Dear Jody: Lying for a friend
Q: My friend, "Bill," has recently gotten involved with "Dave." Bill tells me that Dave is "The One" that he has been looking for all his life. They have been dating for seven months and [...]
Q: My friend, "Bill," has recently gotten involved with "Dave." Bill tells me that Dave is "The One" that he has been looking for all his life. They have been dating for seven months and [...]
By Ed Sikov "There's something you should know about Phil Levine," Jack Fogg declared with that manly voice that made everything he said sound like a teaser for one of his popular exposes on CNN. [...]
by Richard Labonte "Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo," by Michael Schiavi. University of Wisconsin Press, 366 pages, $29.95 hardcover. Last year erotic pioneer Samuel Steward, this year film enthusiast and AIDS [...]
By Hannah Schwab Torrid love affairs, heartfelt father-son moments, slightly erotic scenes - Christopher T. Leland's new book, "Love/Imperfect," has it all. The recently released work is the first collection of short stories from Leland, [...]
Ten years have passed since Stevie Nicks released her last solo album, but she's still the same gay-loved goddess of earthy rock she built her legend on. The new release, "In Your Dreams," is exactly [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Evan Rachel Wood to 'March' with Clooney Evan Rachel Wood, who recently talked to "Esquire" magazine about her bisexuality and how she likes to treat the women she dates (for the [...]
By Jack Fertig Uranus, newly in Aries, cranks up spontaneous individualism and assertion. The Sun is in Taurus, semi-square to Uranus provoking a lot of stubbornness. Don't challenge others with an uppity, obstinate attitude; look [...]
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By John Quinn Will David Young and TJ Corbett in "Ernie" at Detroit's City Theatre. Photo: David Reed-Ernie the Play LLC It is unfortunate the weather dried up Thursday in time for the Tigers' [...]
By Bridgette M. Redman Ben Berg, Luna Alexander, Elise Randall, Analea Lessenberry, and Andy England star in "The Everyman Project." Photo: Ben Stange It is obvious from the moment one walks into The New [...]
By Martin F. Kohn Terry Heck and Eva Rosenwald in "Circle Mirror Transformation" at Performance Network Theatre. Photo: Jude Walton With at least 15 productions, according to American Theatre magazine, Annie Baker's "Circle Mirror [...]
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Same-sex marriage activists presented a giant wedding card for Prince William and Kate Middleton outside the gates of Buckingham Palace on April 25. The card congratulated the royal couple on [...]
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS The same-sex registered-partnership law that passed Liechtenstein's Parliament in March will be subjected to a voter referendum in June. Anti-gay forces turned in enough signatures on April 21 to mandate [...]
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Several recent reports from Moscow said that officials had greenlighted this year's May 28 gay pride parade, which would have marked the first time in its six years of existence [...]
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Poland will change a form that Poles must obtain before getting married abroad so that it no longer asks the name of the future spouse, the nation's Campaign Against Homophobia [...]
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS International LGBT activist group All Out has launched a campaign to convince Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to ban what the group called "sissy boot camps." According to activist groups, [...]
By James David Dickson Announcing President Barack Obama's intention to "leave no vote behind and take no vote for granted" in his 2012 re-election campaign, Jamie Citron, director of the Obama For America 2012 LGBT [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh LIVONIA- Many LGBTs don't know that they can be fired or denied housing simply because of their sexuality or gender identity, and that there are no federal or state laws to protect [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh Erica Shekell is about to go on the ride of a lifetime. The Michigan State University junior was selected among 1,000 applicants to take part in the PBS American Experience 2011 Freedom [...]
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder urged the state legislature on April 27 to pass anti-bullying legislation, but his office declined to disclose which pieces of legislation currently pending before the legislature he supported. "We must ensure [...]
FERNDALE- After six months of managing Affirmations as the interim executive director, Kevin Howley says that the organization is on track with its financial recovery process and that the search for a new executive director [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh DETROIT- The parade at this year's Motor City Pride festival will take place on Sunday, June 5 at 11 a.m. Pride organizers are asking that all floats demonstrate the theme, "Hart of [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh Holden Michael Alee, 21, is a junior studying hospitality and tourism management at Grand Valley State University. He's also a staff member at Equality Michigan. When he's not helping organize this year's [...]
TRAVERSE CITY- Traverse City Area Public Schools added "sexual orientation" to its anti-bullying policy on April 25, reported upnorthlive.com. The TCAPS also added hazing and stalking as prohibited conduct and a rule that parents must [...]
FERNDALE- The second annual Southeast Michigan Dyke March and Rally will be held Saturday, June 4 at 2 p.m. in downtown Ferndale. Organizers encourage all to attend the family-friendly event. Lineup takes place in the [...]
More than 300 guests enjoyed Michigan's first-ever Same-Sex Wedding Expo, sponsored by the Detroit Marriot Livonia and BTL on Sunday, [...]
LANSING- Together in Faith, a growing collaboration between faith-based LGBTQ advocates and allies across the state and the Upper Peninsula, is hosting a conference May 14 at the Pilgrim United Church of Christ from 8 [...]
SAGINAW- Those living in Bay City, Midland and Saginaw will be able to celebrate their own first-ever Tri City Pride on June 25 this year at Ojibway Island from 1 to 7 p.m. The Rev. [...]
Gov. Rick Snyder announced last week that he fully supports an anti-bullying bill, and that our state should pass one as soon as possible. This is good news. An anti-bullying bill, nicknamed "Matt's Law" - [...]
Creep of the Week Calling all homos: do you live near anyone facing foreclosure? Well, the least you can do is help them move because it turns out that losing their home is all your [...]
Great day for America, great day for the world. -Holly Weasel I can care less. -Geronimo Larson Not really sure what to think...violence is violence is violence. Is this truly something to be celebrated? Or [...]
Parting Glances According to a recent Newsweek magazine's shocking headliner expose - "The Military's Male-Rape Secret" - the DADT policy in place since 1993 has included not only gays but, it would seem, an alarming [...]
S/he Said "I believe that coming out makes for a happier life, but that's not a matter of ethics, that's just corny advice." -Rachel Maddow, about a criticism she supposedly made towards Anderson Copper in [...]
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith ViewPoint Chrissy Lee Polis, a 22-year-old, post-operative transsexual was at a Baltimore County McDonald's recently. While there, she opted to use the bathroom. Two other women - 18-year-old Teonna Monae Brown [...]
The president's annual Mother's Day proclamation has included a specific mention of families that have two mothers for the second year in a row. President Obama's May 6 proclamation said in part, "Whether an adoptive [...]
James David Dickson ANN ARBOR: "Don't open the doors!" the University of Michigan security official instructed her counterparts. "If they want to walk out on their own, fine, but don't open the doors for them." [...]
By James David Dickson Law students at the University of Michigan protested their graduation speaker, Sen. Rob Portman, because of his anti-gay views on May 7.