A Lesson for You: Grasshopper
By Ed Sikov Cocktail Chatter The grasshopper is a delicious dessert cocktail, but I rarely make them because of their repulsive name. I just can't stand the idea of drinking insects. Is that so difficult [...]
Transgender Pride in the Park Aug. 4
Transgender people from around the region will converge on Geary Park in Ferndale for the annual Transgender Pride in the Park event, taking place from noon to 6 p.m. on Aug. 4. The event grows [...]
My Provincetown Picks
The thick smell of seafood isn't something Michigan offers unless you're in the Red Lobster parking lot. But in Boston, at Bay State Cruise Company's pier at World Trade Center, the lingering aroma of fresh [...]
Shakespeare in the Park
Michigan's biggest outdoor theater event, Shakespeare in the Park, will run through August with shows like "Henry V," "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Summer Sonnets," presented by Water Works Theatre. Don't miss "Henry V," Shakespeare's [...]
Be discreet, Cancer!
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes The sun in Leo aspecting Uranus and Pluto builds confidence, perhaps a bit too much. Sure you can do anything, but not on your own! ARIES (March 20 - April [...]
Hear Me Out: Whitney’s Final Songs Reviewed
Frank Ocean, 'channel ORANGE' Even if Frank Ocean hadn't recently acknowledged that he's an equal-opportunity lover, becoming one of the first major hip-hop artists to come out, his very personal major-label debut doesn't hide a [...]
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Across 1 "Tearoom Trade" author Humphries 5 Red-coated cheese 9 ___ to the bottom (sank) 13 K-12, educationally speaking 14 His grandmother had a Woody 15 Skin softener 16 Shakespeare's Othello, for one 17 Mark [...]
‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ Exposes Wounds of a Deep Friendship
By Dana Casadei Friendships come and go, some last, some quickly dissolve, but there are others that are so special that even through distance, fighting and everything else you would still be there in an [...]
High-Class Tribute to Frank Sinatra
By Bridgette M. Redman Take a step back in time to when singers wooed their audiences with little but their voice, a piano, a drumset and maybe an upright bass. Return to an era when [...]
Tibbits’ ‘Funny Money’ gives good farce
By Judith Cookis Rubens It's not every day you accidentally grab the wrong briefcase and discover piles of cash inside, instead of paperwork and your half-eaten cheese and chutney sandwich. That's what happens to wimpy [...]
Hope performers sing of new worlds
By Bridgette M. Redman In the true tradition of rock opera, the performers in Hope Summer Repertory's "Songs for a New World" never stop singing, belting their gorgeous voices through a series of challenging songs [...]
Community Center Network Partners for LGBT Civil Rights
FERNDALE - For all Michiganders who are Hungry 4 Equality, now is the time to sit down and shut your mouth. To food at least. For the 100 days leading up to election day Nov. [...]
DIA’s smooth operator, Broom inspired to push Detroit ahead
Related Story: August 7 Primary: DIA Millage Facts DETROIT - Trying to photograph Detroit Institute of Arts Vice President of Operations Elliott Broom in front of his favorite painting was an unexpected challenge. As the [...]
August 7 Primary: DIA Millage Facts
BTL STRONGLY ENDORSES A YES VOTE AUG. 7 The DIA is seeking a millage in Macomb, Wayne and Oakland counties. The proposed millage rate is 0.2 mils. It would cost homeowners approximately $15 per year [...]
100-Day Countdown to November
Detroit - The National Weekend of Action kicked off July 28, 102 days before the November presidential election. As part of Team Obama's 100-day push, supporters of President Obama's reelection campaign organized a nationwide, massive [...]
Turning up the Heat: Barb Murray and Ron Thomas Honored at HTJ
DETROIT - "Sometimes there ain't nothin' wrong with puttin' up your dukes." That's what longtime AIDS Activist Ron Turner said about the ongoing struggle to serve people with HIV and AIDS and to prevent the [...]
How Hot Was It?
DETROIT - "How hot is it?" "Hotter Than July!" This is the rallying cry heard throughout the week-long Hotter Than July celebration put on by KICK and the Black Pride Society. For six days Detroit's [...]
Equality Michigan: Where It’s Been and Where Is It Heading?
DETROIT - With the announcement of Equality Michigan Executive Director Denise Brogan-Kator's departure in May and a recently announced lawsuit against the organization by a former employee, questions continue to arise as to the sustainability [...]
Trevor Thomas Needs Phone Volunteers Before Aug. 7 Primary
By Jim Larkin Pre-primary financial reports show U.S. Congressional candidate Trevor Thomas is attracting more donations than his opponent Steve Pestka, but that Pestka's deeper pockets will enable him to outspend his openly gay foe. [...]
HIV Rages Among Black Gay Men
By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. - An alarming 60 percent of black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the U.S. will become infected with HIV by the age of 40, according to the [...]
Bryan Fischer
Creep of the Week Poor Chick-fil-A. The company's president, Dan Cathy, makes a few disparaging remarks about how marriage equality is basically the same thing as punching God in the nuts and then the Muppets [...]
Michiganders respond to the Community Center Network’s Hunger 4 Equality
Heard on Facebook I would like to join the hunger strike. Thank you for your brave leadership and the attention you're drawing to our lives. Full of love for all of you. -David Musselwhite Good [...]
Letter: Vote!
The very best part about being an American citizen is that not only do each and every one of us get to voice our opinions and preferences in a vote, but that each of those [...]
What would Woody do?
Parting Glances Woody Allen - who takes religion, God, get-saved theology with a grain of salt (Epsom, no doubt) - quips , "I don't believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of [...]
Marriage Equality Plank at DNC
S/he Said "I want you to be one of the first to know: After a unanimous decision on Sunday, the drafting committee for the Democratic National Convention embraced marriage equality as part of our platform [...]
Grass-Roots Collaboration for State-Wide Action
by Terence J. McGinn Viewpoint This week the Community Center Network focuses the struggle for LGBT rights in Michigan by launching its "Hungry 4 Equality" campaign, calling attention to the state's hostile environment for sexual [...]
Hungry for Change, Learn and Vote!
Hungry 4 Equality struck a chord as soon as it was announced. During this political season many state and city politicians - in particular extreme Republicans - have been relentlessly attacking our community, it is [...]
Coldplay in Detroit: The Gay Review
"You know how I know you're gay? You like Coldplay." Paul Rudd might've been onto something when, in "The 40 Year Old Virgin," he declared that admiring Chris Martin and Company meant you had a [...]
‘Ruby’ Almost Sparks
The idea of love with a make-believe mate isn't a novel concept. (Ryan Gosling, as an awkward loner, was all about his blow-up doll in "Lars and the Real Girl.") Except the concept of "Ruby [...]
Lansing Michigan Area: LAHR-PAC Aug. 7 Primary Candidate Ratings
http://www.lahronline.org/Articles/CandidatesAug2012.htm The Lansing Association for Human Rights Political Action Committee (LAHR-PAC) mailed questionnaires to candidates running for office. An asterisk (*) means the candidate did not return the questionnaire, and the rating is based on [...]
Equality Michigan Pride PAC: Aug. 7 Primary Endorsements
http://www.eqmipridepac.com U.S. Congress 3rd District Trevor Thomas (D) Michigan State House 1 Brian Banks (D) 5 Fred Durhal (D) 21 Dian Slavens (D) 27 Ellen Cogen Lipton (D) 28 Jon Switalski (D) 45 Joanna VanRaaphorst [...]
Breakthrough Survey to Focus on Needs of LGBT Seniors
DETROIT -- A new survey was launched Friday to assess the needs and concerns of Michigan's older adults who identify as LGBT. The survey was created through a partnership between the Michigan Office of Services [...]
INTERVIEW: Jordin Sparks: ‘Whitney Loved Her Gays’
Whitney Houston's starring role - the last before her tragic death earlier this year - isn't the only reason "Sparkle" has gay written all over it: there's the flamboyant style of the '60s, an all-girl [...]