Chris Azzopardi
Portland protesters return at MSU game
After 300 protesters revolted against Penn State University's anti-gay coach last month, protest organizer Penny Gardener expects a large turnout for the 8 p.m. Feb. 1 game against Michigan State University. "MSU was the first Big Ten school to hold [...]
Raw sensations
Ouch. That's what Melissa Ferrick, at 4 years old, would think when her violin instructor would smack her hand with his bow and tell her to play through her mistakes. "That was really drilled into me at a very young age," she laughs as she drinks a [...]
Grey's' star under attack for repeated slur
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation demanded Isaiah Washington apologize for using the word "faggot" in relation to his "Grey's Anatomy" co-star. "When Isaiah Washington uses this kind of anti-gay slur – whether on set or in front of [...]
Griffin makes 'heavenly' return
The bare bass and brushed drums tiptoe in. Patty Griffin boldly lets out a blues-infused repetitive line: "You'll remember." And she's right. We will. On Griffin's fifth accomplished piece "Children Running Through," she parts the sad shroud and, [...]
Logo announces season two of wedding reality series
"First Comes Love," a comic and touching look at LGBT couples as they plan their dream weddings, has been renewed for a second season, Logo announced about the reality series. In response to overwhelmingly positive viewer feedback to season one, the [...]
Girl with guitar - and gossip
Being a young gay can be a bitch. But Taylor Swift doesn't care. One minute, the buzzed-about country star's self-titled debut, released as a deluxe DVD edition in November, bitter-sweetly recalls dancing with her ex to a Tim McGraw tune; she even [...]
Border bells
CindyLou Owen smiled from ear to ear. So much, in fact, that her cheeks were in pain for days after she married Dr. Lori Owen. "Our wedding day was absolutely full of love and beauty … ," Lori remembers. "Cindy was so stunning I couldn't stop [...]
Conductor runs bases for symphony
Nan Washburn didn't intend to be a conductor. As a child, she wanted to become a softball player – and climb trees. But after injuring her finger while playing ball at age 14, her flute teacher gave her an ultimatum. "He's the one who said, 'You've [...]
Kate Clinton's telling you: she's not going
Kate Clinton's nephew came out two years ago at Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, as a republican. "We were horrified!" Clinton says about she and her partner Urvashi Vaid's reaction. Will the comedian try to put a liberal spell on him? Of course. In the [...]
Choreographer's loss inspires AIDS-related dance piece
Before Peter Sparling's youngest brother died of AIDS, he told Sparling not to create a dance about him. "I made this before he passed away!" says Sparling, choreographer of "Witness." "His spirit is everywhere in it … ." "Witness," a modern dance [...]
Families with LGBT children to reconcile at church
Parents who struggle with or celebrate their gay or lesbian children will share in A Day of Reflection for Catholic Parents of LGBT Children from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 20 at St. Simon and Jude Parish in Westland. "Religion can be the source [...]