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By Tara Cavanaugh David Garcia was an athlete when he was in high school, but he was too scared to be out. "I know what it's like in the locker rooms when coaches use words [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh David Garcia was an athlete when he was in high school, but he was too scared to be out. "I know what it's like in the locker rooms when coaches use words [...]
by Jody Valley Q: I've been involved with "Lisa" for almost five months. Both of us have had bad relationships in the past and have been moving slowly with each other. We don't want to [...]
by Ed Sikov An afternoon in June. Under a bright blue dome of a sky, boys paraded around like Speedo models and dressed accordingly. Cher's "Believe" wafted through the air from two different houses, off [...]
by Richard Labonte "Remembrance of Things I Forgot," by Bob Smith. Terrace Books/University of Wisconsin Press, 272 pages, $26.95 hardcover. Comic book dealer John Sherkson is a gay man with foiled dreams, liberal ideals and [...]
ANN ARBOR - The University Musical Society recently announced that Jim Leija has been named as the new director of education and community engagement. Leija (LAY-ha) has been with UMS since 2008. He currently serves [...]
Ewan McGregor didn't mean to offend you. As the debonair actor sits down in Los Angeles to talk up his latest film "Beginners," he's genuinely upset if his last "gay" movie, "I Love You Phillip [...]
The girl in me couldn't stop screaming on Monday night. Wait, let me back up. The "girl" was me, and she wrestled her way out when the "Glee" frenzy stormed the Palace of Auburn Hills [...]
Mike Mills didn't really know his father until he came out. When the director's dad came swooshing out of the closet at the ripe age of 75, after decades of being married to a woman, [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Elijah Wood will turn 'Saucy Gay' Elijah Wood's suddenly very busy again. Now that the two "Lord of the Rings" prequels have titles ("The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "The Hobbit: [...]
By Jack Fertig Mercury moves into Cancer, squaring Uranus and triggering all sorts of outbursts, mostly tempests in teapots, but Jupiter softens the square, offering practical wisdom that might be gleaned from those brainstorms and [...]
For centuries, science and religion have been at odds with one another. So too have religion and homosexuality. Mix the three together, and the result is "Next Fall," an intelligent and thought-provoking dramedy now playing [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS A national poll has found that 75 percent of Australians believe legalization of same-sex marriage is inevitable. Marriage-equality advocates responded by calling on political leaders to act immediately. "The tide [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Actress Carla Antonelli took her seat in the Madrid Assembly June 7, becoming the highest-ranking openly trans elected official in Spanish history. "It's very exciting to be here, to see [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Lady Gaga addressed the Euro Pride rally in Rome June 11 and sang a down-tempo version of "Born This Way" accompanied only by her piano playing. "It has become clear [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS A new poll has found that 61 percent of Russians agree with the Moscow city government's annual ban on the gay pride parade, down from 82 percent support for the [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Samoa's Law Reform Commission has told the government to legalize male-male sex and cross-dressing. Current law bans gay sex and men's wearing women's clothes. The government is likely to express [...]
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS The gay pride parade in Split, Croatia, was attacked June 11. Activists said thousands of opponents hurled rocks, bottles, firecrackers, flares, tear gas, eggs, tomatoes, glass, bricks, shoes, paint, cigarette [...]
LANSING- Nearly 2000 people from across Michigan rallied at the state Capitol on Saturday in support of LGBT equality. The crowd arrived at the Capitol after a short march through downtown Lansing lead by a [...]
LANSING- For the first time in Michigan LGBT history, members of a local law enforcement department participated in a gay pride march and parade while dressed in full uniform. Lansing Police Department officers and commanders [...]
By Jeremy Martin On Wednesday the Holland City Council will make a historic decision, one that could potentially alter the practices and thinking of all who reside within the city's borders. The council will meet [...]
by Tara Cavanaugh Kevin O'Brien is a 20-year-old junior at Michigan State University. He's studying social relations and policy, and this summer he's working as an intern at the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion. [...]
DETROIT- Curtis Lipscomb, the executive director of KICK, a nonprofit for LGBT African Americans, has been honored with the National Outstanding Service Award from Prideindex.com's 2011 Esteem Awards. The Esteem Awards honor local and national [...]
By Ruchi Naresh June marks the 30th year of the discovery of the still-incurable HIV/AIDS. Worldwide, the disease has claimed 30 million lives. On a June 6 conference call, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human [...]
by Rex Wockner U.S. NEWS Several gay bloggers have taken issue with three letters sent to the Federal Communications Commission by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. First, there was concern about an unusual [...]
by Rex Wockner U.S. NEWS U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said June 7 that the government supports formation of Gay-Straight Alliances in schools, according to a report from The Trevor Project. He made the statement [...]
by Rex Wockner U.S. NEWS The Human Rights Campaign on June 8 urged federal and local officials and law-enforcement authorities to strengthen efforts to address violence against LGBT people in Puerto Rico. HRC cited reports [...]
by Rex Wockner U.S. NEWS Two of San Diego's four declared mayoral candidates are gay, as is a third candidate who has opened a campaign committee. Republican District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and Republican City Councilman [...]
Homophobia is homophobia, and it must be called out. Whether it's shouted from a stage or in a business' silent refusal to deal with a gay customer, homophobia is completely unacceptable. You'll see two examples [...]
Creep of the Week Imagine you paid money to see some stand up comedy and the comedian was totally hilarious. He had this amazing bit about homosexuality where he said that gays are pussies for [...]
Heard on Facebook SAD. I just don't get it! -Papi J Royce Peterson Tina Fey seriously needs to think about some cast changes to her show. I may quit watching after this. -Billy Barrett Pathetic [...]
Parting Glances I had a marvelous time at Hart Plaza during Motor City Pride 2011, in spite of unrelenting 90+ heat, blazing sun, cascading perspiration, non-stop rainbow reveling. (No phone numbers. No requests for autographs. [...]
Compiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "I think that the appropriate liberal response to such things as the Anthony Weiner 'scandal' ... is a shrug: 'So they're human - big deal.' When someone is hypocritical, [...]
By Abby Dees Though many states have endured ugly voter initiatives to take away LGBT marriage rights, none has captured attention quite like California's Proposition 8. One reason is that California is in the unique [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh FERNDALE- Ferndale Police are investigating a hate crime that occurred around 1 a.m. Monday morning. Ferndale Police Sergeant Patrick Jones said two victims were in a house on Fielding, west of Woodward, [...]
By Jeremy Martin More than 100 residents and concerned Michigan citizens watched on Wednesday night as an ordinance to protect LGBTs from discrimination in Holland was debated. The Holland City Council voted 5-4 against the [...]
By Jeremy Martin SAUGATUCK- On Monday night, following two months of deliberation, the seven member Saugatuck school board voted 5-2 against adding a video titled "Coming Out: What Every Teen (Gay or Straight) Needs to [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh A committee in the Michigan House approved two bills today that restrict public employee benefits only to married couples. Now the bills will go to the House floor for debate. The House [...]
By Tara Cavanaugh CUT/ Two dozen students from area high schools lobbied lawmakers in Lansing to pass an anti-bullying bill that would protect all students. Michigan is one of six states without any anti-bullying law. [...]