Dating Diet: Target Practice
By Anthony Paull Hi. I'm single. I'm announcing it to the world because my ex-boyfriend decided it would be best for us to declare it quickly - with an easy sweep. That way, we don't [...]
Dear Jody: Girlfriend hates my chicken legs
Q: I was so excited because it's shorts-and-sandals weather. You might think this is a stupid problem but for me it is real. The problem is that my new girlfriend doesn't like to see me [...]
PFLAG to hold spring benefit
PFLAG Ann Arbor will hold their third annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. May 15 at St. Clare's Episcopal Church/Temple Beth Emeth at 2309 Packard Street. The Harmony Benefit Concert promises beautiful, heartfelt music that [...]
Windsor Pride is hosting Art Exhibit
Windsor Pride is hosting an art exhibit in celebration of International Anti-Homophobia Day. The opening reception will be held at 7-9 p.m. May 16 at the Windsor Pride building, located at 422 Pelissier Street. The [...]
Lez rockers of Hunter Valentine impress with short set. Plus: Toni Braxton’s strong ‘Pulse’
Hear Me Out Hunter Valentine, 'Lessons From the Late Night' Hunter Valentine play tough, but underneath the rowdy rock spasms of the all-lesbian band's music lies heartbreak and relationship woes. The Toronto threesome's third album [...]
Gayest Road Trip Ever
If you see a pink RV driving through Michigan sometime around May 21 - the day out comedians Shann Carr and her sidekick Ken Cypert stop at Stiletto's - then please, keep going. "It's overwhelming [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Robert Downey Jr. circles Oz In a way, Robert Downey Jr. is currently best known for playing the most indestructible Tin Man of all time. So if the "Iron Man" star [...]
Strut your stuff, Leo!
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes With the Sun in Taurus, Venus in Gemini and Eris in Aries all in harmony one can hardly resist the urge to flirt and banter, even a bit competitively. Do [...]
The Sartorial Edge
Across 1 Ferries, for example 6 Strip in the locker room 10 Second name in cross-dressing 15 "___ having fun yet?" 16 First man to say to a man, "You slay me!"? 17 Rimbaud's turf [...]
Fighting homophobia around the sports world
By Dan Woog The OutField Justin Fashanu is known for several things. In 1981 he became Britain's first million-pound black soccer player. In 1990 he became the first professional soccer player to come out as [...]
‘Cruel’: The gospel, according to Elvis
By Jenn McKee I was only five years old when Elvis Presley died in 1977, but I remember my mother talking about how the iconic, hip-swiveling singer had made her and her friends swoon back [...]
Yo, dude: Thursday fun at Go Comedy!
Since opening its doors in November 2008, Ferndale's Go Comedy! Improv Theater has provided a home for Southeast Michigan's ever-expanding improv community, and in the process, has earned raves from attendees and the media alike. [...]
National Parks of the Southwest
by Andrew Collins Out of Town Visitation at America's best-known national parks has skyrocketed in recent years, so it's no surprise that these monuments to natural scenery and wide-open spaces have become increasingly popular with [...]
Danish gay couples get adoption rights
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Denmark, which in 1989 was the first nation to create same-sex registered partnerships, extended adoption rights to registered same-sex couples May 5. Parliament passed the measure without the support [...]
31 Russian cities take part in LGBT Day of Silence
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Activists in 31 Russian cities took part in the LGBT Day of Silence on April 24 and 25. The youth-oriented international event targets anti-LGBT discrimination, defamation and violence. In [...]
Argentine Congress votes to legalize same-sex marriage
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Argentina's Chamber of Deputies voted to legalize same-sex marriage May 4 after 11 hours of debate. The vote was 125 to 109 with 15 absences and 6 abstentions. Deputies [...]
Iceland to legalize same-sex marriage
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Iceland's parliament is expected to legalize same-sex marriage within several weeks. The relevant bill was submitted by the nation's justice and human rights minister. The proposal also would allow [...]
Lithuanian court un-bans gay pride parade, homophobes attack
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Lithuania's Supreme Administrative Court overruled the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court on May 7 and un-banned the following day's Baltic Pride march, which was then targeted by more than 1,000 [...]
New Zealand Olympian comes out
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs New Zealand speed skater Blake Skjellerup, who competed in the recent Vancouver Olympics, came out in the Australian gay magazine DNA in early May. "Back when I was 18, [...]
Turkish LGBTs protest trans murder
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Around 100 members of the Black Pink Triangle Association in Izmir, Turkey, staged a candlelight vigil April 28 following the killing of transgender member Azra. Azra "was murdered by [...]
Living with integrity
by Jessica Carreras Mara Boyd can still remember the tenets of the United States Air Force, and she recites them proudly as mottos to live her life by: "Those core values are integrity first, service [...]
Lettman: Detroit is a model for black LGBT future
DETROIT - Sharon Lettman, the new executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, is someone with a clear sense of purpose and vision. She's not someone who loses her way, but Detroit's Renaissance Center [...]
Protesters face opposition – but not from Westboro Church
by Jessica Carreras ANN ARBOR - Westboro Baptist Church was a no-show at their planned protest of the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of "The Laramie Project" on Saturday, May 8. But the crowd of [...]
Speak Out: The top four statewide elections
by Eric Rader With all the excitement about this year's campaign for governor in Michigan, it is easy to forget that there are other important statewide political races coming up in our state. Michigan's constitutional [...]
Between Ourselves Greg Moore
by Jessica Carreras Greg Moore is the new co-chair of marketing and fundraising for WINGS, a 15-year-old support and social group for people affected by HIV/AIDS. Moore, a resident of Washington Township., hopes to provide [...]
New agency name to be announced via video conference
The Triangle Foundation and Michigan Equality leadership are planning to host a live video conference at 11 a.m. May 13 to announce their merged agency's new name. The two LGBT advocacy groups announced their merger [...]
Ferndale downtown wins national ‘main street’ award
FERNDALE - Downtown Ferndale gained national recognition on May 4 when it was named winner of the Great American Main Street Award at the National Main Street Conference in Oklahoma City. Recognized for its extended [...]
HARC to hold annual Dining for Dollars
The HIV/AIDS Resource Center will hold its 15th annual Dining for Dollars fundraising dinner at Zingerman's Roadhouse in Ann Arbor at 7 p.m. May 19. The night of festivities will include food prepared by Chef [...]
Gay reactions to Kagan nomination
By Lisa Keen Gay legal activists are applauding President Obama's second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court: Solicitor General Elena Kagan, announced May 10. But it could hardly be described as a standing ovation. Former [...]
Christian right leader takes Europe jaunt with ‘rentboy’
by Rex Wockner George Alan Rekers, who co-founded the anti-gay Family Research Council, was photographed at Miami International Airport on April 13 returning from a European vacation with a male escort who says the two [...]
Federal court hears arguments in DOMA challenge
BOSTON - On May 6 in Boston, six years after the first same-sex couples in the country started marrying in Massachusetts, eight married same-sex couples and three widowers went to federal district court to hear [...]
The right to live honestly
Like many before her and many still to come, Mara Boyd - profiled this week in Between The Lines - faced a difficult choice. She loved the army and looked forward to her chosen career [...]
Creep of the Week: George Rekers
Say you've had surgery that renders you unable to carry luggage and you're about to go on a European vacation. What's a person to do? Well, if you're Family Research Council co-founder and ex-gay therapy [...]
Parting Glances:Takes two to dream tango
I was five years old when I had my first vivid dream, still vividly recalled today. Imagery was induced by counting to 10, drifting off to dreamland, as ether was applied drop by drop to [...]
S/he said: Athletes, passing and George Rekers
compiled by Howard Israel "Many people are less vocal about their feelings for murderers, child rapists and drug pushers, than they are about their dislike for gay persons. I pay taxes, I work, I contribute [...]
The Gay Moralist: Marriage and Messages
by John Corvino If I've asked it once I've asked it a hundred times: How does marriage equality hurt heterosexuals? Recently I posed the question yet again to Maggie Gallagher, outgoing president of the National [...]
Voices From An Urban Bush Sista: Picking up the torch
By C. Imani Williams In 2004, I had the amazing opportunity of freelancing for both Between The Lines and the Michigan Citizen. As a result, I covered the 2004 Women's March on Washington. Days prior [...]