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State Admits Error, Retracts Letters Demanding Same-Sex Married Couples Pay More In Taxes
BY JAN STEVENSON Around 130 same-sex married couples recently received threatening letters from the Michigan State Department of Treasury demanding an explanation as to why the income on their 2013 personal taxes differed from what appeared on their [...]
Mercurial Success
Across 1 Drag queen ___ Lettuce 6 Dawson's, in teen TV drama 11 Break it on Broadway 15 Oral performances 16 Primary blood carrier 17 Novelist Patricia ___ Warren 18 Out Pentatonix singer 20 Handle a shrew, for Shakespeare 21 Sexy clothing [...]
Schumer Latest to Oppose Mark Green Over Nominee's Anti-LGBT Views
by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has come out against the nomination of Mark Green. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has become the latest to come out against the [...]
Kevin Heard Makes Top 'Twenty in Their 20s' List
photo: S1M9_Kevin_2519.jpg One of this year's top 20 millennials influencing progress in Southeast Michigan is a member of the LGBT community. Kevin Heard is the founding board member and board president of the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of [...]
LaChanze 'Feeling Good' in Detroit Show
Tony Award-winner LaChanze is celebrated for her "ability to deliver exceptional vocals mixed with authentic emotions," says BroadwayWorld.com. LaChanze's latest show is an intensely personal on-stage memoir that uses the music of jazz, rock, soul [...]
LGBTQ Elders and Youth to Break Bread at SAGE Table
On a typical day, not many LGBTQ people cross paths in a meaningful way with LGBTQ people from other generations. Many do not have children to care for them as they age nor do they have families that fully support them. Too many LGBTQ people will go [...]
Motor City Pre-Pride Community Meeting
Motor City Pride will host a pre-Pride community meeting at 6:30 p.m. on May 23 at TechTown, 440 Burroughs St. in Detroit. "The meeting is to inform individuals and groups about the plans for the festival, and to hear their ideas as we fine tune [...]
Pronto! Welcomes Dynamic Duo for Singalong Brunch
photo: Two best friends. Two pianists. Two amazing vocalists. This Dynamic Duo – Gerianne and Eric – have brought their show to Pronto! in Royal Oak. On the first Saturday of the month, the Dynamic Duo performs the best of the best showtunes from [...]
Royal Oak Enhances Court Experience for Citizens
The 44th District Court in Royal Oak has a new online case look-up system, the first of its kind in Oakland County, and one of the first in Michigan's district courts. Court Administrator Gary Dodge told the Oakland Press the court received two new [...]
Royal Oak High School Ranked Among the Best
In the 2017 Best High School rankings by U.S. News and World Report, Royal Oak High School was ranked in the Top 50 statewide among the best public high schools in the state in the latest list of high-performing schools. The data collected by the [...]