Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Linda Lovelace gets her men It takes a village to tell the story of '70s porn sensation Linda "Lovelace" Boreman, and acclaimed filmmaking team Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the guys [...]
Q Scopes: Rise to the occasion, Taurus!
By Jack Fertig Still in Capricorn, Sun squares Saturn, which can feel limiting; turn that "limit" into focusing on goals. Entering Aquarius on the 20th Sun squares Jupiter in Taurus offering brilliant opportunities. Some are [...]
Hear Me Out: Graffiti6 shows true ‘Colours’
Graffiti6, 'Colours' Everyone's talking about the hotness of Jamie Scott, frontman for breakout duo Graffiti6. And sure, the boyish-cut fella could probably get away with slapped-together crap as long as he sang it in that [...]
Blended Family Member
Across 1 Pre-kiss insert 5 Like the Indy 500? 9 "Exotica" director Egoyan 13 Unwelcome obligation 14 "Showboat"'s "Nobody ___ But Me" 15 "___ Hai" of "South Pacific" 16 Start of a quip 19 _Peter [...]
‘Bright Room’ engages the mind, but not the heart
By Jenn McKee If nothing else, Tony Kushner's "A Bright Room Called Day," now playing at the Ringwald Theatre, re-affirms how foolhardy it is to engage in hypothetical discussions about how you would respond when [...]
Help save 1515 Broadway from foreclosure and eviction
DETROIT - 1515 Broadway, a unique and popular institution in downtown Detroit, might soon shut its doors - not because its popularity has waned, but because of an unfortunate situation many Metro Detroiters are facing [...]
Apartheid revisited in Detroit Rep drama
By John Quinn Chicago playwright M. E. H. Lewis demonstrates a flair for mystery in her 2004 drama, "Burying the Bones." The play is unconventional from the get-go, but by the middle of the second [...]
A timely romp at Go Comedy!
The more things change, the more things stay the same. While that might be part of the message delivered by "The Tim Machine" at Ferndale's Go Comedy! Improv Theater, it's also descriptive of Metro Detroit's [...]
Murder, mayhem and laughs in Eastpointe
"I keep losing track of what crime we're committing," gasps Lois Shields, an exasperated book editor in "Cahoots," the comedy thriller now playing at Eastpointe's Broadway Onstage Live Theatre. And she's not the only one, [...]
‘Frank Langella’s Cyrano’: The play with panache
By John Quinn The French, they say, have a word for it. To sum up dash, flamboyance, swagger and verve, that word is "panache." It leaped into English largely due to Edmond Rostand's wildly successful [...]
What’s at stake: Michigan ordinances in jeopardy
Across the state at least 1,582,000 people live in cities that are protected by local ordinances that include sexual orientation. Here is a listing of those cities and a brief description of their ordinances. For [...]
Cities could lose inclusive ordinances if HB5039 passes
Over twenty Michigan cities, including Ferndale, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit, could be stripped of their local human rights ordinances if Michigan House Bill 5039 passes. The bill, introduced by Rep. Tom [...]
Faith initiative launches to a full house
By Crystal Proxmire FERNDALE - After centuries of oppression by church leaders of all faiths, believers in God and equality in Michigan are organizing and striking back. "If I don't stand up for my God-given [...]
Mich. Gov comes under fire, refuses to address LGBT issues
Michigan's Republican governor is coming under fire by leaders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community for his office's refusal to grant multiple requests for a one-on-one interview about LGBT issues. The criticism comes [...]
LaGatella Scholarship for LGBT students celebrates 20 years at Wayne State
DETROIT - The year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the Michael P. LaGatella Memorial Scholarship at Wayne State University. Established in 1992, the scholarship honors the memory of Michael LaGatella who committed suicide as [...]
Perceptions open house showcases new facility
SAGINAW - Perceptions Saginaw Valley, the LGBT community organization in the Midland Saginaw area, will hold a special open house and fundraiser for its new facility on Saturday, Jan. 21 at The Alderton Bulding, 301 [...]
HOW TO OPPOSE HB 5039
MI Rep. Lipton (D-Huntington Woods) said that the best way to oppose HB 5039 that would strip cities of their local ordinances is for residents to contact their state representatives along with those who serve [...]
Church leaders blast same-sex marriage
By Chuck Colbert Keen News Service A group of nearly 40 conservative religious leaders released an open letter this month (January 12) that seeks to reframe the battle over same-sex civil marriage as a threat [...]
Marriage equality: A busy 2012 is off and running
by Dana Rudolph Pro-active efforts got underway this month to establish marriage equality in at least three more states. Democratic leaders in the New Jersey Senate and Assembly on Jan. 9 announced their intention to [...]
Creep of the Week: Pope Benedict XVI
You know, whenever I'm in the market for marriage advice, the only person I trust is an unmarried guy in a dress. It also helps if he was also once a Hitler Youth. So you [...]
Gov. Snyder doesn’t want to talk to the LGBT press – do you think he ought to?
Another Politician that needs to resign. Hopefully he'll takes the Mayor of Troy with him. -James Dee Maybe these questions should have been asked before the elections? -Nikki Gasko The governor needs to be reminded [...]
Parting Glances: Keep those seams straight!
So says "A Guide to the Manners, Etiquette, and Deportment of the Most Refined Society," an 1879 best seller devoted to rules that "make social intercourse more agreeable, and facilitate hospitalities, when all members of [...]
S/he Said: Marriage and parenting
Compiled by Howard Israel "(Gay parents) tend to be more motivated, more committed than heterosexual parents on average, because they chose to be parents... Gays and lesbians rarely become parents by accident, compared with an [...]
Joel Osteen and feel-good homophobia
By Abby Dees Thinking Out Loud When the Michelle Bachmanns or Glenn Becks of the world do their public rants about rampant homosexual perversion and the decay of American values, I'm happy to let them [...]
Gay families matter, activists tell Governor
On the day of Michigan's State of the State address, activists gathered to let lawmakers and Gov. Rick Snyder know "Gay families matter!" Photo: Todd Heywood More than 175 people from across Michigan had [...]
Michigan lawmakers hear from community: ‘Gay families matter’
More than 150 people from across Michigan had a message for Gov. Rick Snyder and the state legislature Wednesday: "Gay families matter." The was the message they hoped their state lawmakers would hear and act [...]
Detroit community mourns the loss of Leon Smith
DETROIT - Leon Smith, an elder in Detroit's LGBT community died Jan.12. Smith has been an active member of Detroit's LGBT movement since the 1980s. He was an original steering committee member and a key [...]
Four Michigan Mayors sign on to marriage equality
Freedom to Marry, a national organization founded in 2003 to win marriage nationwide, officially announced a new initiative Jan. 20 - Mayors for the Freedom to Marry. The effort includes a bipartisan coalition with over [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Glenn, Close Up
Man, Glenn Close feels like a woman, but she sure doesn't look like one in her new gender-bending movie. In "Albert Nobbs," the actress - known especially to gay audiences for her role in the [...]
Two lesbians in State of Union guest gallery
By Lisa Keen Col. Ginger Wallace, an openly lesbian intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force, will be one of two openly gay people in the First Lady's gallery seats tonight, when President Obama delivers [...]
Images from Perceptions Event
Images 1-3, the Perceptions building, 4. Fred Eland, 5. Jeff Illig, Brent Theisen, Dann [...]