Dear Jody: Snow fight – without balls
Snow fight - without balls Q: As you probably already know, we had a horrible snow storm shortly after Christmas. "Janis" (my life partner) and I bought a snow blower for Christmas, which I thought [...]
Snow fight - without balls Q: As you probably already know, we had a horrible snow storm shortly after Christmas. "Janis" (my life partner) and I bought a snow blower for Christmas, which I thought [...]
By Steven Petrow Q: Even though my good friend Letisha lives with her girlfriend, she is not out to her family. At least she wasn't until last week. Right after the holidays I posted a [...]
by Richard Labonte "Hidden," by Tomas Mournian. Kensington Books, 392 pages, $15 paper. Much has been written, factual and fictional, about so-called conversion therapy - attempts to turn queer kids straight. But that's just the [...]
The Ferndale Blues Festival will include 60 individual concerts from Jan. 28-Feb. 5. FERNDALE - For the 10th year in a row, the City of Ferndale will rock 'n' roll with the sounds of great [...]
This February, the University of Michigan will host the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference, the country's largest conference of this nature, featuring over 90 diverse workshops as well as nationally known keynote [...]
Maybe you forgot about Macy Gray. Not that anyone could: She's a loopy, 6-foot-tall standout with a distinctive, soulful rasp. But Gray's success since the monster hit "I Try" has been just that - try [...]
Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman star in the new raunchy romantic-comedy 'No Strings Attached.' Photo: Paramount Pictures Sex comedies always have the advantage over other movies: They're about sex. You know even if they're [...]
Greg Storms' friends still tease him about the time he drank too much and landed in some guy's lair. The morning after was weird, especially when Storms realized how much his one-night stand looked like [...]
by Romeo San Vicente Hammer does Hoover Now that everyone has seen "The Social Network," the talk has swung back and forth between Oscars and the cool way director David Fincher turned super-tall, super-handsome, baking [...]
By Jack Fertig Mercury is in Capricorn squaring Saturn and Eris, tending to be worried and argumentative. The good news: Venus is in Sagittarius in harmony to all three offering a pleasant negotiation between those [...]
Across 1 "Stone Butch Blues" hero 5 Disney canine 10 One way to cook fruit 14 Protected from the wind 15 Vietnam capital 16 Cry after getting the shaft 17 "Ed Wood" role 18 Susan [...]
By John Quinn "Welcome to the Moon" continues through Feb. 5. Photo: Michigan Actors Studio Playwright John Patrick Shanley's name might not ring a bell, but you know his work. His script for the [...]
Bronwen Hupp and Christopher Dybash star in "The Last 5 Years." Photo: The Box Theatre CC2_1904.jpg: Bronwen Hupp and Christopher Dybash star in "The Last 5 Years." Photo: The Box Theatre It's a story [...]
By Michael H. Margolin Christina L. Flynn, Scott Crownover and Aral Gribble in "Modern Orthodox." Photo: Beth Lutz CC3_1904.jpg: Christina L. Flynn, Scott Crownover and Aral Gribble in "Modern Orthodox." Photo: Beth Lutz "Modern [...]
Henrietta Hermelin and Leah Smith in "The War Since Eve." Photo: Jude Walton CCX_1904.jpg: Henrietta Hermelin and Leah Smith in "The War Since Eve." Photo: Jude Walton Some time ago I attended a staged [...]
Homophobes attacked the Buenos Aires Bears clubhouse Jan. 15, shouting anti-gay abuse, throwing rocks and bottles at members, and burning a mattress and garbage up against the entrance, local media reported. Several bears reportedly were [...]
The European Parliament on Jan. 19 called on Lithuania's Parliament to reject a proposed law that would punish "public promotion of homosexual relations" with a fine of up to $3,900. The Euro Parliament also called [...]
The head of Spain's opposition Popular Party has said he may work to repeal the 2005 law that legalized same-sex marriage if the party wins the elections at the beginning of 2012, which is a [...]
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission said it is deeply concerned over recent threats to LGBT rights defenders in Cameroon. The organization said that Alice Nkom, chairperson of the Association for the Defense [...]
The U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa has urged the Honduran government to "vigorously investigate" five murders of LGBT people that took place since Dec. 18. The embassy expressed "great concern" about the killings and said "the [...]
Gays in Andorra no longer are banned from donating blood. The policy change follows the small nation's decision to disaffiliate its blood-donor system from the one in nearby Toulouse, France, and to affiliate instead with [...]
By Rex Wockner A British gay couple, Martyn Hall and Steven Preddy, who are in a civil partnership, will receive $2,872 each in damages from Cornwall hotel owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull, Christians who refused [...]
By ANDREA POTEET Hotel rooms were booked. Radio advertisements had aired, and guests from neighboring states were set to attend a highly-anticipated event at Jackson's only gay and lesbian bar last week. But the event, [...]
LANSING -- A bill submitted by state Rep. Dave Agema, R-Grandville, that would eliminate state funding for HIV prevention and other important health initiatives is raising alarms in the public health community. Agema has proposed [...]
By Hannah Schwab A panel discussion with school counsellors and bullying consultants took place after the film. BTL photo Hannah Schwab GRAND RAPIDS-Grand Valley State University's College of Education hosted a screening of "Bullied," [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh The Human Rights Campaign released its yearly list of best places to work based on treatment of LGBT employees Jan 21. Michigan businesses that made the list include Chrysler, LLC in Auburn [...]
FERNDALE-The 10th annual Bud Light Ferndale Blues Festival, which donates proceeds to the Michigan AIDS Coalition and Ferndale Youth Assistance, runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 5. Donations and sponsorships help the festival raise $20,000 [...]
Ferndale, MI - Affirmations' Multicultural Advisory Committee announced this week that it is accepting new members. Launched in May 2008, Affirmations' MAC has been meeting monthly to research best practices in multicultural service provision. The [...]
DETROIT-The board of directors of KICK, The Agency for LGBT African-Americans, elected Tiffany McLean as president and Jeremiah Jones as vice-president. Antonio Johnson was re-elected as treasurer and secretary. All three members began three-year terms [...]
Figure skater Johnny Weir signs his autobiography, "Welcome to My World," at Borders in Ann Arbor Jan. 17. Photo courtesy of Susan V. Stewart, (c) 2011. All rights reserved globally.
FERNADLE-Leadership in Ferndale has taken an interesting twist. Craig Covey (former mayor, now Oakland county commissioner) switched spots with Dave Coulter (former Oakland county commissioner, just appointed mayor). The switch-a-roo, which came about after a [...]
William Sawyer-Todd is the chair of the Lansing Human Rights Political Action Committee, and the chair of the East Lansing Human Rights Commission. PQ/ There are young people demanding their rights because they thought it [...]
by Rex Wockner Federal regulations that protect same-sex couples in hospital settings nationwide took effect Jan. 18. The rules, which apply to all hospitals receiving Medicaid or Medicare funds -- nearly every hospital -- require [...]
by Rex Wockner The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed regulations Jan. 20 to ensure that its programs do not discriminate against LGBT people. "This is a fundamental issue of fairness," said HUD [...]
by Rex Wockner A bill to authorize a public vote on amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, domestic partnerships, civil unions and all other recognition of same-sex couples was introduced in the Iowa [...]
by Rex Wockner Elton John raised $3 million for the American Foundation for Equal Rights on Jan. 19 at a 90-minute private concert in Beverly Hills. About 500 people attended the soiree in a tent [...]
by Rex Wockner The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 18 refused to hear an appeal by anti-gays hoping to force a voter referendum on the law that legalized same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia. [...]
BTL photo: Tara Cavanaugh We hope that stealing stacks of BTL newspapers gives you the same rush of excitement that our thousands of dear readers feel when picking up a fresh copy. We hope [...]
You know what gay people need? Exorcisms. It's the only way to get rid of the gay-making demon lurking in the homosexual soul. And who better to do that exorcism than Gordon Klingenschmitt, an ex-Navy [...]
Typical Democrat lip service to a constituency that votes for them. Only when there is competition between the two parties can we expect any progress on LGBT issues. -Jason Abela Whether it's called by a [...]
I popped into a bar and, for the life of me, couldn't tell who was gay. The same thing happened at church, where presumably the guys kneeling (there were a few) are also gay. One [...]
"As a young boy my room was plastered with photos of bodybuilders. Naked, oiled male bodies. That got my mother so concerned, she asked our family doctor one day to take a look at that. [...]
By Leslie Robinson I've kept a secret for years. Now it's time for me to come out--as a stamp collector. I'm throwing off my shame. I'm a nerd and I'm proud! My orientation, philatelically speaking, [...]
DETROIT -The Michigan Civil Rights Commission heard public testimony from experts on bullying and victims of bullying on Tuesday, Jan. 25. People addressing the commission were given three minutes to speak, leaving little time for [...]
Nationally-recognized speaker Jim Tuman addresses the Michigan Civil Rights Commission Jan. 25. BTL photo: Crystal A. Proxmire DETROIT -The Michigan Civil Rights Commission heard public testimony from experts on bullying and victims of bullying [...]
Family-owned restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is knee-deep in controversy after a blogger and students and faculty at Indiana University South Bend discovered it gave money to anti-LGBT organizations. In early January, a Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A franchise agreed [...]