Dating Diet: Fantasy Football
By Anthony Paull Big things happen to those who wait! Yes! That's what my friends tell me when they call, and I inform them that I haven't met or talked to anyone on a romantic [...]
Dear Jody: Confused – and teased
Q: I am 19 years old and queer - or maybe "questioning." Mostly I think that I love women, but every so often a sexy guy comes into the picture and I feel turned on. [...]
Cocktail Chatter: They Hate Me. They Really Hate Me!
by Ed Sikov I was trying not to take it personally. Really. OK, I was taking it personally. Why else had they all called to say they'd be at the house in time for dinner [...]
Life as he knows it
By Gregg Shapiro Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel in "Life as We Know It," now playing in theaters. Photos: Warner Bros. After making TV a priority, director Greg Berlanti is moving back into movies [...]
Fashion in Detroit launches Oct. 22
DETROIT - Michigan's premier annual fashion event, Fashion In Detroit, will put a style spotlight on Michigan from Oct. 22-23 at MotorCity Casino Hotel. Fashion In Detroit is a two-day fashion event co-founded by Joe [...]
Hay… ride?
That a "petting zoo" is part of the Hot & Horny Hayride calls into question what kind. So founder Jimmy Stewart, the owner of afterhours club Innuendo in Detroit, clarifies: "There are actual barnyard animals!" [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Foster and Winslet team for Polanski's 'Carnage' Lesbian icon Jodie Foster is becoming the go-to gal for working with Hollywood pariahs. She's still trying to get her latest directorial effect, "The [...]
Q Scopes: Listen between the lines, Gemini!
By Jack Fertig Mercury and the Sun lining up in Libra bring focus on relationships, but as they oppose Eris, a competitive streak comes out. Mars in Scorpio is the unlikely point of resolution, challenging [...]
Hear Me Out: Legends
Elton John and Leon Russell, 'The Union' In his illustrious four-decade career, Elton John's done it all: cut classics, inspired generations of performers and been one of the greatest gay icons ever. For so long, [...]
Tru Character
Across 1 Dry as a bone 5 Orgasms, e.g. 11 Islamic leader 15 Publisher of same-sex couples' legal guide 16 Forbidden fruits 17 Expressed, as farewell 18 Possible model for 56-Across 21 Number of deadly [...]
The OutField: Safe athletes at Bucknell
By Dan Woog Men's lacrosse was the last team Sean Coyne thought he'd see at Bucknell University's gay dance party. But that's where they were last spring. They came not to mock the event, but [...]
‘Evil Dead: The Musical’ – gory story at City Theatre
By John Quinn If I may take a page from the playbook of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, I shall not today attempt further to define "camp" - but I know it when I see [...]
‘West Side Story’ offers Sharks, Jets, surprises
By Martin F. Kohn "West Side Story" is about belonging -- to another person, to a group, to a culture, to America itself -- and its opposite: being left out. Without that connection, as Tony [...]
Hope, promise pass through the ‘Blue Door’
By Bridgette M. Redman There is a place insomniacs visit that is more vivid than reality and more grotesque than any nightmare. It is a barren, lonely vista where time no longer exists and the [...]
Stormfield launches first production ‘Among Friends’
By Bridgette M. Redman Often it is the smallest actions that can reveal the most about a person's character -- but not always in the way it might first appear. In its first fully staged [...]
The World According to Isaac
By Michael H. Margolin The Jewish Ensemble Theatre opened its 2010-11 season Saturday night with a big joke - well, actually a series of them, in James Sherman's "The God of Isaac." Sherman, best known [...]
‘Dracula’ bites (but in a very fun way!)
To call Meadow Brook Theatre's season-opening production of "Dracula, A Rock Opera" a monstrous undertaking is both an understatement and a bad pun. But only moments into the show - as a stagecoach comes rolling [...]
The Encore’s ‘Damn Yankees’ has heart
In an era of angst-filled, opera-like musicals, it's a treat to occasionally revisit a once-popular, Tony Award-winning classic that hearkens back to simpler times - an era when "love conquers all" is enough of a [...]
Diversity in transition
by Jessica Carreras From left to right: GM Plus members Soren Bech, Joe LaMuraglia, Sabine Blake, Karen Rafferty and Monique Brentley at A Night Out with Cadillac, held in New York earlier this year. Photo [...]
My car and me: a love story
By Samantha White "It was just meant to be" is how June Washington describes her relationship with her Bentley. The gorgeous silver-grayish antique, with lots of attitude and a decadent exterior, and its owner have [...]
Top Gay Cars of 2010
By Ramon Johnson, About.com Gay Life Guide I love the spirit of automobiles. With each exterior line, curve, interior appointment, color and technological wonder shines a unique personality that tells its own story. At first [...]
Russian region will not register LGBT organization
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The Oktyabrsky district court in Arkhangelsk, Russia, on Sept. 22 upheld the regional government's refusal to officially register the LGBT organization Rakurs (Angle). The regional Justice Ministry had refused [...]
Battle continues over Baja California marriage amendment
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors has joined calls for municipal councils in Mexico's Baja California state to reject a state constitutional amendment that seemingly bans recognition of same-sex [...]
Russian court declares Pride ban illegal
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs For the first time, after five years of lawsuits by gay activists, a Russian court has declared a governmental ban of a gay Pride parade to have been illegal. [...]
Tatchell gets a blue plaque
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Longtime British gay activist Peter Tatchell was honored with a "blue plaque" Sept. 29. At an on-location ceremony, gay actor and activist Sir Ian McKellen unveiled the plaque on [...]
Participants attacked at third European Transgender Council
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Two Turkish delegates to the Third European Transgender Council in Malmoe, Sweden, were attacked as they left a restaurant Sept. 30. They were physically assaulted and pelted with eggs [...]
An ordinance overview
By Jim Larkin A surge in municipal anti-discrimination ordinances that protect peoples' sexual orientation may indicate Michigan's gay and lesbian fight for equality has momentum. Ten Michigan cities and townships included sexual orientation in their [...]
Kevin Howley named as Affirmations interim CEO
FERNDALE - The Board of Directors of Affirmations announced Oct. 11 that Kevin Howley has been appointed its interim chief executive officer. Howley has been hired to assist the organization during its executive leadership transition [...]
Speak Out: Fight back against bullying
by Eric Rader Over the past few weeks, the country has been reminded that bullying can be deadly. In Texas, a 13-year old boy killed himself because of homophobic taunts by his classmates. A Rutgers [...]
MotorCity Casino goes all-rainbow for gay bowlers
MIC co-chairs Bruce Van Dike and Mike Odom DETROIT - Who knew bowling could be so glamorous? The Motown Invitational Classic Bowling Tournament celebrated its 25th anniversary Oct. 8-10, capping off the three day [...]
Between Ourselves: Jennifer Hsu
by Jessica Carreras Jennifer Hsu is the executive director of the OutCenter of Berrien County, located in Benton Harbor on the west side of the state. But she's also a huge supporter of the center [...]
Ties Like Me to celebrate fifth anniversary
Ties Like Me, a southeast Michigan professional networking group for LGBT and allied businessmen and women, will be celebrating its fifth anniversary with a gathering at Via Nove Restaurant in Ferndale at 5:30 p.m. Oct. [...]
Schools, LGBT groups confront bullycide
By David Crary A spate of teen suicides linked to anti-gay harassment is prompting school officials nationwide to rethink their efforts against bullying - and in the process, risk entanglement in a bitter ideological debate. [...]
Judge blocks ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
by Rex Wockner U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips in Riverside, Calif., issued a permanent worldwide injunction Oct. 12 immediately barring the U.S. government from making any further use of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' military [...]
Why we still need safety nets
Sometimes, those of us who live every day of our lives openly forget that this is not the norm. We exist in a bubble where, aside from occasionally wondering if it's OK to kiss our [...]
Creep of the Week: Matt Barber
It feels like every time we check the news this month there's a story about yet another young person taking his or her life in order to escape anti-gay bullying. It's heartbreaking. And not just [...]
Parting Glances: Telling it like it (now) wasn’t
There were two newspaper stands in once-busy downtown Detroit in the 1960s - one situated at Grand Circus Park; the other at Campus Martius, across the street from the still-standing 1877 Soldiers and Sailors Monument. [...]
S/he said: Cupcakes, cissexism and Eddie Long
Compiled by Howard Israel "People are created in God's image. Homosexuality is an identity adopted through societal factors. It's an identity disorder." - Christine O'Donnell, Tea Party-backed Delaware GOP Senate nominee, in a 2006 Washington [...]
The Gay Moralist: The bullies’ responsibility – and ours
by John Corvino About 25 years ago, my sister (who was then around 10 years old) decided one day to practice cartwheels in our modestly-sized suburban living room. Had my parents been around, they would [...]
Guys and their rides
Adam Bernard with his 1972 Austin Mini 1. Adam Bernard with his 1972 Austin Mini 2. Bret Scott and Bob Andersen next to their 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco 3. David Struck and his 1968 Chrysler [...]
Scene Check: Menjo’s and Hayloft
1. Trooper, Tori, Michael and Randle @ Menjo's 2. ICON Detroit Opening Night @ Menjo's 3. Elmer, Aaron and Pat @ Hayloft Saloon BTL photos: Danielle
MCRC condemns assistant AG conduct
by Jessica Carreras Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, shown here with an image from his blog of University of Michigan student body president Chris Armstrong with a swastika over his face. Photo courtesy of [...]
ACLU files lawsuit on behalf of corrections officer fired for being gay
HATTIESBURG, MS - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of Andre Cooley, a corrections officer for juvenile detainees with an exemplary record. Cooley was fired when his supervisors discovered that [...]