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Test Tweety Article
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Without Ice, Part 1
By Ed Sikov Cocktail Chatter "What did you drink during the Great Blackout, Daddy?" It's just too bad I don't have kids! If I did, they'd ask this crucial question around the age of 6, [...]
Screen Queen: The Gift Guide
FOR FANS OF CHANNING TATUM Magic Mike It's the season of giving - and director Steven Soderbergh is very generous with the amount of men he unwraps in his male stripper movie. As if that [...]
Hear Me Out … For the Holidays
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, 'This Christmas' Friends since summer lovin' brought them together over 30 years ago, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta are, still, hopelessly devoted to each other. They're as chummy together in [...]
Outcast Anthems
Across 1 Loose woman, in the land of Joe Orton 5 Bit of Astroglide, e.g. 9 Rock group? 13 Tick off 14 Star quality 15 Wolfe of fiction 16 Swallow alternative 17 Russian river to [...]
When Family Is The ‘White Elephant’ In The Room
By John Quinn Joe Hingleberg reacts to an Annie Lenox CD in "White Elephant," now playing Thursday nights at Go Comedy! Photo: Bryan Lark It's coming up on 60 years since Perry Como first [...]
‘Christmas Belles’ Does Everything But Ring
By Dana Casadei Elizabeth Rager as Honey Ray, Kelly Kucharski as Twink, and Sarah Lynn Oravetz as Frankie in "Christmas Belles." Photo: Broadway Onstage Live Theatre Most Christmases there's always one gift that doesn't [...]
Farmers Alley Does Frank Sinatra ‘Their Way’
By Judith Cookis Rubens Jeremy Koch, Laura D'Andre, Amanda Martin and Garen McRoberts star in "My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra" through Dec. 23. Photo: Farmers Alley Theatre It's become a Farmers [...]
‘Christmas Schooner’: A Little Rough, But Delivers
By Sue Merrell "The Christmas Schooner" continues at What A Do Theatre through Dec. 15. Photo: What A Do Theatre Like the ship in the story, What A Do Theatre's production of "The Christmas [...]
Ferndale Pride Gives $10,000 to Local Charities
By Crystal Proxmire In just its second year, Ferndale Pride was able to raise $10,000 to give to local charities. Michigan AIDS Coalition, Affirmations, the Dyke March and the Ferndale Community Foundation each received part [...]
In The Welcoming Business
Kevin Hogan of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion Faith Alliance describes himself as a "lightening rod" when he leads discussions with congregations learning about how to be more welcoming of LGBT people. [...]
OU Students Rally for Gender Neutral Restrooms
Rachel Crandall (center) presenting. Photo courtesy of Transgender Michigan. What started out as a class project has grown into a movement to get gender neutral restrooms at Oakland University. Margaret Leahy is a social [...]
Changing The World Later In Life
By Carol Tanis HOLLAND - At age 75 Charley Renee has come out as a woman. And if that weren't enough, she's speaking about the process to college and high school students and others in [...]
Family Acceptance Project Encourages Latino Parents
There are many approaches to improving the mental health of people in the LGBT community, but only one has been selected as a "Promising Practice" by Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD) at the University [...]
South Lyon Teacher Suspended For Playing Controversial Video
South Lyon Centennial Middle School teacher Sue Johnson was suspended for three days Nov. 21 after presenting a YouTube clip of the hip-hop song "Same Love" by underground rapper Macklemore, which discusses struggles faced by [...]
New Memoirs Tackle Complex Relationship Of Gays And Christians
Are Christians truly homophobic bigots? Or, are all gays "activists" seeking to undermine the moral fabric of society? Neither is true and yet the church is being destroyed from controversy over the issue, asserts Justin [...]
Michigan Roundtable Hosts Annual Inclusion Breakfast
The Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion celebrates its Second Annual Celebrating Faith Inclusion Breakfast, featuring guest Keynote Speaker Ross Murray, 8:30 a.m. Dec. 7 at the Renaissance Unity Church. Ross Murray is the Director [...]
Obama Nominates Gay Federal Court Appointee
By Lisa Keen President Obama Tuesday (November 27) nominated Judge Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro to a federal district court seat in Philadelphia, bringing to eight the number of openly gay people he has nominated for [...]
Robert C. Jones
Creep of the Week In the uphill battle for marriage equality, gays and lesbians have had to stare down many a disappointing court decision where bias and homophobia masqueraded as law. Granted marriage equality received [...]
JWs Here, There, Everywhere?
Parting Glances The Great Jehovah, having nothing better to do than his eternal fuss-budging and macro-managing this beleaguered world, curiously has been getting on my case. It's not the Big Guy, who in a divine [...]
The Religious Freedom Red Herring
By Abby Dees By the time you read this, you'll probably know if the Supreme Court has decided to hear one of the three marriage equality cases knocking at its venerable doors. I'm willing to [...]
This World AIDS Day, I Challenge You
By David Feaster I recently learned that a young man in his early 20s passed away from AIDS. He was scheduled to start with our agency for services, but he became too sick, was hospitalized [...]
Naming All The Parts
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith Viewpoint Definitions are slippery things. Language is constantly evolving and words change. New terms are created, old ones become footnotes, and others dramatically change meanings. Consider the word gay and how [...]
Fenton Teen Takes Own Life
Just two months after telling his mom he was gay, a 17-year-old Fenton boy has taken his own life, according to a Flint Journal report. His mother told the paper that bullying is to blame. [...]
Paloma Faith Q&A: On Being a ‘Tranny,’ Drag Queen Style & Marriage Equality
Few artists these days have what people like to call "the voice." Paloma Faith has it - a force of nature so strong that it could lift the whole world up with just one note. [...]
Milestone For LGBT Equality: Prop. 8, DOMA Will Have Their Day In Court
BTL Staff Report Washington - The Supreme Court announced on Friday, Dec. 7 that it will hear the Hollingsworth v. Perry case challenging California's Prop. 8 and the Windsor challenge to the discriminatory ban on [...]
New FBI Data Shows Hate Crimes Based on Sexual Orientation On Rise
WASHINGTON - For the first time, crimes directed against individuals on the basis of sexual orientation are the second most frequent hate crime committed after crimes based on race, according to the 2011 Hate Crimes [...]
Peace Leader Calls State Police Presence ‘Real Concern’
LANSING - In the day before thousands of union members and supporters are expected to flood the state capitol in an attempt to stop right to work legislation from being passed, hundreds of state police [...]
Live Updates From Protests At The Capitol
BTL Reporter Todd Heywood reports directly from Right-To-Work legislation protests: *Update - 12:41* MIRS reports former congressman schauer pepper sprayed by state police— ToddHeywood (@ToddHeywood) December 11, 2012 *Update - 11:45* Nearly a dozen state [...]
BREAKING: Republican’s Bill Attacks LGBTs, Women
Call To Action Encourage Gov. Snyder to veto this heinous bill if and when it makes it to his desk: 517-373-3400 517-335-7858 517-335-6863 Fax www.michigan.gov then click on Governor to email Updated 9:10 a.m. Dec. [...]