Chris Azzopardi
Peace Action hold 6th Peace Builder Celebration May 21
FERNDALE – On Sunday, May 21 Peace Action of Michigan will award honorees in the community at its 6th Peace Builder Celebration at Focus: HOPE in Detroit. Honorable David Bonior, retired member of U.S. Congress and current Wayne State University [...]
Will & Grace' takes final bow
Eight years ago it may have seemed risky business throwing two gay men – a mellow, gay attorney and his flamboyantly queer sidekick – on primetime TV. Daily Variety warned, "don't count on it," and the Los Angeles Times said, "There's something not [...]
Motor City Pride set for lift-off
FERNDALE – Something about this year's Pride events says "gay." Perhaps it's the dance beats queer-club queen Crystal Waters will bring, or the film "Say Uncle," a "not-quite-black" comedy starring Peter Paige of "Queer As Folk" Wait. It's [...]
Laughter where the sun don't shine
When someone's been a professional comedian as long as Kate Clinton, memories become fuzzy – sometimes on purpose. But, then, there are memories that find a niche in one's mind, like mistaking a woman for a man or, in Clinton's case, being harassed [...]
Jason Mraz will have you 'feeling all over'
If there were any man singer-songwriter Jason Mraz could visualize himself getting down with it'd be Johnny Depp. Not that Mraz is gay, but when PlanetOut proposed the question to "Mr. A-Z" and his band members agreed they could see him with the [...]
La Comunidad hosts first Latino retreat
ANN ARBOR – As the La Comunidad Spring Retreat ended on April 23 in Ann Arbor with a group photo shoot, arms flew open as the men embraced each other and said goodbye. "I had never experienced the kind of bonding that I observed that weekend with [...]
MacKinnon's goes 'over and above'
A salad isn't just a salad at MacKinnon's. Set in the heart of Northville, the 25-year-old fine-dining restaurant takes pride in the quality of its roasted duck, Atlantic salmon and Kobe steak. But it's the classy, artistic presentation – a house [...]
Mary Cheney appears on 'Primetime' to hawk new book
Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, dodged hypothetical questions, presented her opinion on President Bush and confessed to feeling inferior as a teenager during a rare interview on ABC's "Primetime" on Thursday. "I [...]
Rosie O'Donnell to return to daytime TV
Rosie O'Donnell has been the "Queen of Nice," a co-founder of a gay cruise line and this fall she will be the first lesbian to grace the set of ABC's "The View." O'Donnell, who stayed closeted until she left her six-time Daytime Emmy-award winning [...]
Support HAVEN's 'Art of Healing'
PONTIAC – Amidst cocktails and a strolling dinner, this year's HAVEN Promenade of Hope fundraising event, themed The Art of Healing, will showcase artwork from abuse survivors and local community members. "It's an event that focuses on reminding the [...]
Felice Picano to perform work in Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR – Felice Picano once had sex with a real ice princess after school while her wheelchair-bound father watched them from another room. The escapade became the subject of a work he entered in a citywide junior high writing contest in New York [...]
Cleaning out her closet
DETROIT – Two years ago Eminem's uncle Todd, the man who helped raise Eminem after the rapper's father left, died from a gunshot wound to the head. New Baltimore police said it was suicide; Eminem's mother and Todd's sister, Debbie Nelson, says it [...]