaint
Q: I have a bitch and I just want to bring it to the attention of couples, as well as get it off my chest. I hope you will print this. My bitch is that [...]
Wild Child: A Cherie Currie Q&A
Never did Cherie Currie think her life - the drugs, drama and debauchery - would be part of a movie. She still can't believe it. But as Currie tells us, from a suite at the [...]
Hear Me Out: Melissa Etheridge returns to rockin’ roots on ‘Fearless Love.’ Plus: Erykah Badu gets naked
Melissa Etheridge, 'Fearless Love' Rockin' riffs, soaring runs and that unbreakable soul that even cancer couldn't stop - Melissa Etheridge welcomes back the slamming sound that made her a rock goddess. Tweaked, though, with some [...]
The film must go on
The same week Barbara Troy got the go-ahead from the state on her short film, she also received some bad news: She had breast cancer. But that didn't stop the Pleasant Ridge resident from shooting [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Will Rosie rule the ratings again? Rosie O'Donnell's coming back to daytime television. That's the first bit of good news. Along with her former producer, Dick Robertson, who worked with Rosie [...]
The red carpet is the way home for one contestant
By Bebe Zahara Benet If you're like me, you're sad about "RuPaul's Drag Race" getting closer to its finale. But what makes me happy is getting the chance to talk to the queens I've enjoyed [...]
Roll with the punches, Aries!
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Brace yourself for rude, surprises, arguments and screw-ups. Mercury is turning retrograde in Taurus while semi-square Uranus in Pisces. Stubborn thinking will slam you against walls you didn't see coming. [...]
Sliced Fruit
Across 1 Able to bend over 6 Big swallow 10 Poke with a stick 14 Fruit sliced in 55-Across 15 "Hi" to Lorca 16 Round dance 17 Split from between the sheets 19 Fail to [...]
Brian Burke’s legacy
By Dan Woog The OutField Last November, the 21-year-old manager of a college hockey team came out as gay. Two months later, he was killed in an automobile accident. The hockey world may never be [...]
One strange plant, one slick show at Performance Network
I love surprises. Yet after personally reviewing close to 600 shows over the past nine seasons - and attending at least 100 more - I can honestly say that it's becoming increasingly rare to be [...]
‘Beaux’ Stratagem’ plots charming deception
By D. A. Blackburn People marry for love. They marry for beauty. And they marry for money. Rarely do they wed for all three, but in the Hilberry Theatre's latest offering, "The Beaux' Strategem," two [...]
‘Trying’ a triumph for Arthur Beer
By Martin F. Kohn He, an aristocratic, impossibly cantankerous old man nearing the end of an illustrious life and acutely aware of it, has already burned through any number of secretaries as he tries to [...]
Calling Collect
by Jessica Carreras Martin Collica needs a boyfriend, and not just for companionship or to grow old with. He needs someone who plays board games. The Harper Woods resident has over 40 boxed sets, including [...]
Introducing Boy Gourmet
David Custer doesn't claim to be a culinary queen, but he knows the trick to keeping his guests happy. He's had help from local mothers who chipped in their own specialty recipes for the TV [...]
Champions of Comfort
by Jessica Carreras Forget about La-Z-Boy. Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams, owners of a furniture store chain by the same name, have been dubbed the Kings of Comfort. And though the openly gay business partners [...]
Neighborhood Stabilization Program offers affordable homes
Farmington Hills company Home Renewal Systems has been contracted to implement the HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program for numerous cities throughout Wayne and Oakland County. Home Renewal Systems will purchase, rehab and sell vacant, foreclosed houses [...]
Navigating “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” within real estate
by Jeff Hammerberg In this new decade, both the military and civilian sectors are major battlegrounds for LGBT civil rights in the U.S. And although blatant, overt real estate discrimination may be illegal in many [...]
88 gay couples have married in Mexico City
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs A month after Mexico City's law legalizing same-sex marriage came into force, 88 gay and lesbian couples had gotten married, El Universal reported April 5. Fifty male couples and [...]
Inter-American rights body rules against Chile in custody case
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ruled that the Chilean government discriminated against a lesbian judge, Karen Atala, when it deprived her of custody of her daughters because [...]
Costa Rican president supports same-sex partnerships
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said April 5 that he supports legal recognition of same-sex couples, La Nacion reported. The comment came in response to a question from the [...]
Council of Europe passes ‘historic’ LGBT recommendations
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, representing the national governments of its 47 member countries, unanimously adopted "historic" recommendations March 31 to combat anti-LGBT discrimination, reported [...]
Euro Parliament LGBT group denounces Cotonou Agreement
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights has denounced the newest Cotonou Agreement, which delineates political and trade relations between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific states. [...]
Portuguese same-sex marriage bill advances
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Portugal should see legalization of same-sex marriage one way or the other in a matter of weeks. Parliament passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage in February and sent it [...]
Why She CAREs
by Jessica Carreras Ann Arbor - Kim Tucker misses her old home of the San Francisco suburb of Oakland sometimes. The scenery, the weather - "by the time February gets here," she jokes - and, [...]
Between Ourselves: Frank Vaca
by Jessica Carreras Frank Vaca is an activist from Potterville. The 27-year-old mid-Michigan advocate helps out with the Lansing Community College Gay-Straight Alliance, and lives to know what's going on in the LGBT community. 1) [...]
Granholm urges for anti-bullying bill passage
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm renewed her call for state lawmakers to pass anti-bullying legislation on April 2. The governor's call for action comes on the heels of new reports of teen suicides that [...]
‘Straight pride’ shirts at Tea Party rally draw fire
LANSING - State and national organizations who represent the LGBT community are expressing outrage over T-shirts bearing the slogan "Straight Pride" offered for sale at a April 10 rally of the Tea Party Express. The [...]
Michigan Pride holds second annual brunch
LANSING - Shop, socialize and support Michigan Pride, the nonprofit organization that puts on the slew of Lansing-based events each summer under the same name. The group is hosting its second annual Pride Brunch and [...]
Kim Phillips-Knope to lead program development at Affirmations
FERNDALE - Last week, Affirmations announced the selection of Kim Phillips-Knope to oversee, evaluate and develop programs for metro Detroit's LGBT community. Phillips-Knope currently runs her own Ann Arbor-based nonprofit consulting business, Educare Consulting, that [...]
Speak Out: Now, it’s our turn
by Eric Rader "Now, it's our turn." With these words, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank celebrated the recent passage of health care reform and indicated his desire that the Obama administration begin to move on several [...]
Day of Silence calendar
The National Day of Silence is a youth-led day of action during which hundreds of thousands of students take a vow of silence in order to bring attention to issues faced by LGBT youth, including [...]
Jusice Stevens, Rep. Stupak to step down
By Lisa Keen U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who turns 90 this month, announced April 9 he will retire from the high court at the end of June. In a one-paragraph letter to [...]
Human Rights Campaign staffers depart
by Rex Wockner The two top people in the Human Rights Campaign's communications department have left the nation's biggest gay rights group. Communications Director Brad Luna's job was eliminated in a reorganization. Shortly thereafter, Deputy [...]
ENDA protesters may see charges dropped
by Rex Wockner Charges against four women who staged a sit-in at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's D.C. office on March 18 will be dropped if certain conditions are met. GetEqual.org's Janine Carmona, Samantha Ames, Chastity [...]
Lesbian former athlete has breast cancer
Lesbian tennis legend Martina Navratilova told People magazine April 7 that she has breast cancer. The ductal carcinoma was discovered early and is expected to be fully curable. "I cried," Navratilova said. "It knocked me [...]
Life goes on, even without equality
If life for Michigan's LGBT community were based on legislation, you would think we were at a stand still. No rights, no equality, no recognition. We might as well all be single, homeless, childless and [...]
Creep of the Week: Traditional Values Coalition
Did you hear the news? Nancy Pelosi wants you to have sex with your dog. And President Obama wants you to do it with your underage cousin for money. It's all right there in the [...]
Parting Glances: Coop, Crisco, Big HZ
Contrary to SPCA. rumors, I do love cats and dogs. Unfortunately, I'm allergic to dander, and keeping my favorite religious breed of choice, a St. Bernard - with or without traditional collar-and-keg rescue service - [...]
S/he said: Proms, Ellen and gayborhoods
compiled by Howard Israel "So what do you do when you see a ridiculously cute guy on the bus? He gave me a beautiful smile as I sat across from him. I couldn't stop stealing [...]
The Gay Moralist: Gay parents and biological bonds
by John Corvino Those who argue that same-sex parenting "deprives" a child of its mother or father sometimes ask, "How would you feel if your mother or father were taken away?" My answer to that [...]
Paramount Bank offers enhanced advisory services
FARMINGTON HILLS - Paramount Bank recently announced it has added Paramount Wealth Advisors, a new wealth management and investment services division. "In today's challenging market, we feel it is more important than ever to provide [...]
Adoption laws breakdown
Each state has its own laws governing adoption and they vary greatly. A joint adoption involves a couple adopting a child from biological parents or the state. In many states, it is unclear whether a [...]
Obama orders visitation rights for same-sex couples
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Obama on the evening of April 15 called on the Department of Health and Human Services to order all hospitals that participate in Medicaid and Medicare to allow patients to designate [...]
DADT protests continue
by Lisa Keen Six uniformed protesters handcuffed themselves to the White House fence on April 20 to call for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." They were quickly arrested. Tension in Washington continues [...]