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, [...]
Presbyterians reject redefinition of marriage
By RACHEL ZOLL The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) narrowly rejected a proposal to revise the traditional definition of marriage on July 6, a year after it struck down a barrier to ordaining gays. The Presbyterian General [...]
Mount Pleasant Passes Ordinance to Protect All Residents
MT PLEASANT -- The Mt. Pleasant City Commission passed a human rights ordinance July 9. The ordinance includes crucial protections for gay and transgender people in employment, housing and public accommodations. "We celebrate this victory, [...]
Under The Sheets
By Anthony Paull Dating Diet I'm not sure what to do with my girl Jackie. Her boyfriend recently taught her what it's like to do anal, and now she's convinced that she should have been [...]
Book Marks: The Truth is Bad Enough, Being Emily, Why is the Penis Shaped Like That?
by Richard Labonte "The Truth is Bad Enough: What Became of the Happy Hustler?," by Michael Kearns. CreateSpace, 294 pages, $15.95 paper. First he was a precocious boy, acting in and directing plays - and [...]
Singer-songwriter and female rap trailblazer Nicki Minaj takes on Detroit at the Fox Theatre, July 17.
Trinidadian-born, Minaj moved to Queens in New York City when she was only six. By 2009, Nicki had released three mix tapes and was discovered by fellow rapper Lil Wayne, who secured her a record [...]
Leather & Grace
By Jerome Stuart Nichols By most accounts, the leather fetish community is solely characterized by boots, harnesses, chaps and flogs. But if International Mr. Leather 2012 winner "Woody" Woodruff has his way, we will soon [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Amber Heard in talks for 'Paranoia' Recession still got you down? Ever thought of branching out and going into the corporate spying business? Well, according to Joseph Finder's best-selling novel "Paranoia," [...]
Think ahead, Virgo!
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Mercury in Leo sextile to Venus in Gemini means well offering bold promises, but he's turning retrograde, so don't count on delivery. Passionate flirtations are just that; no more. ARIES [...]
Angel Among the Angels
Across 1 Charles of "Threesome" 5 Fey feline film felon 9 Kidman's award for "The Hours" 14 Pro foe 15 Folded fast food 16 Be intense like a queen 17 Sexual partners, to the insensitive [...]
Omigod, You Guys! It’s ‘Legally Blonde’ at the Augusta Barn
By Sue Merrell There ought to be a law against having that much energy on stage at one time. But since the Augusta Barn's apprentice program always has plenty of youthful energy and talent to [...]
Summer in the ‘City’: Hot Comedy in Cool Hamtramck
By John Quinn Prowling the cutting edge of professional theater one finds the improvisationalists and sketch comedians. They are wily, intelligent beasts, who hunt in packs because there is strength in numbers. It is no [...]
‘The Facts of Life’ Returns to Ringwald
FERNDALE - By popular demand, The Ringwald will hold a "rerun" of the hilarious Jamie Morris parody, "The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode." Opening Saturday, July 14, "The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode" [...]
Hotter Than July Ready to Sizzle Detroit
By Crystal Proxmire DETROIT - How many ways can you honor your black gay and transgender heritage? That's what the organizers of Hotter Than July! are trying to find out. With a week's worth of [...]
Ford GLOBE Drives For Equality
DEARBORN - The Director of Occupational Health and Safety at Ford Motor Company is gay. Yup, thousands of auto workers world-wide depend on the decision-making skills of a man who hopes to one day have [...]
Bash Back! Lansing protest fallout continues
LANSING - A protest by the radical queer organization Bash Back! Lansing in 2008 has resulted in the state passing a new misdemeanor criminal law. The law passed the legislature on June 25 and was [...]
Transgender people in the news: Can the media get it right?
Michigan has had growing reports of violence against transgender individuals and news stories of prostitution arrests that are over-dramatized because the suspects were transgender. The increased coverage has both trans people and journalists questioning what [...]
Between Ourselves: Bailey Boudreau
Between Ourselves Baily Boudreau is a Ferndale-based actor who turned his life around by getting sober and following his dream of performing. Three years into sobriety, and several transformations later, a scene written for a [...]
‘Step Inside the Box’ returns
ROYAL OAK - As a preview to this fall's 21st annual walk, AIDS Walk Detroit is hosting its third annual fundraising event, "Step Inside the Box," on July 19, from 7 p.m. -10 p.m. at [...]
FDA approves first over-the-counter home use HIV test kit
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced July 3 it has approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, the first over-the-counter, self-administered HIV test kit to detect the presence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type [...]
Groundbreaking Latino and LGBT Campaign ‘Familia Es Familia’ Launches
LAS VEGAS - On July 8 twenty-one of the nation's leading Hispanic organizations announced their endorsement of a first-of-its kind, comprehensive public-education campaign called Familia es Familia aimed at strengthening Latino voices to build support [...]
Pages past tense #16
Parting Glances I was 23 when I started Wayne University - before it became WSU - as a trial, non-matriculated student. It took me eight years to earn my degree, at a time when tuition [...]
Ocean’s Coming Out
Compiled by Howard Israel S/he Said In the last year or three I've screamed at my creator. Screamed at clouds in the sky. For some explanation. Mercy maybe... Four summers ago, I met somebody, I [...]
Arizona’s Immigration Law
By Ivan Madrigal-Espinoza Ask Lambda Legal Q: Some of my gay friends have expressed some insensitivity towards immigration issues--especially with the news about Arizona's anti-immigrant law, SB 1070. What can I say to them that [...]
Heard on Facebook: Mass. Congressmen Barney Frank marries his longtime partner. Your thoughts?
Congratulations, Representative Frank. You are a hero to the Americans who don't make millions of dollars per year, which gives them a large influence over policies and laws that benefit the 1% in this country. [...]
3,653 days
By Kevin and Tammy Epling 3,653 days or ten years; of those, 20 days stand out amongst the rest. Each February 10, we remember our joy as he came into the world and on July [...]
A Lesson in Fairness
By Abby Dees THINKING OUT LOUD Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Mitch and Devynn Stein, father and daughter, on L.A.'s IMRU radio. Devynn is 15 years old and has a new baby [...]