Gay Man Beaten Outside Muskegon Bar
Staff Report MUSKEGON - A 29-year-old Muskegon man was beaten unconscious outside of DJ's Pub and Grill on Henry Street in Muskegon early on the morning of Feb. 3 where he had been singing karoke [...]
ACLU, Unions File Lawsuit to Invalidate Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law
By BTL Staff from Press Release LANSING - The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and a coalition of labor unions asked a judge Thursday to strike down the recently passed right-to-work law because it [...]
Royal Oak Human Rights Ordinance Moves Forward
The Royal Oak City Commission passed a first draft reading of a seven-page human rights ordinance at their meeting on Jan. 28, and is holding a public comment period until the second reading, and vote, [...]
The Pickleback
By Ed Sikov Cocktail Chatter "Are you pregnant?" Dan asked me the other day. "I'm not sure," I said through the chomp of a pickle - my third in so many minutes - "but I [...]
Brewery Owner Makes A Name In Erotic Fiction
By Jerome Stuart Nichols Liz Crowe brews beer, but that's not all: She's an erotic-fiction writer. Photo: Jerome Stuart Nichols Most people hate their job, but not Liz Crowe. That might have something to [...]
Fun. In Detroit: ‘Fight For Equal Rights’
It could've just been a fun. show Saturday night at the Fillmore Detroit, and it was. But the sold-out crowd got more than a flashy good time. The big happy party that the trio and [...]
Hear Me Out: Tegan and Sara Embrace Retro Pop
Tegan and Sara, 'Heartthrob' Let the loyalists who like their Tegan and Sara all emo-rocky make a big fuss about the girls' complete shift into super pop, but they're missing out. Only music snobbery stands [...]
Girl Groups Of The Sixties
Across 1 Problem for a drag queen's hosiery 5 Rock Hudson's "A Farewell to ___ " 9 Dirt clump 13 Jason Lee TV role 14 Lincoln's Johnson 15 Folk history 16 Pink Triangle Press publication [...]
Dating Woes Done Comic: Even Fizzle Sizzles
By Carolyn Hayes Anne Miranda, Dave Davies, Wayne David Parker and Sandra Birch are "Looking" at Tipping Point Theatre. Photo: Howard and Charlotte Meyer Playwright Norm Foster had one specific meaning in mind [...]
Cheaters Sometimes Prosper
By John Quinn Andrew Parker, Pete Podolski, Carol Lempert, and Brian P. Sage in The Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company's production of "Photograph 51." Photo: Jan Cartwright As a biology student at U-M, I found [...]
Report Says Anti-Gay Discrimination Bad For Michigan Economic Development
LANSING - In a stunning report released Monday, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights has determined that anti-gay discrimination is having a negative impact on Michigan's economic development and is driving business and people from [...]
Avalon Breads Rises To New Heights
Avalon staff members above are among 50 people currently employed at the bakery. The new facilities will add an additional 100 employees. Photo courtesy Avalon Bread DETROIT - Ann Perrault, co-owner and CEO of [...]
Transgender Equality: Amy Hunter’s Full Time Job
The past few years have been a whirlwind for Amy Hunter, a transgender activist from Kalamazoo who has just been named Co-Chair of the Victory Fund Campaign Endorsement Committee. Having a top position on a [...]
Victims of Violence, Equality Michigan’s Yvonne Siferd Ready To Help
Yvonne Siferd is no stranger to the Equality Michigan office in Detroit. She used to be an intern back when it was still called the Triangle Foundation, and when Melissa Pope ran the victim services [...]
Reflections Of Dis-Repair
Reparative therapy is the idea that one can become straight through counseling and prayer. This practice has been recently banned for minors in California, and a New Jersey lawsuit filed last month is seeking damages [...]
The Journey Back: One Man’s Life Hollowed Out By Shame
"Eric Smith," is an ex-ex-gay who did not want to give his name for publication because it is still hard for him to talk about how he spent a dozen years of his youth, from [...]
Danny Windsor Dies At 87
By Tim Retzloff MUSKEGON - Danny Windsor, a world-traveled entertainer and emcee at gay night spots in Detroit in the 1960s and purportedly a flying monkey in the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, [...]
Task Force To Put Energy, Focus On Immigration Issues
ATLANTA - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force declared that immigration is a top policy priority in the coming years. The announcement was made by Rea Carey, executive director of the organization, during her [...]
Boy Scouts of America Considering End To Ban On Gay Scouts
The national Boy Scouts of America is considering the elimination of its policy prohibiting gay scouts. "Currently, the BSA is discussing potentially removing the national membership restriction regarding sexual orientation. This would mean there would [...]
California’s Ban On ‘Reparative’ Therapy Delayed
By Lisa Keen California's ground-breaking law banning the use of reparative therapy on people younger than 18 did not go into effect on Jan. 1. A federal appeals panel issued an emergency order Dec. 21, [...]
Terry Jones
Creep of the Week Hey are you pissed that President Obama has been all nice-nice with the gays lately? Then you should totally set him on fire. Or at least a life-size Obama doll strung [...]
Mine’s Pi Square Pink!
Parting Glances In a triangle whose sides are 23,145,789 yards, 5,642,732 yards and 54,965 yards, how many cubicle 1/8ths of an inch exist? (Good cocktail question for a lull in your next invitational orgy.) An [...]
Is The Constitution Passe?
By Abby Dees Thinking Out Loud Despite my radical spirit, my committed feminism and deep distrust of old establishments, after I went to law school I became a fawning, dorky fan of the U.S. Constitution. [...]
Time For Dedicated Action
By Eric Radar Viewpoint President Obama made history last week when he proclaimed his support for LGBT equality in his second inaugural address. Never before in American history has a president declared support for gay [...]
Boy Scouts Seek Input on Gay Ban
Those who want the Boy Scouts to end Ñ or at least soften Ñ their ban on gays can now call or email the organization to voice their opinion. Calls are being answered at the [...]