Six people have been charged by the federal government with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other government and law enforcement officials. Seven others have been charged by the state of Michigan for conspiring to commit terrorist acts brought by Michigan Attorney General [...]
Why can't I be perfect? Q: My girlfriend "Tami" and I have been dating for almost a year. She is a fabulous person - cute as a bug and smart. We love the same kind [...]
by Ed Sikov It's very loud in the city - much louder than any Fire Island sound system blasting the recent archaeological discovery, Barbra Streisand. But I've kept a bit of my summer garden in [...]
by Richard Labonte "Parallel Lies," by Stella Duffy. Bywater Books, 198 pages, $14.95 paper. Yana Ivanova is Hollywood royalty, the best actress of her generation, with both a mysteriously vague past and a secret life [...]
FERNDALE - Things are always a little kooky around The Ringwald, and this holiday season is no exception! Opening Nov. 19 at Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre for an exclusive four-week engagement is Harry Kondoleon's wacky comedy, [...]
By Samantha White "You have to show up for love" is one of the themes of Kathe Koja's latest novel, "Under the Poppy." The story centers around childhood friends and lovers Istvan, a puppeteer, and [...]
Curve Magazine has praised Pamela Means as "one of the fiercest guitar players and politically-rooted songwriters in the music industry today" - and ain't that the truth. The Brooklyn-based, internationally touring musician performs in East [...]
Sometimes Y will play Nov. 13 during the Women in the Arts Festival in Lansing. LANSING - The 25th Annual Women in the Arts Festival, a celebration of regional women artists, runs Nov. 12-13 [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Neil Patrick Harris, director? Neil Patrick Harris has already done everything else in show business short of escaping Houdini-style from a locked trunk at the bottom of a lake (and don't [...]
By Jack Fertig Mercury is trine to Jupiter, opening the mind to wonderful new ideas and observations. But both are in water signs, so those new "ideas" will be more artistic, intuitive and emotional than [...]
Lansing Community College Performing Arts Department presents "A View From the Bridge" by Arthur Miller at Dart Auditorium, 500 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, beginning Nov. 5. "A View From the Bridge" is Arthur Miller's taut [...]
The Jewish Ensemble Theatre is excited to host nationally known comedienne Judy Gold as their first of two limited engagement guest artists for the 2010-2011 season. "25 Questions for a Jewish Mother" by Kate Moira [...]
In true big-city fashion, Detroit's Gem Theatre will offer Student Rush Tickets to all performances of "Plaid Tidings," the holiday sequel to the monumentally successful off-Broadway musical "Forever Plaid." In this holiday treat, The Four [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Nearly 80 percent of Australians support letting legislators vote their consciences rather than their party's position on same-sex marriage, an Oct. 22 poll found. The Galaxy poll was commissioned by [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS About 150 LGBT people staged a pride march and protest in Tecate, Mexico, Oct. 24. The city, famous for its beer, sits on the California border about 40 miles southeast [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS A trial court judge in Hong Kong ruled against letting a postoperative male-to-female transsexual get married Oct. 5. Judge Andrew Cheung expressed worry about the consequences of recognizing sexual-reassignment surgery [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Oct. 26 was International Intersex Awareness Day. That's the 'I' in LGBTI. ILGA-Europe - the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association - said the [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Lithuania's parliament, the Seimas, is considering legislation to criminalize "promotion of homosexual relations in public places," says the Lithuanian Gay League. One bill says that "a person promoting homosexual relations [...]
Heidi Lovy is doing communications work for Equality Michigan out of Traverse City. She is passionate about her work and loves "being the straight girl" advocating for LGBT full equality. She expects Traverse City will [...]
A variety of organizations are reaching out to try to help LGBT youth facing crisis, including: The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network launched a campaign aimed at creating a safe space for LGBT youth. [...]
By Jim Larkin The parents of some of the Michigan children whose lives were claimed by bullycide attended the first performance of "The Bullycide Project." From left to right are Tom and P.K. Harrison, parents [...]
By Jim Larkin {ITAL Contributing writer} Whether or not Michigan joins 45 other states in adopting an anti-bullying law next year may well depend on how state residents voted on Nov. 2. State Sen. Alan [...]
by Tara Cavanaugh YPSILANTI - Dr. Timothy Dyer, former regent and alumnus of Eastern Michigan University, hopes to eradicate homophobia with education. Dyer has pledged a $1.5 million gift to EMU to establish a Chair [...]
FERNDALE - An era of growth and expansion has come to a halt at Affirmations Community Center, where new leadership has taken a look at the organization's books and greatly reduced the hours and the [...]
Memorial service: 'God we just don't get it' FERNDALE - The Metroplitan Community Church congregation was silent when Rev. Deb Dysert asked if anyone from Corey Jackson's family or circle of friends wanted to share [...]
DETROIT - The LGBT Faith Project of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion in conjunction with the Arcus Foundation announced the release and premiere of the DVD "Embracing Inclusion in Communities of Faith." The [...]
DETROIT - Healing Detroit, a series of retreats for Detroit area LGBT African-Americans, is set to launch its fourth round of retreats in Feb., April and June 2011. This next series is supported by a [...]
AKRON - The Akron chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered individuals has given $30,000 to endow a scholarship for students in Kent State University's LGBT Studies minor. The gift [...]
April 5, 1938 - Oct. 23, 2010 HUNTINGTON WOODS - Frank G. Martin, 72, spent 54 years living with and loving Al Vezza. For friends and LGBT community members, Frank and Al were role models, [...]
By BTL Staff MIAMI - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Friday that he will not appeal last month's ruling by a state appellate court striking down a state law barring gay people from adopting. [...]
Maybe it will happen this time. Maybe the new state government installed in Lansing in January 2011 will pass anti-bullying legislation. Maybe they will listen this time to the young people who have endured bullying [...]
You know the old saying, "If you don't have anything nice to say, say it on Facebook?" Well, Arkansas Midland School District vice president Clint McCance took it to heart recently when he posted some [...]
A century ago Mark Twain popularized the saying, "There are three kinds of falsehoods: lies, damned lies, and statistics." As far as LGBTs are concerned - and often persons of non-Christian faiths - these categories [...]
Compiled by Howard Israel "I don't care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that time - and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones - [...]
by John Corvino I've been engaging in quite a bit of dialogue lately with conservative Christians. It usually involves their asking me a question along the following lines: "Look, we feel awful about the recent [...]
BTL staff Yaounde, - In a report released Nov. 4, four human rights organizations said Cameroonians are attacked by police, politicians, the media, and even their own communities if they are suspected of having sexual [...]
Former assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell, seen harassing UofM student body president Chris Armstrong in May. Andrew Shirvell, Michigan's assistant state attorney general, was finally fired on Monday. Shirvell made national news after word [...]
