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Q: My mom and I are having a big argument. I am writing to you because you seem to be level-headed and I respect your opinion. My mom and I are fighting about whether I [...]
by Ed Sikov Dan and I opened our house in Fire Island Pines in March, when it was still frigid. We drank Jamesons for a few weeks, no ice. (You know it's cold when Dan [...]
That sex-talk makes Kylie Minogue shy isn't something anyone who's seen her hoisted to the top of an orgy in her video for "All the Lovers" would think about the ever-sweet Aussie. But you're probably [...]
Scissor Sisters, 'Night Work' Since rolling out the high-camp glam on their six-year-old debut, Scissor Sisters have been irresistibly cheeky. Seriously - check out that clenched ass close-up on the cover of the New York [...]
If you were vacationing at Campit Resort in Saugatuck two summers ago, you might remember a pink trailer. With flamingos. And a film crew? The gay getaway hot-spot was the site for the reality show [...]
I only remember tits, er, bits and pieces of "Showgirls." Some ass there, some boobs here, while watching it through non-subscriber HBO static. Little gay 12-year-old me hadn't even hit puberty, but it was already [...]
Tom Ford's heartbreakingly poetic film debut "A Single Man," a cinematic high-point of this year now available on DVD, has almost nothing to do with being gay. It does, however, have everything to do with [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Will Heather Matarazzo go Helter Skelter? It's been more than 40 years since members of the Charles Manson "family" committed the horrifying Tate/LaBianca murders, but it's a story that continues to [...]
By Jack Fertig With outer planets hanging out near the cusps, Mercury entering Leo and Venus into Virgo kick off a lot of issues. Being cute, outspoken and constructively critical (let's hope!) will have broad [...]
Across 1 Dumbledore might cast one 6 Butt 9 Mixed-up fruit 14 One to ten, e.g. 15 Maugham's "Cakes and ___ " 16 Woodworker's tool 17 Playful mammal 18 Hansberry's "A Raisin in the ___ [...]
By Dan Woog Hudson Taylor - one of the top 197-pound college wrestlers in the country - chastises his University of Maryland teammates whenever they use anti-gay language. He wrestled with a Human Rights Campaign [...]
By D. A. Blackburn The Force (of friendship) takes center stage in Joseph Zettelmaier's "The All Childish Things Trilogy," but never more than in the final installment. And while initiated audiences may think they've got [...]
By Bridgette M. Redman I'd like to file a complaint against Saugatuck's Mason Street Warehouse. I went to their opening night performance of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and discovered that they're simply not following the rules. [...]
Once upon a time, and not too many years ago at that, theatergoers couldn't escape the musical "I Do! I Do!" by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Budget-conscious producers and dinner theater operators alike were [...]
By Martin F. Kohn While airplanes are critical to its plot, the early 1960s farce "Boeing-Boeing" must pack sufficient boing! or neither play nor title will realize its humorous potential. And yes, the title was [...]
by Andrew Collins Maine's classically quaint seaside towns and breezy beaches seem tailor-made for a relaxing vacation and sure enough, the state's coastal sections are invaded by pleasure seekers all summer. Prestigious, blue-blood retreats like [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Openly lesbian Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurardottir got married to her partner, writer Jonina Leosdottir, on June 27, when the nation's law legalizing same-sex marriage took effect. Since the couple [...]
by Rex Wockner International News The lower house of Ireland's parliament passed a civil-partnership bill for same-sex couples July 1. It is expected to pass the upper house easily and take effect early next year. [...]
by Rex Wockner International News The gay/lesbian bar Cafe Open in Ljubljana, Slovenia, was vandalized twice in late June. Local activists said a Molotov cocktail was placed at the entrance and that the building was [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Several hundred people marched in the third gay pride parade in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 26, under protection of hundreds of police officers. Anti-gay protesters rallied earlier in the day [...]
by Rex Wockner International News Twenty-five gays and lesbians staged a pride parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 26 although the city government had banned the march. Police broke up the gathering and arrested [...]
Eighteen percent of Michigan's population is currently over 60. By 2030, seniors will number 1 in 4 in the state. Over 60 percent of today's adult population either is or expects to become a family [...]
by Jessica Carreras Alice McKeage is painting her garage. It's just one of the many projects she hopes to complete now that she has finally retired from Ford Motor Company, where she founded the company's [...]
by Penny Gardner We can do something. A door is cracked open. "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender," "Sexual orientation" - the actual words are in the State Plan on Services to Michigan's Older Adults, Fiscal [...]
The Jewish Gay Network of Michigan and Congregation Beth Ahm, a Conservative synagogue in West Bloomfield, will co-host "Being Jewish, Being Gay: A Conversation" at 7:30 p.m. July 15, at Congregation Beth Ahm, located at [...]
by Jessica Carreras Artist, activist, Detroiter - Charles Alexander wears many hats in Michigan's LGBT community. At age 74, the lifelong artist regularly attends gay events and is curator of Affirmations' Pittmann-Puckett Art Gallery. 1) [...]
by Eric W. Rader Though the campaign for governor of Michigan has been underway for almost two years, most voters are only now beginning to pay attention. However, before citizens decide whom they want to [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 22, the Arcus Foundation hosted a panel discussion at the Center for American Progress focused on fostering a more meaningful and strategic relationship between the LGBT and black communities. Panelists [...]
HIGHLAND PARK - Comedian and actress Wanda Sykes took time out of her busy schedule while touring in Detroit on June 12 to visit with residents, youth, alumni and employees of Ruth Ellis Center. Sykes [...]
HIGHLAND PARK - Ruth Ellis Center, one of the nation's three agencies dedicated to homeless and at-risk LGBTQ youth, is receiving a $10,000 grant from the Metro Health Foundation to support a Health Care Navigator [...]
FLINT - Genesee County PFLAG will hold a picnic as part of its 2-5 p.m. July 11 meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Flint, located at 2474 S. Ballenger Highway. The county chapter will [...]
Justice For Jeremy has announced that they are now offering a cash reward in the amount of $5,000 in exchange for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of Jeremy Brent [...]
NEW YORK - Thousands of marchers and a rainbow of floats filled the streets of New York and other U.S. cities on June 27 as people celebrated gay Pride, part of a weekend of events [...]
By Lisa Keen WASHINGTON, D.C. - It was not exactly the same rousing, sustained cheer of last year that greeted President Barack Obama as he entered the East Room on the evening of June 22 [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Released June 29, the American Lung Association's latest health disparity report, Smoking Out a Deadly Threat: Tobacco Use in the LGBT Community, examines the trend of higher tobacco use among the LGBT [...]
by Lisa Keen WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a ruling hailed by gay activists, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 upheld a law that requires public disclosure of the names of people who signed a [...]
There's a trend happening in our community right under our noses, though most of us probably don't even see it: We're getting older as a population, and by 2030, one in every four of us [...]
You know, it's really a shame that so many gays and lesbians spend so much time in closets when really it's the bedroom they aren't supposed to come out of. Granted, that's still not a [...]
It's crossed my mind - what with the purported success of ex-gay outreach ministries - there has been no attempt at X-ing out bisexuals, T persons, or asexuals. Someone is being, in my humble opinion, [...]
compiled by Howard Israel "Coming out as bisexual is a safe thing for a woman to do. For a woman to say she is bisexual today brings about as much stigma as saying she had [...]
by John Corvino I'm at a wedding for a same-sex couple, in the chapel anteroom before the service, and the grooms are sweating profusely. It's not because they're nervous. It's because they're wearing black wool [...]
by Richard J. Rosendall This Viewpoint originally ran in Bay Windows, a New England-based LGBT newspaper. The LGBT community has a long, hot summer ahead. The last election put avowed allies at both ends of [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service BOSTON - In an enormous victory for same-sex marriage, a federal judge in Boston Thursday, July 8, ruled - in two separate lawsuits - that a critical part of [...]