Dear Jody: Lost love to friend
Q: First, let me tell you that I'm a single woman, looking to find my soul mate, or at least a girlfriend. Therefore, I go out a lot, trying to put myself out there to [...]
Cocktail Chatter: Ch-ch-ch-Changes: The Daiquiri
by Ed Sikov Craig and Kyle were Splitsville after the Judy Carne fiasco. Their heartbreak was my joy, since I'd been praying to Eros and darker forces since that ghastly night at Rolf's. One bleak [...]
The (Gay) Gaga Interview
Lady Gaga is one of the biggest superstars in the world. But speaking to her only briefly during this rare interview, she evades her larger-than-life image with affable charm, self-deprecating humor (take that, so-called penis) [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romen San Vicente Hugh Jackman can't help loving musical theater If you want to get technical about it, Hugh Jackman has already made one movie musical: "Happy Feet." Granted, you didn't see him in [...]
Q Scopes: Pay attention, Capricorn!
By Jack Fertig Mercury in Leo, cranking up egos and voices, is at the end of a "yod" with Pluto and Chiron. The real challenge is to shut up, listen and adapt to difficult new [...]
Hear Me Out: Beyonce does it her way on ‘4.’
Beyonce, '4' It might as well be a rhetorical question on Beyonce's fourth album, but she asks it anyway - "who runs the world?" Her answer, of course: "Girls." Before that dud of a ditty, [...]
Prisoner of Love
Across 1 Give the once-over in a bar 5 K on Lesbos 10 Bitch 14 Like a broken horse 15 Fashion designer Perry 16 Spread it on your muffin 17 With 23-Across, movie about a [...]
The OutField: The G(Force) is with lacrosse
By Dan Woog For years, ice hockey and lacrosse have been stereotyped as two of the sports least welcoming to gay men. They're contact sports, played by insular groups: Canadians (hockey) and prep schoolers (lacrosse). [...]
Augusta champions idealism in ‘La Mancha’
By Bridgette M. Redman "Man of La Mancha," now playing at the Augusta Barn Theater, remains a classic worth seeing, especially if you sit in the front half of the barn. From the back half, [...]
The New Theatre Project is on the move again
YPSILANTI - The New Theatre Project announces another move to downtown Ypsilanti and a postponement of the world premiere of "Posing." Unfortunately, the company faced an involuntary release from its space at 220 Felch St. [...]
Council of Europe reports on LGBT discrimination
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS The Council of Europe on June 23 unveiled its first social-legal report on anti-LGBT discrimination in the association's 47 member nations. The report maps the legal situation in each nation [...]
Gays march in Havana
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS For the first time, LGBT people marched in Havana June 28 without government approval or affiliation with any governmental agency. Previous gay marches have been staged through CENESEX, the National [...]
U.S. consul general in Tijuana reaches out to LGBTs
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS The U.S. consul general in Tijuana, Steve Kashkett, held a cocktail reception and meeting with about 50 members of Tijuana's LGBT community June 28 at his residence in the city's [...]
Judge denies Shirvell request to seal deposition
By Tara Cavanaugh Last Wednesday a federal judge denied Andrew Shirvell's request to have his deposition sealed, reported the Detroit Free Press. The Free Press quoted the judge's four-page ruling: "Defendant argues that the alleged [...]
Resource center founder dies from pneumonia
KALAMAZOO- James B. Knox died of pneumonia on Monday, June 27. Knox was a co-founder of the Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center and also a co-founder of the Community AIDS Resource and Education Services. [...]
Anti-bullying bill on hold for now
By Tara Cavanaugh LANSING- The debate on two versions of an anti-bullying bill will continue after state lawmakers return from their two-month summer break. Michigan is one of only six states without any anti-bullying legislation. [...]
Family Week offers fun, games, togetherness
By Jim Larkin For one week every summer about 70 families with two moms or two dads gather on Lake Michigan's shoreline to frolic, make new friends, play games, march in a parade, strengthen family [...]
Adoption agency seeks board members
ANN ARBOR- Hands Across The Water is looking for board candidates from the LGBT community who want to make a difference in childrens' lives. Knowledge of adoption and foster care is helpful. If you can [...]
Photo spotlight: Tri-City Pride
The first Tri-City Pride was held on Saturday, June 18 from 1-7 p.m. on Ojibway Island in Saginaw, and photographer Kari Melissa Helm captured these [...]
Saginaw Pride Awards celebrate community action
By Tana Michaels SAGINAW- Outstanding members of the Tri-City's LGBT community were honored at the Perceptions-sponsored third annual Saginaw Valley LGBT Pride Awards Banquet held June 28 at Saginaw's Andersen Enrichment Center. Perceptions Saginaw Valley [...]
Let’s help Obama evolve
by Eric Rader Speak Out New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was hailed as a hero by the large crowds at New York City's LGBT Pride parade on June 26, just 48 hours after his successful [...]
Michigan AIDS Coalition celebrates funding
FERNDALE- The Michigan AIDS Coalition is excited to receive more than $244,000 in funding from grants. The donors include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foudnation, The Hope Fund and others. [...]
Reporters press Obama on gay marriage views
By Lisa Keen President Obama at a mid-day nationally televised press conference on Wednesday, June 29 was repeatedly pressed for his views on marriage equality. He spoke out strongly against discrimination based on sexual orientation [...]
Affordable Care Act to improve data collection on LGBTs
By BTL Staff Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on June 29 plans to begin collecting health data on LGBT populations as well as new draft standards for collecting and reporting data on [...]
‘Ticked-Off Trannies’ comes to Showtime
by Rex Wockner U.S. NEWS The "tranny" movie that the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation tried to get banned from New York's Tribeca Film Festival airs on Showtime throughout July. The network says of [...]
Free speech vs. harassment
There's a fine line between free speech and harassment. A great example of this is the Chris Armstrong suit against Andrew Shirvell. Armstrong, a recent University of Michigan graduate, was the first openly gay president [...]
Vicky Hartzler
Creep of the Week Gays are a bunch of crybabies. Yeah, I said it. And you know what that took? Courage. And you know who knows about courage? Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-MO, that's who. No, [...]
After the marriage equality victory in NY, the president is pressed by media on his same-sex marriage views, which he says are ‘evolving.’ What do you think?
Heard on Facebook I like the president to both declare my rights and be coy about them. So cute. -Kerri Covey Kerri, how is he being coy about our rights? Not one president has done [...]
Podophilia, anyone?
Parting Glances The human foot, with its 26 bones, 33 joints, is an architectural marvel of evolutionary development. Its complex structure contains more than 100 tendons, ligaments, muscles. But you knew all that. The foot [...]
NY marriage equality and backlash
Compiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "The reason the Left has gone after same-sex marriage is because it's a two-fer. When you redefine marriage, you cheapen marriage. You make it into something less valuable, less [...]
Michigan needs a stronger hate crimes law to combat violent crimes
By Nusrat Ventimiglia Viewpoint Last month, the Michigan Court of Appeals rejected one man's so-called "gay panic" defense. In Michigan v. Cutler the court agreed that a criminal defendant was not entitled to present his [...]
Pentagon issues order to stop DADT
By Tara Cavanaugh The Pentagon will begin accepting applications from gays and lesbians and it will also stop separating gay soldiers under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." A memo issued Friday to the secretaries of military [...]
Report finds increase in anti- LGBT violence
By Zach Childree Last year was the second highest year on record for murders of LGBT and HIV-affected communities, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Coalition Of Anti-Violence Programs. The study focused [...]