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Q Health: Identifying and updating your coping "tools"
By Dr. Jeffrey Chernin Each of us have tools that we have developed during childhood as we dealt with family challenges and learned how to cope in a homophobic world. However, adaptations that got us through those times can become very things that [...]
The fast lane: Dutch Olympic swimmer Johan Kenkhuis
By Jim Provenzano With so many athletes in the United States hesitant to come out publicly, it's refreshing to meet openly gay Dutch Olympic swimming medalist Johan Kenkhuis. As one of only 11 openly gay or lesbian competitors in the 2004 Athens [...]
The teachings of Mel Gibson
By Dr. Jeffrey Chernin By now you have probably heard about the "Mel Gibson incident." If you haven't, he was allegedly speeding down the Pacific Coast Highway with an open bottle of tequila in his car. He was arrested and apparently started hurling [...]
Boyfriend won't come out of closet
Q: I am currently on vacation with my lover and I am so disappointed and angry. We have been seeing each other for about 6 months, well not actually just seeing each other, but living together. John, (not his real name), has a job at a high-powered [...]
For your good health
The following are LGBT-friendly organizations and resources for health care: {BOLD Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center LGBT Friendly Health Care Provider Referral} http://www.goaffirmations.org/referrals.asp For other resources contact [...]
General Gayety: Advantage everyone
By Leslie Robinson On opening night of the U.S. Open, Aug. 28, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) will serve up an ace in Flushing, N.Y. That night, with pomp and circumstance, the USTA National Tennis Center will be officially rechristened [...]
Growing old alone: What's Really Going On
By Renee McCoy Growing old alone was never a consideration for me. I believed there would always be another woman to love and plenty of time to find the "right" one. But, these days, I'm not so sure. Since I passed 50, each setting sun has meant the [...]
The Gay Moralist
By John Corvino Natural-law theorist Robert George wrote recently in First Things that, "For years, critics of the idea of same-sex 'marriage' have made the point that accepting the proposition that two persons of the same sex can marry each other [...]
Transmissions: People behaving badly
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Michelle Dumaresq is a bicycling champion hailing for Canada. She is also a transsexual. In the pursuit of her spot, she has faced touch criticisms from those who have felt that she should not be participating against other [...]
Find a doc
Gay-friendly chiropractic practices in Michigan: Madison Heights Chiropractic Center Dr. Allen Kash 28107 John R Rd., Madison Heights (248) 542-3492 Lowen Family Chiropractic Wellness Center Dr. Craig Stoller & Dr. Brian Balogh 23280 [...]
A hero retires
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DETROIT – After a year of "discussion," Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, an internationally-known human rights activist and champion of reform within the Catholic Church, has offered his resignation. As he predicted in an interview [...]
All the colors of the rainbow
When Coretta Scott King died Jan. 31 the world lost a critical voice in the fight for equality, and the LGBT community lost an important ally. In remarks King made while accepting a lifetime achievement award from the Human Rights Campaign several [...]