Scroll down for video Washington - The Human Rights Campaign is commending U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta for releasing a historic video message to members of the military commemorating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender [...]
Between Ourselves Daniel Cascardo is a Royal Oak-based artist whose work murals are notable features of the downtown Ferndale landscape. Cascardo is also an ally to the LGBT community, who recently worked with Affirmations Community [...]
BY Crystal Proxmire FERNDALE - Project XYZ is hosting the SE Michigan Dyke March for the third year in a row June 16. The march is one of dozens of Dyke Marches taking place throughout [...]
Idina Menzel doesn't do anything halfway - even when she's deciding on her gay faves. "It's so silly," says the homo-hearted theater queen, surfing Google for "hot gay male celebrities." Her assistant even gets involved. [...]
By Andrea Poteet Hip-hop may no longer be a boys' club, but from Lil' Kim to Nicki Minaj, most female artists have relied on revealing fashion and man-eating lyrics for chart success. Keyon La Don [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField When University of Nebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown made anti-gay comments recently - among other things, he threatened the Omaha city council with eternal damnation if it passed a [...]
By John Quinn The truly creative artist can take a shop-worn theme and turn it into something new and wonderful. A. R. Gurney did just that with his 1995 hit, "Sylvia," the current rousing production [...]
By Sue Merrell In Tuesday's curtain speech before the first main stage show of the season, Augusta Barn Theatre producer Brendan Ragotzy apologized because "The Fox on the Fairway" is "just a play" while the [...]
By Judith Cookis Rubens Things aren't exactly as they seem in Farmers Alley Theatre's latest, the complex, romantic musical, "The Light in the Piazza." Our young heroine, Clara, isn't exactly the simple, pure beauty she [...]
FERNDALE - The Ringwald Theatre will present its third installment of its wildly popular Gay Play Series from June 15-22. Last year's outing was attended by hundreds of people over a 10-day festival period. This [...]
FERNDALE - The LGBT community once again celebrates its heritage and pride across Ferndale next week as thousands are expected for the annual street festival, "Light the Night Against Hate" educational event, Dyke March and [...]
Ferndale Pride Thursday, June 14 Beyond The Bar 2012: Opening Reception Presenting Organization: Affirmations Time: 7 p.m. Location: Affirmations, 290 W. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale Contact: 248-398-7105, http://www.GoAffirmations.org Join Affirmations in celebrating a unique collection [...]
DETROIT - "There are individuals who can really make a difference and if they don't feel welcome they won't be here to help," said WDET Corporate Underwriting Director Michael Perkins. Perkins was part of a [...]
ROYAL OAK - Funds raised from production of the successful new play "Masks" that debuted in early June at Royal Oak Missionary Church will be donated to a national LGBT organization. The two-hour play, which [...]
BTL Staff Report Above photos by Benjamin Jenkins See additional photo gallery by Kendall Casey KALAMAZOO - Rainbow bunting and beautiful blue skies greeted thousands of festival [...]
"Someone I know and love has had an abortion." This is the phrase that women - and men -should get used to speaking out loud when they hear others perpetuating stigma and shame about the [...]
FERNDALE - The 26th Annual Pride Banquet & Awards Ceremony will take place June 21, recognizing those individuals who have provided outstanding service and leadership in Michigan's LGBT and ally community. The Award winners are: [...]
DETROIT - On June 23 over one hundred LGBT older residents of the metro Detroit region will gather for a day-long educational summit at the Michigan State University Detroit Center, 3408 Woodward Avenue, from 9 [...]
LANSING - On June 6, Michigan Sen. Bert Johnson (D-Detroit) introduced a bill to amend Michigan's Ethnic Intimidation Act. If passed, the bill would add sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression to the list [...]
FERNDALE - Ferndale author Charlotte Fisher will read excerpts from her new book, "Mackinac Bridge Jesus," at State of the Art Framing & Gallery on June 21 at 6 p.m. Fisher calls the book a [...]
Saginaw - Perceptions' LGBT & Allies Pride Awards Banquet returns to Saginaw's Andersen Enrichment Center for the fourth time this June 26, honoring the area's most outstanding individuals and organizations working towards equality. The event's [...]
Creep of the Week Hello everyone, are you enjoying your officially sanctioned Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month? Having a gay old time ruining life for straight people everywhere, especially the traditionally married ones? [...]
Dear Editor, While we all understand Brooks Patterson was just making a bad joke when he suggested Bob Ficano should consider suicide. His timing could not have been worse. The Oakland County Board of Commissioners [...]
Parting Glances During my ride back from my first gay party - a closeted affair of mostly University of Michigan profs and grad students - Jack Jacobs (aka Miss Liberties) talks nonstop, ending his paragraphs [...]
Compiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "No one would say that growing up LGBT is easy, but this survey is a stark wake-up call to the daily toll that discrimination takes on vulnerable young people. [...]
By Daniel Marcin In February, I heard John Dingell respond to a question about same-sex marriage. His response was that on this topic, his "views are still evolving." This language mirrors the language that we [...]
BY Jay Kaplan There is a lot to celebrate this year - we've made tremendous progress toward marriage equality in both the traditional courts and the court of public opinion. Despite a few setbacks, the [...]
Viewpoint Well the numbers are out, confirming once again the impact of the Supreme Court's "Citizens United" ruling - money can't buy you love but it sure as hell can buy you an election. At [...]
By Anthony Paull Dating Diet My father's new thing is he has absolutely no boundaries. I don't know when we've come to this point in our relationship but I believe it started somewhere around the [...]
By Romeo San Vicente 'Bomb Girls' blowing up soon Sexy lesbians working in a World War II-era bomb factory? Yes, it happened, there just haven't been a lot of Steven Spielberg movies made about the [...]
By Jack Fertig Jupiter entering Gemini brings a year of new ideas and communications and short travels. Sign up for a class and/or find a better way to commute. Improve relationships with siblings and neighbors. [...]
Across 1 Barrie buccaneer 5 Crawled out of bed 10 Rainbow shape 14 Short term employee 15 Nuts 16 Rupert Everett's "Ready to ___ " 17 Platform at an HRC gala 18 Part of "NIMBY" [...]
In Urvashi Vaid's article, she claims that "Today's mainstream LGBT movement is strangely silent on the broader social-justice challenges facing the world, oddly complacent in its acceptance of racial, gender, and economic inequalities ..." What [...]
Press release by the Michigan Democratic Party On Monday, June 18, Michigan Senators and Representatives will be joined by Tony Award winning playwright and V-Day Founder/Artistic Director Eve Ensler, as well as local activists and [...]
Not exactly last Friday night, but it still happened: Katy Perry called us from London, where it was nearly 1 a.m. If life really does imitate art, she smelled like a mini-bar on a night [...]
From a press release BEIJING, China - On June 16 - 17 the China LGBT Community Leader Conference successfully took place in Beijing. In an historic first, the conference managed to gather a varied selection [...]
From NGLTF press release WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its annual report {URLwww.hhs.gov/secretary/about/lgbthealth_objectives_2012.html} of steps it has taken to promote the health and well-being of LGBT people. [...]
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