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Federal Court Upholds NJ Law Prohibiting Use Of Reparative Therapy
From Press Release TRENTON, NJ, - On Friday, Judge Freda Wolfson of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey upheld a 2013 New Jersey law prohibiting licensed therapists from attempting to change [...]
A Walk To Remember
ROYAL OAK - AIDS is not over. That was the overriding message at the 22nd annual AIDS Walk Detroit. AIDS is [...]
Come Out, Help Out
By Jerome Stuart Nichols For a long time, coming out as gay or lesbian was seen as a statement of political defiance. But in a post-"It Gets Better" world, the idea of coming out as [...]
Gay Pageant Makes Michigan Debut
By Jerome Stuart Nichols Miss Gay America Sally Sparkles To a lot of people, drag pageants seem like a childish hobby for the self-absorbed. For those in the know, pageants are part sport, part [...]
What You’ll See Is What You’ll Get In ‘Shun-kin’
By Michael H. Margolin "Shun-kin" comes to Ann Arbor's University Musical Society after its North American premiere at New York's Lincoln Center. It is a co-production of the avant-garde theater company Complicite and Tokyo's Setagaya [...]
Hear Me Out: Ariana Grande, Janelle Monae
Ariana Grande, 'Yours Truly' Hold up, people. Ariana Grande, even with all the belts and coos and high notes, is not the new Mariah Carey. As good as the onetime child actress can be - [...]
Made For Love
Across 1 Morgan Fairchild's "Roseanne" character 6 Slangy turndown 10 They aren't straight 14 Fields of interest 15 Some 16 Hot stuff 17 Start of a quote by Troy Perry 20 Mapplethorpe model, maybe 21 [...]
Chicago LGBT Youth Play With The Pros
By Dan Woog The OutField It was big news in April when Jason Collins came out as the first openly gay athlete still active in a major American professional sports league. There were fewer headlines [...]
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad World?
By Martin F. Kohn The bible tells us that perfect love casteth out fear. But what does perfect fear casteth out? Pretty much everything, playwright Steve Yockey tells us in "Wolves." Love, friendship, sanity... As [...]
Absurd Promise ‘To Mess With Your Head A Little’ Succeeds At The Abreact
By John Quinn Hot on the heels of a wildly successful season featuring the works of contemporary Irish playwrights, The Abreact ramps up the risk factor by presenting a season celebrating the absurd. Absurd - [...]
‘String Up The Moon’ Tells Stories Of Madness With Theater Magic
By Jenn McKee Much of the aural backdrop for "String Up the Moon," now being staged by Fratellanza in Downtown Detroit's PuppetART space, sounds like the music you'd imagine hearing on a winding down, slightly [...]
A Tasty Re-Opening At The Dio
By Bridgette M. Redman When it comes to dinner theater, it isn't just the show that matters, it is the entire experience. This is something The Dio clearly has in mind as it presents its [...]
Tipping Point’s Lucky 7 Season Opener Awash In Team ‘Spirit’
By John Quinn Look up "bon vivant" in the dictionary (if such a thing exits anymore; one wouldn't know from spelling on the Internet) and you're likely to find a picture of Noel Coward. If [...]
Dress Up Your Dog Day
National Dress Up Your Pet Day is Jan. 14, 2014. The day was founded in 2009 by celebrity pet lifestyle expert and animal behaviorist Colleen Paige and sponsored by the Animal Miracle Foundation as a [...]
Autumn LineUp of Great Pet Events
Don't let your fitness go to the wayside as the weather gets cooler! Support both your health and that of your canine companions with a host of fitness related "pet" events coming up this autumn. [...]
Critters In Couture
Our canine companions are taking over the world of fashion. Stylish clothes, creative costumes, functional travel gear and accessories are flying off retailer shelves helping pet owners to keep their furry friends in fashion throughout [...]
Meet Your Best Friend At The Zoo
ROYAL OAK - Looking for a four-legged best friend? The Michigan Humane Society and Detroit Zoological Society invite you to Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo on Sept. 20 from 1 p.m. to 7 [...]
First Shore-2-Shore Bike Ride Raises Awareness For LGBT Equality Across Michigan
By Crystal Proxmire U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Royal Oak, addresses Shore-2-Shore riders on Sept. 4 at Affirmations Community Center in Ferndale. BTL Photo: Crystal Proxmire For four days the riders of the Shore-2-Shore Equality [...]
Legislators Seek Roadblocks To Stop Gays From Adopting
By Crystal Proxmire Republicans in Lansing are preparing to discuss the possibility for legalizing discrimination against LGBT people who want to adopt children. If passed, House Bills 4927 and 4928 would give adoption agencies the [...]
Battle Creek Becomes Municipality Number 26 For Human Rights In State
Among those speaking in favor of the ordinance was One Battle Creek Chair Charlie Fulbright, who presented signatures of 1,100 people who supported the ordinance at the last Commission meeting. The City Commission voted 8-1 [...]
Kalamazoo’s Zach Bauer Selected As Arcus Leader
By Crystal Proxmire The Arcus Foundation has started a nation-wide leadership training program called Arcus LGBT Leadership Initiative (ALLI), and one of Michigan's community leaders has been chosen to take part. Zach Bauer, executive director [...]
Former Birmingham Mayor Faces Drug Charges
Former Birmingham Mayor Seth Chafetz has been charged with possession of ecstacy and methaphetamines according to an article in The Daily Tribune. The 53-year-old gay male served on Birmingham's city commission and was appointed as [...]
Voices To Benefit REC
DETROIT - The Ruth Ellis Center for homeless and runaway youth presents its annual Voices fundraiser 6 p.m. Sept. 12 at the College for Creative Studies. Described as an evening of fashion and expression, Lear [...]
Memento Mori Pt. 2
Parting Glances Though perhaps unspoken among gay men and doctors thirty years ago when the AIDS crisis started, the presumption of a death sentence was understood. When the HIV-3 retrovirus was identified and infection modes [...]
Remaining Vigilant In Fight To Find Cure For HIV/AIDS
By John DiLodovico Viewpoint Today it is estimated that more than 1 million people are living with HIV in the United States, and one in five is unaware of their infection. Those numbers are way [...]
Why Walk To Fight Aids Quotes:
"So many people think it's over, that they're not at risk. We are not investing in prevention and education. We all know we have to struggle to find prevention dollars." Dr. Marjorie Hill, executive director [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Janelle Monáe Q&A: The Gay Interview
The ambiguity of Janelle Monáe can be summed up in her own two words: "top secret." That - and, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you" - is all she says about her pompadour when asked [...]
Creep Of The Week: Ray Rooney Jr.
When it comes to heterosexuals and homosexuals, there is a glaringly obvious difference between the two. And, no, it isn't that gay men are far more likely to do drag than straight men or that [...]