As the world continues to learn more about coronavirus and its spread, it's vital to stay up-to-date on the latest developments. However, it's also important to make sure that the information being distributed is from credible sources. To that end, Between The Lines has compiled, [...]
Gov signs ban on partner benefits for unmarried public employees
Updated Jan. 2, 2012 LANSING - On Dec. 23 Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law HB 4770 which prohibits public employers from providing partner benefits to unmarried partners of public employees. There had been [...]
Best of the year
by Richard Labonte Book Marks Bests are subjective, and Top 10s are limiting, but these are the books that stuck with me most in 2011. Some are examples of formal queer fiction or standard homo [...]
The Buy Local Movement…in Kerrytown
By Keith Orr ANN ARBOR - The Buy Local Movement has gained a lot of ground over the past few years. The Occupy Wall Street movement speaks to a lot of the same issues (and [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Amber Heard revs her 'Motor' Amber Heard, new queen of all car-centric movies? OK, maybe not, but the co-star of "Drive Angry" and, most recently, "The Rum Diary," is at least [...]
Q Scopes: Deal with it, Scorpio!
By Jack Fertig The Sun conjoining Pluto in Capricorn heightens awareness of authority and bureaucratic structures that hem us in, as well as the revolutionary urge to smash them. Impulsive acts of rebellion are disastrous. [...]
Not Just a Cruising Motto
Across 1 "Maude" producer 5 Source book for "Jesus Christ Superstar" 10 Doctors make you strip for it 14 Pisa's river 15 Old line for cockpit workers 16 Brain section 17 Began a hole, with [...]
The Year of the Gay
By Dan Woog The OutField In schools, in the military - and especially in sports - 2011 was The Year of the Gay. High school, college, even professional athletes came out of the locker room [...]
Faith Initiative to hold kick-off event
FERNDALE - Affirmations Community Center will launch their Faith Initiative on Thursday, Jan. 12 from 7 - 9 p.m. with a screening of "Fences." It's the personal faith journey of Antonio David Garcia, the executive [...]
Holland is Ready to receive award
HOLLAND - A community group that earlier this year urged the Holland City Council to add anti-discrimination protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people will return to City Hall on Jan. 18, this time to [...]
The DSO and Ford Motor Company bring the holiday spirit to Ruth Ellis Center
Highland Park - In the season of giving, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Ford Motor Company and the Michigan International Gay Rodeo Association filled the Ruth Ellis [...]
DADT’s repeal brings sea change to Navy, huge story of 2011 equality
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Just four months ago this kiss could have caused both these military professionals their careers. Fire Controlman 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak [...]
The year ahead for LGBT issues
By Lisa Keen Significant events are crowding the calendar for 2012, and each promises considerable drama and suspense for the LGBT community. Here are the ten most important to keep an eye on: 1. The [...]
Readers respond: Gov, signs ban on partner benefits for unmarried public employees.
Heard on Facebook I hope you're prepared not to come home to Ann Arbor, because you won't be comfortable here, (Snyder). You've messed with our families, and that is not okay. So don't count on [...]
Life’s leaky faucet
Parting Glances At my advanced age I've come to realize I really don't exist. With the exception of the IRS, my creditors, my column's faithful baker's dozen fans, my friends. I'm a nobody, and an [...]
Marriage and relationships
compiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "I think it underscores that sanctity of marriage is important to most Minnesotans and people who are in same-sex relationships believe in that sanctity also and want a chance [...]
Against all logic
By Emily Dievendorf Oh, what a year it has been. I think we all expected life to get harder when the state turned bright bloody red as a result of the 2010 election. We expected [...]
Let’s hear it for Chicago
by Mark Segal This is a call to look at how government funds go to the Catholic Church. Over the years, the Catholic Church or the men who run it have called our community everything [...]
awsuit against Gov. Snyder filed in federal court
DETROIT - The Michigan ACLU announced Wednesday, they have filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Rick Snyder to strike down a new state law that bans many public entities from providing health insurance to same-sex [...]
Joan Rivers takes off the face
Photo: Charles William Bush Joan Rivers has never been one to question her actions. But today, she's doing just that: "I'm listening to Katy Perry and I don't know why." Besides being a firework [...]