The Queen Of Mean Goes Serene
Between talking about her extremely amicable divorce with "Jimmy Big-Balls" — a long-running gag in her stand-up — and her dip into theater with a show about eating issues, comedian Lisa Lampanelli has turned the [...]
Between talking about her extremely amicable divorce with "Jimmy Big-Balls" — a long-running gag in her stand-up — and her dip into theater with a show about eating issues, comedian Lisa Lampanelli has turned the [...]
Between talking about her extremely amicable divorce with "Jimmy Big-Balls" - a long-running gag in her stand-up - and her dip into theater with a show about eating issues, comedian Lisa Lampanelli has turned the [...]
Photo: Will Baker How does Kylie Minogue make the yuletide gay? "By singing about it," she says, giggling the cutest Kylie giggle. And then she does just that - she sings. The song? "It's [...]
Last year, I wrote a rather pointed column for the Frivolist called "9 Reasons Why Coming Out on a Holiday Isn't a Good Idea," which detailed the consequences of revealing your sexuality at an already [...]
Janet Jackson, 'Unbreakable' With her nipple safely tucked away, Janet Jackson resurrects a bygone bondage-less sound that's more "Good Times" than straight up sexy time. No "Would You Mind"-type on-tape masturbation. No "Damita Jo"-era "Sexhibition." [...]
Across 1 A strong one may be found in a gym 5 Poet Angelina ___ Grimke 9 Eat beaver-style 13 Arrears 14 Say it's so 15 Became erect 16 Start of a quote from 26-Across [...]
Aging Series Albert Cunningham III lived a comfortable life growing up. "I was born in Chicago in 1952 to schoolteacher parents and grew up in the cookie cutter '50s," he recalled. "I was very fortunate [...]
Seven King grew up amid hip hop royalty. His father was Mr. Ness of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. But his early years were tumultuous. Born biologically female, King knew that gender identity didn't [...]
BY BTL STAFF San Francisco - GLAAD, the world's LGBT media advocacy organization, announced Oct. 29 it will honor Michigan native Tyler Oakley at GLAAD Gala San Francisco at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square [...]
BY AJ TRAGER SAGE Metro Detroit board members, pictured L-R: Mary Sexton, Pat Baldwin, Kathleen LaTosch, Agustin Arbulu, Jay Kaplan, Andrea Mulheisen,Judy Lewis, Karen Love and Cornelius Wilson. Not pictured: Kathryn Bartz, Maceo Coleman, Shelby [...]
GRANDVILLE, MI - Linda Looney, the pastor who earlier this year urged Grandville city leaders to pass a nondiscrimination ordinance in response to anti-gay statements made by local business owner Dieseltec, is running for city [...]
BY BTL STAFF LANSING - Dana Nessel, one of the lawyers for Michigan's same-sex marriage case DeBoer v. Snyder, is set to launch a new bipartisan ballot committee that would add sexual orientation and gender [...]
DEARBORN - A racially diverse group of 250 high school students from throughout southeast Michigan will gather Nov. 7 for a day-long youth leadership summit on race. Co-sponsored by New Detroit to develop strategies for [...]
BY BTL STAFF WEST BLOOMFIELD - An upcoming event co-sponsored by Stand with Trans and Temple Israel will discuss what it means to be non-binary and gender non-conforming at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12. Toni [...]
BY BTL STAFF ' Denver - A new report published Oct. 27 by the Movement Advancement Project reveals that a shocking 70 percent of the geographic area of the United States lacks any city, county [...]
A new campaign called Freedom for All Americans has launched with the goal of securing nondiscrimination protections for LGBT Americans nationwide. The new campaign is dedicated to ensuring that every American is protected under the [...]
Originally reported in South Florida Gay News U.S. Congressmen Patrick E. Murphy and Ted Deutch have introduced a bill recognizing a pioneering lesbian couple while establishing safeguards for elderly LGBT Americans. Murphy and Deutch, South [...]
Dear LGBT Community, This is a cease and desist letter regarding the accusation that Ben Carson is a homophobe. Stop such hurtful name calling at once. Carson himself declared himself Officially Not Homophobic during the [...]
I don't recall growing up as a kid and getting or giving hugs. Hugs were not part of my family life. I also don't recall as a teenager getting or giving hugs to other gay [...]
"If Michigan LGBTQ folks do make the decision to attempt to get LGBTQ rights on the 2016 ballot, how do we ensure that transphobic scare tactics don't divide voters, like what we're seeing with Houston's [...]
I'm getting older. Aren't we all? From the moment our lives begin, we are on that road to the end of life as we know it. I'm in pretty good health and most days the [...]