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It’s Raining… Disco Divas!
Martha Wash Martha Wash is responsible for some of the top-selling, most recognizable pop hits of the '80s and '90s. "It's Raining Men," the cult pop classic, is still heard everywhere... the radio, movies, commercials, [...]
Hotter Than July To Celebrate 20 Years Of Black Gay Pride Next Week
DETROIT - The 20th installment of Hotter Than July -- Detroit Black Gay Pride -- will take place next week. Kevin Griffin, Johnny Jenkins and Curtis Lipscomb founded Detroit Black Gay, Inc. in 1995 to [...]
Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue
By Shelby Clark Petkus Drag Queens at Andiamo 8 p.m., July 23 7096 E. 14 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48092 http://www.andiamoitalia.com Murray & Peter are hosting an evening of world class drag performances July 23 [...]
Secretly Gay
Across 1 He comes between Tom and Harry 5 Similar things 9 Flaming queen's crime? 14 Neighbor of Pakistan 15 "East of Eden" director Kazan 16 Put it in your mouth with relish 17 What [...]
Annual Theater Fundraiser Features Ann Arbor Vendors, Serves Up Fun
The Purple Rose Theatre Company is proud to announce its fourth annual Backyard BBQ Fundraiser beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2. The BBQ will feature a farm-to-table dinner created by Zingerman's Roadhouse with [...]
Affirmations Hires New Senior Staff
BY AJ Trager FERNDALE - Affirmations has hired two new staff members, filling senior staff management positions. After a three month search, Affirmations has named Jill Proctor as Director of Marketing and Communications and Charlotte [...]
What LGBT Michiganders Need To Know About Healthcare
BY BTL STAFF With the historic ruling by the Supreme Court affirming marriage equality for everyone regardless of what state they live in, a new world of opportunities is opening for Michigan's LGBT community. Many [...]
Great Lakes Bay Pride Preview
BY AJ TRAGER SAGINAW - Great Lakes Bay 2015 Pride comes to Ojibway Island July 25. This year's event will consist of activities for all ages from noon to 8 p.m., including an LGBT Car [...]
OutCenter Board Names New Executive Director
BENTON HARBOR - The OutCenter Board of Directors announced the appointment of current Interim Executive Director, Mary Jo Schnell, as executive director effective Aug. 3. The board indicated that Schnell is a highly skilled leader [...]
High-Impact HIV Prevention Project Gets $3.8 Million From CDC
By BTL Staff DETROIT - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that Community Health Awareness Group (CHAG) has been awarded a cooperative agreement to implement comprehensive high-impact HIV prevention projects for community-based organizations. [...]
Dave Coulter Announces 2015 Campaign For Mayor
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE - Mayor Dave Coulter has announced his bid for the 2015 Ferndale Mayoral elections. Coulter was appointed as mayor of Ferndale by City Council in January 2011 after former Mayor Craig [...]
Unsung Hero
By Ed English Once you've won a Grammy Award with your voice, it's a tough act to follow. "Well ... I was on a Grammy-winning recording," explains Stephan Bobalik, coyly. The award was for a [...]
Washtenaw Pride Picnic Seeks Hosts, Sponsors
By BTL Staff The Jim Toy Community Center is hosting its annual Washtenaw Pride Picnic this August and is looking for hosts and sponsors for the event. At the $100-249 level, host benefits include: name [...]
Ypsi’s Mayor Focuses On Building Local Economy
BY AJ TRAGER YPSILANTI - By day, Amanda Edmonds is executive director of Growing Hope, an Ypsilanti based nonprofit that improves nutrition, encourages self-reliance and promotes positive community futures. By night, she serves as the [...]
Fox To Develop Film On SCOTUS’ Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- A film about the U.S. Supreme Court case that made same-sex marriage a nationwide right is being developed. A representative for Fox confirmed last week the studio has acquired [...]
Lambda Literary Partners With New Millennium Writings For Essay Competition
Knoxville, Tenn. - To celebrate the recent SCOTUS ruling on marriage equality, New Millennium Writings, an award-winning literary journal founded in 1996, is hosting a special "Love Wins" essay competition. NMW will call for essays [...]
Vice President Biden Speaks At Freedom To Marry Celebration
NEW YORK CITY - Let me begin by saying I take full credit for Evan. (Laughter.) Evan, you've done an incredible job. You really have. And not only your passion, but your incredible intellect and [...]
Creep of the Week: Steve King
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, doesn't really know anything about gays and lesbians except for one thing: he doesn't like them. Not one bit. So you can imagine this whole pro-marriage equality Supreme Court ruling in [...]
Parting Glances: Your Wrinkle Room, Or Mine
There's nothing quite as ho-ho-hum as other people's sex lives. Unless, of course, they're young, pretty, age legal and available of their own good-natured free will or by tax-free monetary inducement. In the course of [...]