Chris Azzopardi
Fishin' for 'Secrets'
The All-American Rejects' punk-pop music might be therapeutic to some fans, but none of the band members are trained shrinks – even to fans that dish their problems to them. When the band decided to check their mail, which had been piling up for [...]
Former Council member surprises guests at Pride Banquet
WARREN – About 330 people mingled on June 22 at the Ukrainian Cultural Center for the 21st Pride Banquet where former Detroit City Council member Maryann Mahaffey made a special appearance. Upon Mahaffey's arrival, Triangle Foundation Executive [...]
Protestors don't faze Michigan Pride attendees
LANSING – As Kaye McDuffie and Carlton Evans, her husband of 30 years, watched from the sidelines of the Michigan Pride march to the State Capitol in Lansing, a drag queen strutting her white angel wings through the street caught their eye. And then [...]
Six feet under with Blair
DETROIT – Musician and poet Blair is about to trek through the U.S. to California where he'll play a few shows, including the Queer Arts Festival, before his Taste Fest gig in Detroit and the release of his new album in August. The award-winning [...]
Bullying legislation receives mixed support
LANSING – The Michigan State Board of Education called for stronger legal tools to prevent bullying in Michigan's public schools on June 13, but some Republican representatives don't believe a currently-proposed legislative tool is necessary. "I [...]
Driving Mr. Aiken
Kathy Griffin doesn't regret driving Gay, er, Clay Aiken out of L.A. "He's on the cover [of TV Guide] talking about how he just wants to get married and have kids, and how he can't wait to fall in love with the right woman," Griffin told Planet Out. [...]
Furtado gets 'Loose'
After Canadian-born Nelly Furtado's mainstream overexposure at the onset of the millennium, many hoped that she'd actually metamorphsize into a bird, like the song, and flutter away. In a way, she did. Her 2003 failure "Folklore" barely made any [...]
Graduation' Gay
Having two gay men tie the knot and lock lips in Head Automatica's "Graduation Day" video, a before and after look at high school graduates, wasn't a difficult decision for lead vocalist and guitarist Daryl Palumbo. "One of the most shocking [...]
Jewelry, records, clothing, oh my!
ROYAL OAK – It's one thing to have a sale in a garage; it's another to hold it in a parking structure. But for 30 years, local antique and knick-knack collectors have sold handmade and vintage jewelry, records, baseball cards, handmade pillows, [...]
Results show where Prop. 2 failed
DETROIT – Triangle Foundation recently released the final Proposal 2 results, which break down votes by city and county and show that 48 Michigan municipalities and two counties voted against the ban on marriage equality. "It is sad that only 48 [...]
Rocker in the storm
When Hurricane Katrina sent New Orleans residents fleeing for safety, folk singer Ani DiFranco did the same. As she watched from her Buffalo, N.Y. home, the storm surged feelings through DiFranco that she chronicles, like most of her candid work, on [...]
Gay father takes on parenting research
YPSILANTI – Eastern Michigan University professor Dr. Dennis Patrick and Northwestern University professor Dr. Kathleen Galvin will embark on a research project examining the lives of gay fathers. "There's so many negative beliefs about gay [...]