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, [...]
Brandi Carlile On New LP, Career Epiphany and Gays in Country Music
Here's what we know about Brandi Carlile: Her lung power is a bigger threat to humanity than any nuclear war; she's cool enough to sing with Elton John, who recorded a track with the singer [...]
Book Marks: A Queer and Pleasant Danger, David Hockney, The Biography, Purgatory: A Novel of the Civil War
by Richard Labonte "A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She Is Today," [...]
Columbus … Queer?
Ohio has this reputation of being flat, cornfield-crazy nothingness: the kind of place people drive through... only to get somewhere else. It was always the longest strip [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente The return of T.R. Knight There was that "f-word" scandal, he quit "Grey's Anatomy" and then... whatever happened to T.R. Knight? Well, first he took some time off, appeared on "Law [...]
Q Scopes: You’ll be OK, Taurus!
By Jack Fertig A lunar eclipse in Gemini has people blabbing about feelings, revealing too much. Be quiet, attentive and philosophical. Learn what you can. ARIES (March 20 - April 19): Long bottled-up energy comes [...]
‘Dictator’ least focused yet
By Christy Lemire, AP Movie Critic In analyzing Sacha Baron Cohen and the array of offbeat characters he's created, it's clear that it's become a matter of diminishing returns. In 2006's "Borat: Cultural Learnings of [...]
First Lesbian
Across 1 Four-posters for foreplay, for some 5 Deep throat sound 9 Astronaut Schirra 14 Carbon compound 15 Soft drink favorite 16 Homer-erotic tale? 17 Barry Humphries' Dame 18 One that attacks the fly with [...]
The tears of a clown at MOT
By Michael H. Margolin In 1904, Enrico Caruso's recording of "Vesti la giubba," the aria from the conclusion of Act One of Ruggero Leoncavallo's 1892 opera " I Pagliacci," became the first million-selling record in [...]
A heavenly comedy at The Ringwald
By John Quinn It takes a particularly wacky sense of humor to appreciate "camp." The genre, through parody and satire, provides fresh insight by skewering cultural conventions. Like the girl with the curl, though, when [...]
Stormfield stomps an energetic end to its season
By Bridgette M. Redman Every town has its collection of famous and almost famous residents. In Lansing, these include celebrities from the world of sports, politics, technology and politics. Names such as Magic Johnson, John [...]
Good chemistry is offset by flat script at Tipping Point
By Jenn McKee To sell a play about friendship, the actors ultimately have to - if you'll forgive the cliche - have the right chemistry. Their energy has to build on each other so that [...]
Department of Civil Rights seeks stories as Elliot-Larsen considered
The push to amend the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act is on, and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights needs your help gathering information on instances of discrimination in the state. On April 17, Senator Rebekah [...]
Let your legislators know how you feel at Lobby Day
On Thursday, May 24 over 100 people and their allies will meet in Lansing for Lobby Day where they will have a chance to meet with elected officials and talk with them about gay and [...]
Mich. gay prisoner wins discrimination case
CINCINNATI - The American Civil Liberties Union received a favorable decision last week from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case on behalf of the plaintiff, Ricky Davis, a gay prisoner at the [...]
Motor City Pride: educate, liberate & celebrate June 2 & 3
By Crystal Proxmire DETROIT - After last year's packed turnout at Hart Plaza, Motor City Pride planners are looking for another year to "Educate, Liberate and Celebrate" Detroit's LGBT community with the biggest party of [...]
Oakland County: Republican divide and conquer strategy breaks up core communities
Democracy in Oakland County is going to look different in 2013, and likely much more Republican. A series of well-orchestrated political moves changed the rules of the political process. Thanks to what Democrats are calling [...]
Stonewall Bar Association president shares passion for LGBT law
GROSSE POINTE - The law is a complex, ever-changing puzzle, the nitty-gritty details of which intrigue attorney Timothy Cordes. Though he is married to a lovely woman and labels himself a straight guy, Cordes is [...]
Rick and Janet Glasgow
Between Ourselves Rick and Janet Glasgow bring more than fresh baked cookies and a home cooked meal when they come to the Ruth Ellis Center on Monday evenings. They bring a sense of stability for [...]
State Senate Democratic Leader: ‘Romney owes students an apology’
LANSING - Senate Democratic Leader Gretchen Whitmer spoke on the Senate floor May 10 to denounce Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney after media reports detailed stories in which Romney bullied and attacked a fellow classmate [...]
Trevor Thomas submits signatures to get on ballot
GRAND RAPIDS - The campaign for openly-gay Democratic congressional candidate Trevor Thomas took another step forward when the campaign submitted 2,000 confirmed signatures last week - well above the 1,000 required - for the Michigan [...]
Romney bullying story comes to light
By Lisa Keen Just one day after President Obama's big announcement that he supports the legal right of gay couples to marry, Republican nominee apparent Mitt Romney was scrambling to hurry past an unexpected revelation. [...]
Mitt Romney
Creep of the Week As you surely already know, President Obama came out of the closet last week as totally gay - for gay marriage, anyway. Obama's support for marriage equality had been, let's face [...]
Reports are saying local LGBT communities are stepping up the pressure on politicans to follow Obama’s stance on same-sex marriage. Do you think Obama’s announcement could play a key role in the tide turning?
Heard on Facebook Maybe in the deep South where religion trumps all else, but not so much in the rest of the country where people are trying to find a job or save their home [...]
Pages past tense #10
Parting Glances Two popular Rosemary Clooney hits of the late-1950s were "Come On-a My House" and "Sisters." Both took over the air waves, juke boxes and drag queen lip-synch stage routines. As a lark my [...]
Reactions to Obama
Compiled By Howard Israel S/he Said "From a personal point of view, I can tell you what happened because it happened to me. You get to know more and more gay couples and you see [...]
Yes he did
By Eric Rader Speak Out The evolution of President Obama is complete. After months of speculation about his position on same-sex marriage, the president announced last Wednesday that he does indeed support the right of [...]
Marriage: We fall down but we get up
Viewpoint Are you feeling good about our chances in November? Still sitting on the sidelines because you're just not that into politics? Are you leaving all the heavy lifting to your local and national organizations? [...]
Subtext 2012: What is America to Me?
Viewpoint Now that we officially "know" who the two candidates will be on this November's presidential ballot, it looks likes the games have officially begun - well, according to the media. But for those of [...]
White House objects as House omits LGBTs from domestic violence and defense bills
By Lisa Keen Despite a warning that President Obama may exercise his veto power, the U.S. House on May 16, approved a version of the Violence Against Women Act that omits provisions, approved in the [...]
NAACP backs marriage equality
By Lisa Keen Saying that the NAACP has "always stood against laws that demean, dehumanize, and discriminate against people," NAACP Board Chairman Roslyn Brock formally announced Monday the board's vote in favor of a resolution [...]
Secretay Kathleen Sebelius speech at World Health Assembly LGBT Health Panel
HHS Secretary Sebelius leads a panel discussion at the 65th World Health Assembly "Breaking Down Barriers: Addressing Stigma and Discrimination in Health Care for LGBT Persons." Photo: Chris Smith May 21, 2012 Geneva, Switzerland [...]
Brandi Carlile On New LP, Career Epiphany and Gays in Country Music
HereÕs what we know about Brandi Carlile: Her lung power is a bigger threat to humanity than any nuclear war; sheÕs cool enough to sing with Elton John, who recorded a track with the singer [...]