Dear Jody
Decisions, decisions Q: I recently met a wonderful woman, "Karen." We met at a friend's party. For both of us it was love at first sight. I've never had this happen before. When I saw [...]
Cocktails By Design / ArtWorks Detroit Auction
DIFFA's Cocktails By Design event will showcase 100 original works of art curated by ArtWorks Detroit, a team of professional artists who are dedicated to the fight against HIV. Prominent artists - including Yoko Ono, [...]
Sexy, Single & Charitable
By Jerome Stuart Nichols "Sexy" is probably the best word to describe Madison Hildebrand, star of "Bravo's Million Dollar Listings: Los Angeles" and real-life realtor. Landing over 120 million dollars in sales in six years [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Robert Pattinson or Naomi Watts: Which is 'Queen of The Desert'? Post-"Twilight," Robert Pattinson's career heat is leading him in some unexpected directions. Instead of continuing to cash in with above-the-title [...]
Q Scopes: Scale it back, Gemini!
By Jack Fertig Venus enters Leo while in hard aspect to Sun and Jupiter. Yes, there can be too much charm, sweetness and light. Most of the other planets want to get to work. Scale [...]
Gay-Straight Alliance
Across 1 "Gay ___ Sutra" 5 Prickteasers 10 Alpert of "Mame" fame 14 Aladdin or Scheherazade 15 In-your-face 16 Words said near crystal balls 17 Cans, in the UK 18 Word to someone stroking your [...]
Mason Street Warehouse Brings ‘8’ The Play to West Michigan
SAUGATUCK - The Saugatuck Center for the Arts' Mason Street Warehouse brings the critically acclaimed "8" The Play to West Michigan at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9. "8" The Play is Academy Award winner Dustin [...]
The Gripping ‘Shopping & F***ing’ Makes Its Detroit-Area Premiere at The Ringwald
FERNDALE - The Ringwald opens its sixth season with the Detroit debut of Mark Ravenhill's gritty and controversial "Shopping & F***ing." The first show in a season all about Family, Shopping & F***ing, opens Saturday, [...]
Eight Essentials For An Alaska Adventure
By Andrew Collins Out of Town I spent 15 days touring Alaska with a friend earlier this summer, my second extended trip to the country's largest state in the past three years. My previous trip [...]
Appetite for change: Detroit Summer Grad Works to Change Lives Through Food
By ANDREA POTEET Model D: Kabibi Blount-Dorn from Tony Eggert on Vimeo. Kibibi Blount-Dorn loves food. It's not just its flavors, smells and textures, or even [...]
Temple Emanu-El Welcomes New Members
By Vivian DeGain Temple Emanu-El, a liberal Reform synagogue in Oak Park, is a spiritually-affirming and welcoming community to all peoples. Judy Lewis of Southfield, director of the Faith Alliance at Affirmations in Ferndale and [...]
Film backs up anti-bullying policies
As back to school time approaches, anti-bullying programs and policies are at the top of the agenda in many school districts. "But in our quick fix, short attention span culture, shaking a finger is not [...]
Dan McDougall
Between Ourselves Dan McDougall is the chair of the Sign Language Studies Program at Madonna University, and the co-founder of TerpTheatre, a company that specializes in stage interpreting. The 47-year-old Ferndale resident has been working [...]
ACLU and Michigan Families Demand Discriminatory State Law Be Struck Down
The ACLU recently asked a federal judge on behalf of four Michigan couples to strike down a discriminatory state law that forces employers to cancel family benefits for gay and lesbian employees in committed relationships. [...]
Detroit Man Pleads Guilty in Hate Crime Case
By Crystal Proxmire DETROIT - According to the US Department of Justice, 36-year-old Everett Dwayne Avery pled guilty to a Federal Hate Crimes charge, on Aug. 29. Avery was accused of having called a man [...]
U-M Faculty Panel discusses controversial book “How to be Gay”
A panel of three U-M professors will discuss a new book by David Halperin, a W.H. Auden Distinguished University Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality, titled "How to be Gay" on Sept. 11. [...]
Rep. Todd Akin
Creep of the Week Okay everybody, I have some really shocking news. I know this is going to really hurt some people, but I can't keep this to myself any longer. Oh, here goes: Being [...]
O Dem Golden Oldies, Mitt!
Parting Glances It was once said of George Romney, Michigan governor 1963 to 1969, "There but for the grace of God goes god." The quip was made in response to his photogenic GOP brashness, but [...]
False Stereotypes
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Transmissions I was recently pointed to an article out of Miami, Florida, about the death of Deja Jones, a 33 year old transgender woman of color. I wish I could say [...]
Thinking Out Loud: Feeling the Flames
By Abby Dees When I sat down to write my last column I didn't think I had much to say about anything. So, stumped for fresh ideas, I revived the topic of my previous column [...]
Democrats Adopt Sweeping, LGBT-Inclusive Platform
By Chuck Colbert If gay Americans had a rendezvous with destiny in American politics, that moment occurred this week as the Democrats approved, on a voice vote, the most LGBT-friendly, major party platform in history. [...]
Did Janet Jackson Steal Filmmakers’ Idea For Trans Film?
By Jerome Stuart Nichols As an artist, your ideas and vision are your life - especially when you're independent. But what happens when you're midway through your greatest work and you discover that someone with [...]
Obama, Gay Democrats Pitch Four More Years For The President
By Chuck Colbert The role of government and that of change top priorities, come Election Day Nov. 6., for LGBT voters trekking the road to full gay equality. And President Barack Obama left little doubt [...]
Lily Tomlin Talks Retirement Rumors, Missing Gay Repression & Upcoming Sitcom
Lily Tomlin launched her career over four decades ago with a timeless clan of wacky characters that she established on NBC's sketch comedy show "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In." But what if she had to be [...]
Week 5 Hunger Strike Quotes
"We have so many young voters in our community that don't understand they can be fired from their job or denied housing for just being gay. If we can continue to call attention to this [...]