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, [...]
Stunning Oklahoma Marriage Victory
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service In yet another stunning victory for marriage equality, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Tuesday that the state's ban on same-sex couples obtaining marriage licenses is unconstitutional. "Equal protection [...]
‘Her’ Reminded Me Of Him
I remember my first gay relationship, but I can't remember with whom. I don't know his name or what he looked like. I don't even remember where he lived. There's no lingering scent, no sweater [...]
12 Angry Men Courtroom Drama Comes To Riverwalk
LANSING - Enter the gripping courtroom drama at Riverwalk Theatre as "12 Angry Men" are brought together to deliberate after hearing the 'facts' in what looks like a seemingly open and shut murder case. They [...]
Q&A: Jonathan Groff On His Mom Seeing Him Naked, His Emotional ‘Normal Heart’ Scene & Gay Anthem In ‘Frozen’
Jonathan Groff is remembering a scene he shot for the upcoming HBO adaptation of "The Normal Heart." It's his only part with Julia Roberts, and he doesn't have a single line with her. "She plays [...]
Utah AG Says Marriages Don’t Count, Feds Say They Do
By Lisa Keen Editor's note: On Friday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the Federal Government will recognize same-sex marriages recently performed in Utah. Here is Holder's statement: "Last June, the Supreme Court issued a [...]
Mime Is A Four-Letter Word
By Amy J. Parrent Avner Eisenberg's biography lists his childhood interests as juggling and snakes. When asked if he ever juggled snakes, he replies, "I stopped at kittens." When asked how he got into performing [...]
The Story Behind ‘Bullet’
By Bridgette M. Redman Rob Drummond comes to Ann Arbor Jan. 7-12 in his original production Bullet Catch. Photo: Courtesy of UMS How long does it take to get to know someone in an [...]
Rap Is Gay
Photos: FX He's here, he's queer ... and he raps? It's almost an oxymoron, or at least it used to be. But then there was Frank Ocean, the hip-hop queer who came out in [...]
Ferndale’s Blues & Music Festival Heats Up Winter
By Shelby Clark Feeling blue from the frigid cold? Ferndale's Blues & Music Festival helps heat up the city Jan. 25-Feb. 2. The festival will take place in over 20 downtown Ferndale venues, including Como's, [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Jim Parsons Michelle Rodriguez: 10% and 1% "Eventually it's going to wrinkle up and I'm not going to be able to use it. I wanted to be honest about who [...]
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Across 1 Breaks for Heather's mommies 5 They circle Uranus 10 Slugger Ruth 14 "Houston, we have a problem" 15 Deuce follower, for Mauresmo 16 Traditional apple tree spot 17 O'Toole's role in a 1962 [...]
The OutField: Tom Daley Dives Into The LGBT Twittersphere
By Dan Woog Tom Daley. Photo: Shutterstock Another day. Another Olympic diver. Another coming-out story. Tom Daley's recent video was remarkable for its unremarkableness. He never used the "g" or "b" word. He said [...]
The Importance Of Being Oscar Wilde
By Amy J. Parrent Scenic designer Sarah Pearlines vision of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Photo courtesy of WSU "The truth is rarely pure and never simple." So said Oscar Wilde [...]
Three Gay Holocaust Survivors Remember
Between 1933 and 1945 when the Nazis came to power in Germany an estimated 100,000 homosexual men were arrested, of whom 50,000 were sentenced under criminal law Paragraph 175. Most served prison sentences. An estimated [...]
Holocaust Exhibit Opening Postponed
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Jan. 5 opening of the exhibit Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals at the Holocaust Memorial Center was postponed due to an injury to the keynote speaker, retired congressman Barney Frank, and inclement [...]
Claiming Human Rights One City At A Time: Unity Michigan
Jon Hoadley has been at the helm of Unity Michigan helping work with partner agencies to build momentum and pass 10 ordinances in 2013. A groundswell of local organizing has helped educate communities across the [...]
Detroit Teen Hopes To Attend Creating Change
Raquel Garcia-Anderson and Marcos D. Carrillo. The two work together on Michigan United projects. Carrillo is fundraising in order to attend the 26th Annual Creating Change conference taking place in Houston at the end of [...]
Birmingham Couple Killed In Plane Crash
Christopher Neumann and Todd Lloyd . Todd Lloyd, 51, and his partner, Christopher Neumann, 38, of Birmingham, were killed Monday morning when their single-engine Mooney M20 plane crashed shortly after take-off. The men left [...]
Bay County Prepares To Protects LGBT People
On Jan.7 Bay County's Ways and Means Committee will consider an ordinance recommendation requiring the County government and all contractors not to discriminate against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity. If approved the [...]
Crain’s Names Dievendorf Person To Watch in 2014
DETROIT - Crain's Detroit Business, the prominent weekly business newspaper, named Equality Michigan's Emily Dievendorf to their list of ten people to watch in state politics in 2014. "I'm very honored to be on this [...]
Creep of the Week: Janet Porter
Duck Dynasty is a gift that keeps on giving for the anti-gay right. In case you're like me and don't care about a "reality" show about a rich duck hunting family, I'll fill you in. [...]
Parting Glances: Fable For A Gay Shoah
That silent night the sound of jackboots grew loud encircling our streets. The hosannas grew bold. Onward like soldiers marching as to war they came, letting no one bar their trampling way. "We march in [...]
2014: A Year for Resolve Not Resolutions
I don't believe in New Years' resolutions. They seem to be empty promises destined to be broken. We break the promises we make to ourselves. Others break promises they make to themselves and others. Then [...]