Chris Azzopardi
Wedge-d in no man's land
There's a short stretch between Kansas and Iowa where Chanticleer could've been the biggest act the area has ever seen. The vast cornfields surrounding the all-male choral group left Todd Wedge, a Michigan native, feeling like he was in no man's [...]
Bitchin' freedom
Bitch doesn't want to look at her ass. So, when "Shortbus" director John Cameron Mitchell asked the former metro-Detroit musician to shed clothes for his racy film focused on 21st-century New York, she politely passed. "I'm glad I didn't have to [...]
ComedyFest comics reach out to Britney
Comedians everywhere should be thanking Britney Shears. Her hairless-head and crotch shots have become zesty jokes that won't soon wither. The comedians performing at Michigan's Lesbian and Gay ComedyFest on March 10 have some advice, chicken noodle [...]
Kalamazoo to launch pride event
Adam Martin has only been to a couple of Gay Pride Events, and he's never fully participated in one. Until now. "I really just kind of fell into my role here (at Kalamazoo Pride), but I have found it quite empowering, and am grateful we're in a [...]
London-native explores United States on 'Rent' tour
Declan Bennett needs another suitcase. The London-native, who's currently touring the United States in "Rent," packed according to the abrupt changes in traveling temperatures, but every gay man knows that enough clothes are, well, never enough. "My [...]
Pink's commercial color fades
Pink won't shut up. And for that we're indebted to her. Radio continues to play past singles from her latest album, "I'm Not Dead," her second consecutive one to flop. The badass kiss-off "U & Ur Hand" looks like a dead end for the pop vixen's [...]
Swift-ly sailing under single sky
Call Ember Swift queer. Any other label would defeat the purpose of her role as a single soul among several who are basking under the same sky. "To me, queer is more of an umbrella term that enables me to join hands with all of my queer brothers and [...]
Ellen nails sometimes-wooden Oscars
Sure, there were no glaringly gay frontrunners a la "Brokeback Mountain" at Sunday's Academy Awards. But we had Melissa Etheridge. The Dreams. Oh, and Ellen. "If there weren't blacks, Jews or gays, there would be no Oscars," quipped first-time Oscar [...]
MAPP seeks funding to fight depression in LGBT community
Depressed? You're not alone. LGBT people are three times more likely to suffer from depression than those outside of the community, said Craig Covey, CEO of the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project. "Besides reducing the quality of life for folks [...]
Sex won't suffice
Sex has long been considered a more satisfying substitute to working out. But Jackie Warner, owner and managing director of Sky Sport and Spa in California and star of Bravo's "Work Out," insists there's a factor we have to examine: mattress [...]
Equality rides again
Fifty young adults. Two buses. One idea. The activists hopping on Soul Force's Equality Ride, which sets sail for its second year on March 1, will speak loud and proud across the United States on gay-rights issues, combating the notion that LGBT [...]
Oscars' Greatest Gay Moments
5. A bitch in Prada It just took one look to sum up so-gay fashionista flick "The Devil Wears Prada." It was the devilish stare, with her eyes narrow and lips pursed, that Streep pulled out when co-stars Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt presented the [...]