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Q: I've been with my partner "Tracy" for four years. I love her dearly and we enjoy so many of the same things in life. However, sometimes I feel like I'm raising a child, instead [...]
Q: I've been with my partner "Tracy" for four years. I love her dearly and we enjoy so many of the same things in life. However, sometimes I feel like I'm raising a child, instead [...]
The gay club scene really is shifting - literally, in fact, to Jackson. Club Detour, the new queer club that opened early last month, is located in the generally conservative town, at 2216 E. Michigan [...]
by Lucy Hough "There isn't as much national need for the clubs to be used as safe havens, but more so based on an optional place to go out and have fun at. Clubs will [...]
by Ed Sikov Some of us are so gay-centric that we have no close straight friends and leave our families in Anamoose, N.D., or Chloride, Ariz., and never look back. But if you're like me, [...]
1. David, Louie and Miss Tammy 1. David, Louie and Miss Tammy 2. Quentin 3. Andrea and Erin 4. Peter BTL Photos: Danielle
Margaret Cho, 'Cho Dependent' Don't worry about missing Margaret Cho's dirty mind on her music debut. Her first CD rolls in all the bits of the brassy, queer-revered comedian: Asian imitations, foul anecdotes and sex [...]
Suzanne Westenhoefer 8 p.m. Aug. 22 The Ark, Ann Arbor 316 S. Main St. $26 http://www.theark.org Suzanne Westenhoefer won't do a dog (or cat, or horse), but the comedian's still as tasteless as they come. [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Lee Daniels on the set of "Precious." Photo: Lionsgate Tom Hardy is going to hit someone For most actors, the gay rumors begin the second you get famous enough for [...]
By Jack Fertig The Sun's opposing Neptune and Chiron, Venus and Mars are square the nodes, and Mercury is turning retrograde. Freaking out won't help. Resist the temptation to childish indulgences. This won't be easy, [...]
Across 1 "Fruits of the Earth" author Andre 5 Song about donning gay apparel, e.g. 10 Break under strain 14 Served perfectly, to Mauresmo 15 Combined 16 "Baby Doll" band 17 Brazilian soccer great 18 [...]
By Dan Woog Former Indiana University football player Alex Perry is a confident young man. This past June he stepped out of his comfort zone. One of four people - all straight - representing his [...]
By D. A. Blackburn I've said it before, and I will surely say it again: Adapting history to the stage can be a very delicate affair. This is never more true than when it's presented [...]
Thursday nights at Ferndale's Go Comedy! Improv Theater, once the domain of your basic evening of improv, have morphed over time to become a showcase for original scripted comedies. It's a welcome change - and [...]
By Bridgette M. Redman It would be churlish to complain about the down-home goodness of a meal at Bob Evans just because you were expecting gourmet food when you walked through the door. The Van [...]
Each summer, women directors from throughout Southeast Michigan come together to showcase their talents in an annual festival called BoxFest Detroit. The event has morphed over the years from a one-weekend and six-play affair in [...]
"Hot Summer De(z)ire" by art4artillery Theatre Company opens with a preview performance Aug. 19 at the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit. Metro Detroit theatergoers have a choice to make this weekend when it comes [...]
by Rex Wockner Same-sex couples who get married in Mexico City, the only place in the nation where they can do so, are validly married everywhere in Mexico, in all 31 states, the Supreme Court [...]
by Rex Wockner Costa Rica's Supreme Court ruled Aug. 10 that a voter referendum scheduled for Dec. 5 that could have banned same-sex unions was unconstitutional. The court's constitutional arm ruled 5-2 that marriage rights [...]
by Rex Wockner The Quebec Press Council has denounced two TV broadcasters who made fun of skater Johnny Weir during the Vancouver Olympics. Sportscasters Alain Goldberg and Claude Mailhot said on air that Weir hurts [...]
by Rex Wockner A new poll by Russia's Center for Public Opinion Research has found almost universal opposition to gay people, GayRussia.ru reported Aug. 8. The poll, conducted in late July, questioned 1,600 people in [...]
by Rex Wockner Moscow Pride and GayRussia.ru have sent a letter of intent to the International Olympic Committee and the Russian Olympic Committee informing them there will be a "Pride House" at the 2014 Winter [...]
by Jessica Carreras "I have never been to Detroit and I'm so thrilled to be here. I'm so thrilled to see such incredible talent all around this room. I had no idea." - DIFFA Executive [...]
by Jessica Carreras TRAVERSE CITY - A decade-old battle has been resurrected in Traverse City to pass a human rights ordinance protecting LGBT people from discrimination in the northern Michigan summer vacation hot spot. A [...]
by Jessica Carreras Affirmations Executive Director Leslie Thompson at the opening of the new community center building in 2007. BTL file photo. After nearly 11 years of running Michigan's largest LGBT community center, Affirmations [...]
by Eric Rader The Human Rights Campaign's information on Michigan's current congressional delegation (including Peters and Schauer) and their support for LGBT equality:http://tinyurl.com/2ab6koh With less than three months to go until the midterm elections, the [...]
by Jessica Carreras Alina Hall is a registered dietitian who works with Health Emergency Lifeline Programs. The 34-year-old Belleville resident hopes to promote good health for HIV-positive people through proper diet and nutrition. 1 What [...]
This article ran in full on http://MichiganMessenger.com Authorities in Battle Creek have apprehended a suspect in a brutal stabbing case there. Police originally said they thought the July 25 stabbing was a hate crime, but [...]
Dog-lovers and motorcycle lovers will united Aug. 26 at Silky's Martini Bar in Dearborn when the second annual Hogs 4 Dogs even roars into town. Harley-Davidson Motorcycles and Biker Bob's of Motown have teamed up [...]
Ties Like Me!, a metro Detroit LGBT social and business networking group, has announced plans for its fourth annual LGBT Business Expo, held at the Reserve next to Big Rock Chop House in Birmingham at [...]
Steppin' Out, which hosts the annual AIDS Walk Detroit, will be holding a pre-walk party at Pronto! restaurant in Royal Oak all day Aug. 19. The fundraiser, which takes place from 9 a.m.-10 p.m., will [...]
by Rex Wockner The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 16 blocked any same-sex marriages from taking place in California while proponents of the state's marriage ban appeal the Aug. 4 district-court ruling [...]
by Rex Wockner In a break with past practice on outing, the U.S. mainstream media decided in early August that U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who struck down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, is gay, openly [...]
by Rex Wockner Conservative author and media diva Ann Coulter will headline Homocon, a Sept. 25 party in New York City organized by the conservative gay group GOProud. "The gay left has done their best [...]
A picture is worth a 1,000 words - and this week, we're thankful for it, as there's no possible way to use language to fully describe last weekend's Dining by Design event. Even our crack [...]
I've never much cared for Florida. I mean, sure, alligators are cool. It has nice weather in the winter and is home to many kind grandmas, not to mention Disney World. But it also is [...]
I've been flown by BTL to Gatorade, Ariz., to attend the first-ever gathering of Drag Queens for Jesus. (No affiliation with Dykes 4 Jesus, 9-Hole Golfing Alliance.) BTL staff drew straws for the all-expenses-paid trip, [...]
Compiled by Howard Israel "While the pictures were only supposed to serve as last week's tabloid fodder, if the women were publicly out as a couple, the shots would be one of the healthiest mainstream [...]
by John Corvino "The trouble with atheism," my friend said with a smile, "is that you don't get any holidays." Sometimes even tired jokes can be insightful. The friend was a Catholic priest, speaking to [...]