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Q: I have a problem and I'm not sure what to do about it. First, let me tell you that my partner and I have been together for 23 years. We have raised three children [...]
Q: I have a problem and I'm not sure what to do about it. First, let me tell you that my partner and I have been together for 23 years. We have raised three children [...]
by Ed Sikov "I will! I will! I-I wi-ill!" I sang wildly off-key in the shower, where only the Korean family next door and the lesbian phlebotomist with the Phyllis Diller wig below us could [...]
by Richard Labonte "Sal Mineo," by Michael Gregg Michaud. Crown Archetype, 424 pages, $25.99 hardcover. He debuted on Broadway at age 11, burst onto the Hollywood scene as James Dean's sloe-eyed buddy in "Rebel Without [...]
DETROIT - The Motown Winter Blast returns to Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit for the seventh consecutive year Feb. 11-13. The celebration of winter and family fun, dining and music welcomes several new sponsors, [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Robert Downey Jr. gets next to the 'Normal' guys At this point in his career, all Robert Downey Jr. wants to do is sing. Good thing he's already terrific at that [...]
By Jack Fertig Mars and Eris in a square provoke war and strife, but Mercury turning direct in Sagittarius opens new ways to negotiate through troubles. Mars is in Capricorn, better placed than Mercury and [...]
By Lawrence Ferber In "Rabbit Hole," a little boy's death tears his parents' lives apart. Actor-turned-filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell ("Shortbus," "Hedwig and the Angry Inch") connected deeply with the material - adapted by David Lindsay-Abaire [...]
Keyshia Cole, 'Calling All Hearts' All hearts, little life is the problem plaguing Keyshia Cole's stodgy fourth album, one rich in soulful confessionals but without everlasting beats. Single "I Ain't Thru" is so dead on [...]
Across 1 Three-men-in-a-tub event 5 Oral attention getter 9 So-so grade 14 Point of view intro, at Gay.com 15 "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" singer 16 Prayer starter 17 Hides of hairy guys? 19 Workers [...]
The highest-rated series in MTV's history gets spoofed when Ferndale's Go Comedy! Improv Theater launches its weekly original comedy "Jersey Show Season 1 (Abridged)" beginning Jan. 6. While poking fun at the phenomenally successful "Jersey [...]
FERNDALE - Who Wants Cake? kicks off the new year with a fresh look at John Guare's classic dark comedy, "The House of Blue Leaves." Playing at Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre for an exclusive three-week run [...]
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS The head of the Brazilian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Association was honored Dec. 13 with the National Human Rights Prize. Toni Reis received the bronze statuette from Culture Minister [...]
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS A deputy speaker of Britain's House of Commons, Conservative Nigel Evans, came out Dec. 19. He said he was "tired of living a lie" and was worried about threats from [...]
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS The European Parliament on Dec. 16 again denounced the pending "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" poised to pass Uganda's Parliament. The legislation would imprison for life anyone convicted of "the offense of homosexuality," [...]
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Moscow City Hall banned a gay rally that was planned for Dec. 17. Members of the Russian LGBT Network wanted to gather in front of the headquarters of the former [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh "You've got the spokespeople, the ones who give the inspirational speeches. And then you've got the actual leaders - the ones who lead the movements behind the scenes." -Laura Wernick SALINE- With [...]
"Decisions are made by the people who show up,"-Ian Hoopingarner EAST LANSING- The week before the notorious Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest at Ian Hoopingarner's high school, he said the student body was [...]
"So many kids are in support of this club and it's completely changed our school. I think that our school is safe now for kids."-Kyle Sims SWARTZ CREEK - Middle school was not a lot [...]
Think teens these days only care about texting and Facebook? Think again. We happen to know a few high school students who are working their tails off for social change. In the past year, Emma [...]
Jordan Swan, who is a female-to-male transgender man, said he went to the Oakland County Clerk last week to marry his fiancee. The two paid for their marriage license, swore their oaths and signed on [...]
While lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people saw gains at the federal level in 2010, Michigan saw the ugly side of anti-gay animus with straight pride celebrations in local schools, a rash of national and [...]
Equality Michigan's political action organization has added a Michigan state representative and a long-time progressive activist to its board of directors. State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-54, is a former state senator and the first [...]
Ruth Ellis Center, the Midwest's only agency dedicated to homeless, runaway and at-risk youth who are lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender or questioning, is partnering with the Michigan Dept. of Health and Human Services and Wayne [...]
Equality Michigan received a financial boost last month, thanks to a $160,000 grant from the Arcus Foundation. "This grant clearly illustrates the Arcus Foundation's continuing support for fairness and equality in our state," said Equality [...]
The Jackson High School GSA needs help funding its second annual Peace Prom. The Peace Prom allows LGBT youth to attend a prom without harassment from their teachers or peers. More than one hundred teens, [...]
FERNDALE- Affirmations announced Monday it has received a total of $540,000 in contributions and planned collections for its $1.25 million pledge campaign, Campaign for the Future. "The campaign is really starting to pick up steam [...]
By Eric Rader While progress can seem slow, the LGBT community has made enormous strides toward greater equality in the past two years. The most obvious achievement was the recent repeal of "don't ask, don't [...]
By Rex Wockner The United Nations General Assembly on Dec. 21 overturned its recent vote that removed a reference to sexual orientation from a resolution against extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. The resolution urges member [...]
By Dana Rudolph The North Carolina Supreme Court on Dec. 20 voided the adoption by a lesbian mother of the child who she and her former partner, the biological mother, were raising together. The ruling [...]
By Lisa Keen If past is prologue, 2011 should turn out to be a fairly decent one for the LGBT community. It's not that everything turned out so rosy for the community in 2010, but [...]
The beginning of almost every New Year has that soulful, energized feeling for many of us. The slate is wiped clean with a full 365 days ahead to accomplish our agendas. For 2011, our community [...]
Happy New Year, everybody! And just in case you wondered if 2011 would find the anti-gay right as fixated on the complicated genital equation of penis + penis/ vagina + vagina ≠ penis + vagina, [...]
Discrimination is getting worse, according to a new survey in Michigan. Do you agree? From a straight point of view, I think things have gotten much better, especially with young people who seem to be [...]
Arriving in the afterlife one unexpected Sunday, the result of a left turn onto a one-way street, Mr. Average Southern Baptist Joe was met at the Pearly Gates by an angel of great radiance, who [...]
Compiled by Howard Israel S/he said "The end of 'don't ask, don't tell' will finally allow our brave women and men in uniform to defend their country without having to defend or hide their true [...]
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith When I sat down to write about 2010, I wanted to tell you how horrible the year was. With the election year politics, the Tea Party, the return of the Right [...]
Visitors to the Ruth Ellis Center, including Bernard Norris and Aaron Hall (third and fourth from left) dance to the music played by members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra behind them. HIGHLAND PARK [...]