By Lisa Keen Keen News Service WISCONSIN MARRIAGES CONTINUE: U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb denied a motion Monday from the Wisconsin attorney general for a stay in her June 6 ruling that the state [...]
AJ Trager Howard, seen here in yellow pants, surrounded by his attackers from Sunday afternoon. DETROIT -Sunday at Motor City Pride, a 20-year-old man fell victim to a hate crime for being a member [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service FOURTH CIRCUIT SLUGFEST: Oral arguments Tuesday before the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals over Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage suggest the vote will almost certainly be 2 to [...]
Never one to give a flying you-know-what, Whoopi Goldberg has made a career out of not caring. Ask her about her sexuality - to some, a lingering enigma since the '70s, when Goldberg made lots [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Royal Oak continued its dedication to parties for a cause with the Spring Beer Fest on April 26 at the Royal Oak Farmers Market. Sponsored by the Spring Fever Beer club, [...]
Tori Amos, 'Unrepentant Geraldines' It took Christmas carols, 400-year-old classical music themes and a lovestruck "light princess" for Tori Amos to recapture her burned-out muse. The fire, though, is back with "Unrepentant Geraldines," the piano [...]
Across 1 "Otello" villain 5 Italian wine city 9 "Sound of Music" escape route 13 Sling mud at 14 In those days 15 Neeson of "Kinsey" 16 Etcher's fluid 17 Vidal's "Rocking the ___ " [...]
By Dana Casadei Suzan M. Jacokes displays both her comedic and musical chops in The Ringwald Theatre's production of "Into the Woods." Photo: Brandy Joe Plambeck. The Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 1987 musical "Into [...]
By Bridgette M. Redman "To Kill a Mockingbird" continues through May 17. Photo: What A Do Theatre Rounding out a season of classics, What a Do Theatre opened "To Kill a Mockingbird" with all [...]
By John Quinn Barefoot in the Park is the current production at The Snug Theatre in Marine City. Photo: The Snug Some Michigan residents don't know what they're missing. Not you, the sophisticated intelligent [...]
By Dana Casadei Ryan Carlson and Andy Huff in "A Steady Rain" at Planet Ant Theatre, directed by York Griffith. Photo: Michael Hovitch. At Saturday night's performance of "A Steady Rain," artistic director Shawn [...]
Low-income residents of Michigan receiving Medicaid will have prescription coverage for Truvada, an anti-HIV drug proven to prevent HIV infections for those who are HIV-negative. The Michigan Department of Community Health confirms the drug will [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus May 15th is the second annual national Give OUT Day! The national initiative engages hundreds of organizations and people to give in support of the LGBTQ community. LGBTQ groups across the [...]
Former Congressman Barney Frank poses after delivering his remarks with Rudy Serra, who is running for state rep, and U.S. Rep Gary Peters. BTL photo: Jason A. Michael FARMINGTON HILLS - Former U.S. Rep. [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Ferndale Pride will take over the downtown Ferndale area this year on Saturday, May 31, but festivities don't have to wait until then. Ferndale Pride will be hosting a "Ladies Night" [...]
IC Editor's note: Story has been updated May 15, 2014 to include links to research discussed. It's the HIV prevention gospel. Use a condom, correctly and consistently each and every time you have sex. But [...]
When the author of the book "Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything" writes in his introduction, "It should be emphasized that this critique of the homosexual cause is not an attack [...]
DISCLAIMER: There are several accounts of afterlife experiences on the New York Times Best Seller list, including one by a three-year-old boy (with a little help from his dad). This is my account. Though tempted, [...]
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith In Connecticut, a 16-year-old transwoman of color is being held in an adult prison with no charges filed against her. A doctor in Urbana, Ill. according to a lawsuit brought forth [...]
BTL Staff In an effort to win the freedom to marry for all couples in Michigan, Equality Michigan, the ACLU of Michigan, and Freedom to Marry launched a grassroots public education effort called Michigan For [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus A staged reading of Howard Zinn's play, Emma, comes to Detroit this weekend. Zinn, a civil rights activist, chronicled the life of Emma Goldman, "a woman whose beliefs are as relevant [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus May 15th is the second annual national Give OUT Day! The national initiative engages hundreds of organizations and people to give in support of the LGBTQ community. LGBTQ groups across the [...]
