In the '80s, Belinda's Carlisle's career demonstrated that, for some, heaven really is a place on earth. As the lead singer of the supremely successful girl group The Go-Go's - they had the beat, and [...]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for marriage equality for same-sex couples in a video posted to the Human Rights Campaign YouTube channel on March 18. "LGBT Americans are our colleagues, [...]
by Mark Segal One item you will rarely see in this column is something about New York - simply because the mainstream media is headquartered there and believe that anything that happens in New York [...]
By Anthony Paull Dating Diet "We need to stop at the Sugar Shop," I tell Greg. Meeting in Vegas for the weekend, we're ready for a night of dancing and debauchery when he reveals that [...]
By Ed Sikov Cocktail Chatter "What about 'The Burnt Orange?'" Dan was trying to be helpful, but I bit his head off. "That's the ugliest Crayola color ever!" I shouted. "Readers will think I'm either [...]
Affirmations' Event Manager Mark McMillan. BTL photo: Crystal Proxmire Playing with the pop-culture theme of James Bond's 50th Anniversary, Affirmations is preparing for their large annual black-tie affair, the Spring Bash. This year's theme [...]
Destination lifestyle store Leon & Lulu is celebrating its seventh birthday with cake for everyone, including diabetics. The Let Them Eat Cake Pro-Am Baking Extravaganza is a baking competition open to both home and professional [...]
Drake Jensen, 'OUTlaw' Is the world ready for its first openly gay male country-music star? We might not know for sure with Drake Jensen's "OUTlaw" - and not because he's queer. The burly, full-bearded, Nova [...]
Across 1 Package container? 4 Start of an online view 8 Addis ___, Ethiopia 13 Early AIDS play 15 Jordanian queen 16 Puts to sleep 17 Garr of "Tootsie" 18 Adjust the guitar strings 19 [...]
By Carolyn Hayes Go Comedy! Improv Theater has been slinging drinks and off-the-cuff improvised comedy for well over four years, but it has also been making continuous strides in scripted content. By its count, the [...]
By Dana Casadei Journalism is an ever-changing game. You constantly have to roll with the punches, learn new skills, and stay up to date on, ya know, the news. In "Action Sports News," Planet Ant [...]
By John Quinn The cult of celebrity is a defining characteristic of the common culture. It's not a new phenomenon - witness the teen-age Judy Garland mooning over magazine cutouts of Clark Gable in the [...]
By Dawn Wolfe Zach Wahls with his family at last fall's HRC National Dinner in Washington, D.C. DEARBORN - On Jan. 31, 2011, a nineteen-year-old college engineering student stood up for his moms when [...]
DETROIT - Raymond Shepherd has never considered himself a leader, but the issue of same-gender marriage has brought the 65-year-old Ferndale man out of his shell for what he hopes will be a proud moment [...]
Darlene Hermann will be one of several artists featured at Affirmations Pittman puckett Gallery beginning March 14. Photo courtesy of Darlene Hermann. Darlene Hermann was 64 when she began doing art three and a [...]
By Megan Anderson Brad Allison. Photo courtesy of Morgan Paul Photography. Brad Allison, 45, has spent the last year thinking about leaving his home in West Michigan and migrating to Canada or moving to [...]
WINDSOR, ONTARIO - Nestled in the heart of Windsor, in space rented from the Westminster United Church, 1680 Dougall Ave., Metropolitan Community Church is celebrating 25 years as a congregation. Rev. Martha Daniels has been [...]
By Lisa Keen How strong a position did the Obama administration take in its briefs on the Supreme Court marriage cases - and can it make a difference in their ruling? How strong a [...]
by Chuck Colbert Andy Abrahams Wilson, founder and president of Sausalito, California-based Open Eye Pictures. What's it going to take for the Vatican to change its hardline doctrine against homosexuality? Whomever the College of [...]
Creep of the Week Queen Elizabeth II has no direct impact on my life. I'm not one of her "subjects," nor do I follow the obsessive tabloid coverage of what the Royal Family does in [...]
Parting Glances Back in the "good old days" of Great Depression #1, following Stock Market Crash '29 - years and years - well, at least a galloping few - before my time, the seven arts [...]
By Abby Dees Thinking Out Loud Having friends who don't share your political views is very inconvenient. It requires you to think in terms of individuals, rather than lump everyone you disagree with into a [...]
Update: Video from the educational gathering below. Update: Unity Michigan will host an educational gathering in defense of the inclusive ordinance at 2 p.m. March 14 in front of the Royal Oak Post Office. ROYAL [...]
Click here to RSVP for free tickets to the Same-Sex Wedding Expo! Back by popular demand, the Third Annual BTL Same-Sex Wedding Expo will paint the Detroit Marriott Livonia rainbow-colored once again this April 7 [...]
