As the world continues to learn more about coronavirus and its spread, it's vital to stay up-to-date on the latest developments. However, it's also important to make sure that the information being distributed is from credible sources. To that end, Between The Lines has compiled, [...]
VIDEO: DNC Chair, Michigan Dems Rally For LGBT Equality
FERNDALE - As Republicans continue to condone the hateful, anti-gay comments of their Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema, Democrats brought out the big guns for a community forum at Affirmations featuring Democratic National Committee Chairperson [...]
Michigan RNC Chairman Agema Gets Standing Ovation From Fellow Republicans
Despite a week of controversy, and condemnation, Michigan Republican National Committeemen Dave Agema was greeted by flag waving supporters and a stand ovation over the weekend at a Michigan Republican gathering in Lansing. And while [...]
Fed Regulations Changing Post-DOMA
By Lisa Keen {URLKeen News Service www.keennewsservice.com} There was a flurry of activity among federal agencies this month to issue regulations concerning how they are complying with the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the [...]
American Airlines Responds To Agema Claims, Calls Them ‘Baseless’
In the latest blow to former State Rep. Dave Agema's defense of his anti-gay comments in Berrien county this past weekend, an American Airlines spokesperson has called the National Republican Committeemen's comments "baseless." "While it [...]
Michigan AIDS Coalition Continues The Fight Against HIV/AIDS
By Shelby Clark AIDS awareness and support doesn't end as soon as Dec. 1, World AIDS Day, passes. Michigan AIDS Coalition works to keep services, education and more running all year. Michigan AIDS Coalition began [...]
Give A Dam
Across 1 Artist Bonheur 5 Peter by the piano 9 Like a bottom 14 Business VIP 15 Lysol target 16 Easily screwed 17 Adam Levine's fiancee models for this company 20 Clock watcher 21 Family [...]
Broadway Impacts The NY Marathon
By Dan Woog The OutField There are eight million stories in the Naked City. There were also 50,000 runners in this month's Naked City - er, New York City - Marathon. Each of them had [...]
It’s A Candy Cane Of A Musical
By Martin F. Kohn I suspect that in real life Matt Kopec can sit still, although his hyperkinetic performance in the touring musical "Elf the Musical" provides little evidence to support that hypothesis. As the [...]
Warning: Don’t Try These Amazing ‘Cirque’ Acts At Home
By Dana Casadei Twice a week I struggle through a basic yoga class trying to perfect the plank and downward facing dog. Some of my classmates are more advanced, making their bodies look far more [...]
A Sweet Smell Of Success In Marine City
By John Quinn Although it turned 50 in April, you may not have heard of the musical "She Loves Me." Unless you've been living under a Petoskey stone, you probably have heard of another little [...]
A Cute ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told’ (but Has Little Bite)
By Jenn McKee For those who need a LOT of Christmas, right this very minute, Two Muses Theatre presents Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald and John K. Alvarez's comedic mash-up, "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And [...]
‘Piano’ Puts A Century Of Song And Dance On Grand Display
By Judith Cookis Rubens Scanning Irving Berlin's popular song catalog is like taking a journey through the history and pop culture of America's 20th century. The composer-lyricist, who lived to 101, produced relevant tunes from [...]
A Harried Holiday Hullabaloo At Broadway Onstage
By Carolyn Hayes Continuing its retrospective final season, Dennis Wickline Productions has elected to deck the halls of Broadway Onstage with a reprise of its 2012 comedy, "Christmas Belles" (by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and [...]
‘Over the River’ Packs An Emotional Punch
By Bridgette M. Redman When my son gets overwhelmed by emotions of any sort, he says, "I've got the feels." Williamston Theatre's "Over the River and Through the Woods" has got all sorts of feels [...]
Tracking What You Don’t Talk About: Intimate Partner Violence In The LGBT Community
An 18-year-old high school senior is facing trial in Bloomfield, Connecticut, for stabbing his partner to death after what appears to be a history of manipulation and violence against him by the 27-year-old. Local news [...]
When Violence Happens, Call Equality Michigan
When violence happens to LGBT people, Equality Michigan is there to help. Their reporting Hotline - 866-962-1147 ext. 107 - is a place where victims can get resources and support, and where their voice can [...]
Rudy Serra, State Representative Candidate
Between Ourselves Ferndalian Rudy Serra is running for State Representative for the 27th District, which includes Berkley, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge and Royal Oak Twp. There will be a primary [...]
National GOP Committeeman Dave Agema Speaks Against Homosexuality, Again
By Crystal Proxmire Speaking at the Berrien County Republican Party holiday reception Dec. 5 at Pebblewood Banquet Hall in Bridgman, the Michigan national GOP committeeman slighted the LGBT community once more speaking against gay marriage [...]
Les Kinsolving
Creep Of The Week One of the anti-gay right's favorite arguments is that the gays are actually the intolerant ones. It's a pretty laughable premise, actually. When it is proposed that LGBT people shouldn't be [...]
Mary Censored XXX-mas
Parting Glances I hate to play the Gay Grinch Who Stole Christmas, but there's a movement afoot by the Southern Comfort Baptists to do away with all suspected gay references in Christmas carols and holiday [...]
Mandela Honored, Remembered
"Nelson Mandela tore down oppression, united a rainbow nation, and always walked arm-in-arm with his LGBT brothers and sisters - and with all people - toward freedom. Though every man, woman and child who seeks [...]
My Message From Madiba
Viewpoint When I heard of Nelson Mandela's death, my thoughts went back to that day - June 28, 1990 - when I hurried up Michigan Avenue towards Tiger Stadium to catch a glimpse of this [...]
MOT Appoints CEO: Will Two Heads Be Better Than One?
By Michael H. Margolin In a highly anticipated announcement on Thursday, Dec. 5, Michigan Opera Theatre introduced Wayne S. Brown to Detroit. Beginning in January, Brown will become the president and CEO of MOT, a [...]
FACT CHECK: Agema Claimed American Airlines Forced By San Francisco To Provide Benefits To Gay Couples
Former State Rep. Dave Agema, a Republican from Grandville, has been making national headlines again for inflammatory claims about the LGBT community. In his most recent comments, he claims the city of San Francisco forced [...]