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Bars worldwide boycott Russian vodka over anti-gay laws
By Emily Jane Fox Shutterstock.com (CNN) - Bars around the world have stopped serving Russian vodka to protest its recently-enacted anti-gay laws. The movement comes in the wake of several laws implemented by Russian [...]
Gallup Poll Finds Majority Of U.S. Would Vote To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide
In a new Gallup Politics poll released July 29, 52 percent of respondents said they would vote for a law legalizing same-sex marriage if given the opportunity. Only 43 percent would vote against it. Gallup [...]
Surprise Information Causes Lansing City Council To Withdraw St. Petersburg Resolution
LANSING - An announcement by Randy Hannan, executive assistant to Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero, left a Lansing City Councilwoman pushing to end a Sister City relationship with St. Petersburg Russia over anti-LGBT human rights abuses [...]
Mayoral Candidates Make Their Case For LGBT Support At Annual Hotter Than July Conference
Cornelius Wilson, Mike Duggan and Curtis Lipscomb pose for a photo at Hotter Than July's annual Gathering on LGBT Issues conference following the mayoral candidate forum. Polls show Duggan is still currently in second place [...]
GALLERY: Hotter Than July Youth Prom
BTL photos: Jason A. Michael Hotter Than July hosted their first ever youth prom Friday night. The event took place at the Liberal Arts Gallery and was [...]
GALLERY: Hotter Than July Palmer Park Picnic
BTL photos: Jason A. Michael DETROIT - Overcast skies and a downpour or two couldn't keep a determined crowd away from Palmer Park for the 18th [...]
Lansing City Council Resolution To Condemn Anti-LGBT Rights Abuses In Russia
LANSING - The Lansing City Council is expected to approve a resolution Monday which condemns anti-LGBT human rights abuses in the city's Russian Sister City St. Petersburg. The resolution also encourages the Lansing Regional Sister [...]
HTJ Film Festival Brings Attention Back To Tragic Transgender Teen Murder In Detroit
TransParent producer Natasha T. Miller, event host Doice John, and Lyniece Nelson and Brandie Brown, mother and sister of Shelly Treasure Moore, pose for a photo at the Hotter Than July Film Festival. DETROIT [...]
Justice Department Settles With Bariatric Clinic In Michigan, Pennsylvania Over HIV Discrimination
From Press Release WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced July 26 that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, it has reached a settlement with Barix Clinics under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). [...]
Adriel’s Detroit Dream
By Jerome Stuart Nichols For many, clubbing is an excuse to drink too much, dance until 2 a.m. and celebrate the energy of youth. For others, it's a release from the work week. For event [...]
Out Artist, JGN To Appear During Fine Art Show
Mixed-media artist Dan Neil Barnes is back in town to share his contemporary work with art lovers in Michigan at the Orchard Lake Fine Art Show, where 140 juried, professional artists have been invited to [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Prop 8: The Movie First it was a horrible ballot initiative designed to strip marriage rights away from California's LGBT community. Then it was a parody YouTube musical with an all-star [...]
Radical Radcliffe
Across 1 It may bite your shorts 5 Be intense like a queen 10 Not straight 14 "Take ___ leave it!" 15 Caesar, for one 16 Queens stadium 17 Start of a quote from Daniel [...]
Viva Las ‘Tuna’!
By Carolyn Hayes Imprudent as it may seem to turn up the small-town Texas heat at the sweltering height of summer, Williamston Theatre is confidently tripling down on the practice. The company's seventh season closer [...]
Fumbling In The Dark Leads To Classic Comedy
By John Quinn Peter Shaffer is among the more intellectual of modern playwrights. Any theater patron who has experienced "Equus" or "Amadeus" can attest to that. Shaffer's 1965 one-act, "Black Comedy," is the master having [...]
Travel To Italy With ‘Light In The Piazza’
By Sue Merrell If you're looking for a real get away this summer, consider "The Light in the Piazza," the final show to open in the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre season. The stonework stage floor [...]
High-Energy Cast Makes Doo-Wop Musical Sing
By Judith Cookis Rubens In 2010, Farmers Alley Theatre introduced audiences to "The Marvelous Wonderettes," a frothy girl group who belted '50s and '60s hits. With its companion piece, "Life Could Be a Dream," we [...]
Five Women, One Ugly Dress Open New Season In Eastpointe
By Dana Casadei Broadway Onstage's 20th season, and the 33rd and final season of Dennis Wickline Productions, started off with an interesting choice: "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress." The two-hour show, directed by Wickline, [...]
Reinvented Classic: A commentary On Our Times?
By John Quinn Art speaks to its audience; great art speaks to all audiences. But great artists have a learning curve, and "Titus Andronicus," young William Shakespeare's first tragedy, is a flawed play. Down through [...]
MSF Delivers A ‘Night’ To Remember
By John Quinn This critic has enjoyed an embarrassment of Shakespearean riches this weekend. I have seen an adaptation of The Bard's first, flawed tragedy, followed last night by the Michigan Shakespeare Festival's elegant romp [...]
Camping Out
By Carol Tanis Co-owner Sally Howard calls the popular Campit getaway "a Saugatuck summer home without the Saugatuck prices." Located in Fennville, just south of Saugatuck, the outdoor resort offers a variety of accommodations: tent, [...]
Hocking Hills: Home Away From Home
Ash Cave is a recess cave in the Hocking Hills. Photo: Chris Azzopardi The first time I navigated the windy roads through the Hocking Hills, the surrealness of it all - Ohio, really? - [...]
Detroit Needs More Vibrant LGBT Businesses
DETROIT - LGBT businesses are an untapped resource that could help regenerate Detroit's economy, especially those owned by LGBT people of color. That was the premise of Many Voices, One Dream, a one-day conference July [...]
Russian Activists Encourage Lansing To Sever Ties
A Russian LGBT activist seen here bleeding after being attacked during a protestst June 29 in St. Petersburg, Russia. LANSING - Activists in St. Petersburg, Russia are encouraging leaders of Michigan's Capitol City to [...]
Up North: Harrisville To Gather For Equalityfest
Harrisville, Michigan will be the latest city to celebrate LGBT pride on Aug. 17 beginning at 11 a.m., with the upcoming Equalityfest, taking place on the grounds of the Harrisville Holistic Center on Hwy. 23 [...]
Number 23: Kalamazoo Township Joins The List Of Communities that Protect Citizens
Kalamazoo Township elected officials adopted an inclusive human rights ordinance Tuesday night, making them the 23rd municipality in Michigan to do so. The ordinance is worded to specifically protect the gay and transgender community from [...]
Up, Up, And A-Gay!
DOUGLAS - On July 13 the city of Douglas was over run with super heroes. Some wore masks, others wore capes, and most wore sunscreen as the colorful crowd moved through the streets in the [...]
Affirmations To Educate Social Workers On LGBT Issues
FERNDALE - Social worker and licensed counselors with any level of experience with the LGBT community can benefit from a new series of workshops being hosted at Affirmations. With trainings by experts like Antonia Caretto, [...]
Hot Weekend Ahead For Hotter Than July
DETROIT - Capping off a week-long celebration of Black Pride in the Detroit Area are several Hotter than July events that will connect over 20,000 LGBT people and their allies. Thursday is the perfect night [...]
Ken Cuccinelli
Creep Of The Week Let's say, hypothetically, that you wanted to become Virginia's next governor and you want to find a way to stand out and get noticed. You could run on a job creation [...]
A As In Zilch
Parting Glances There's been a bland addition to the soup. (Or is it stew?) The label on the can now reads LGBTA. The LGBT stands for the usual spicy noodles and meatballs; the A stands [...]
No Justice, No Peace For Trayvon Until We Get Beyond the Other
Viewpoint It would be easy to go all in on the outcome of the George Zimmerman trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin - you know that NOT Guilty verdict - from the obvious perspective [...]
As Lansing Votes On It’s Sister City Status With St. Petersburg, The Entire World Watches
By Roman Collins The blood running from his nose was what drew my eyes. The panic and terror is what caught my attention. This is St. Petersburg for an LGBT activist merely exercising their rights. [...]
GALLERY: Hotter Than July Boat Ride Cruises Along Detroit River
BTL photos: Jason A. Michael The fourth annual Hotter Than July boat ride took place Wednesday evening. About 80 folks came out and took a three-hour cruise [...]
Hotter Than July Kicks Off With Candlelight Vigil
The crowd at the Hotter Than July candlelight vigil and opening ceremony posed for a photo in front of the blue spruce memorial tree following the service. DETROIT - Hotter Than July, Detroit's annual [...]
State Answer To Hazel Park Couple And Kids: You Are Not A Family
HAZEL PARK The case of a Hazel Park couple suing for the right to marry and adopt their children is moving towards their Oct. 1 trial date, with the State of Michigan answering the claims [...]
California Court Denies Bid To Halt Same-Sex Marriages In State
By Greg Botelho and Amanda Watts CNN (CNN) - California's Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the San Diego County clerk's request to immediately halt same-sex marriages in the state, the latest, if not necessarily last, [...]
Major League Baseball Policy Targets Sexual Orientation Harassment
By Erinn Cawthon Sho Wills and Julia Lull (CNN) - Major League Baseball issued a policy Tuesday afternoon to protect players from discrimination and harassment based on their sexual orientation. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and [...]