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Former local 'TransGeneration' personae reunites with cast
It's been nine months since Michigan State University graduate T.J. Jourian (a female-to-male transgender) last saw fellow "TransGeneration" cast members Lucas, Gabbie and Raci. "I consider each of them a friend and continue to keep in touch," said [...]
Fashionably correct
36th Annual Fash Bash Who: Famed designer Elie Tahari will unveil his fall clothing line. Where: On the rooftop of General Motors' new Beaubien Place parking structure in downtown Detroit. When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 Tickets: Premium [...]
Personal Fitness 101
Got the workout willies? You're not alone. "When you learn proper technique and what you're doing is producing results, you will become very confident at the gym," said certified personal trainer Pete Swiatek, owner of Pete's Body Shop in [...]
Smokers more prevalent in LGBT community
Thirty-two percent of the LGBT community in Michigan smokes, more than the percentage of the general state population, according to a recent survey conducted by Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center in Ferndale. Affirmations Health Services [...]
A man's best friend
Any avid Animal Planet fan would know that former Olympic diver Greg Louganis relishes the company of his dogs: two Jack Russells and a border collie. But some may not know the role they play in lifting his spirits while living with HIV. "They give [...]
Gay mom led to lifetime of healing for doctor
As a chiropractor for five years, Dr. Jason Ellis has treated many LGBT patients and has developed a close relationship with the gay community. It's all because of his mother, who came out to him when he was 13 years old. "My family all kind of took [...]
New medication program to help HIV patients
GabeCare DirectRx introduced a free Adherence Program designed to help HIV-positive patients increase their medication adherence and quality of life. "We decided to launch this program after working with HIV patients and their medications," said [...]
How Did Chucky Get So Gay? LGBT Icon Jennifer Tilly Dishes on Horror Saga's Queerness & Warner Bros.'s Resistance to the Lesbian Love In 'Bound'
Photo: Universal Chucky, with his fiery red hair and frighteningly loyal pledge to be "your friend till the end," was never gay by design. But in 1998, four films into the "Child's Play" franchise, the undying slasher flicks centered on a ghastly [...]
Q&A: Shania Twain on Being 'Inspired by the Spirit' of the LGBT Community, Equality (It's a 'No-Brainer') & the Unifying Power of 'I Feel Like a Woman!'
Contrary to popular belief, some things do impress Shania Twain. The country-pop icon and paragon of leopard print has great admiration for her LGBTQ fans, who she says have become guiding lights in her own life. Twain's inspiring story is one of [...]
Screen Queen: Lady Gaga Is One of Us in New Netflix Doc, Plus 'Looking' Co-Creator's '45 Years'
Lady Gaga: Five Foot Two Laga Gaga at Walmart is my new favorite thing, thanks to a humanizing Netflix doc that shows the continuing transformation of the gay icon from once-meat-dress-donning oddity back to Stefani Germanotta, your everyday lover [...]
Unlikely Advocate: Actress Alexandra Billings Talks Trump-Era 'Transparent' and How Surviving the '80s Is 'Too Good to Be True'
"I'm shocked that I'm sitting here talking to you, to be honest," Alexandra Billings reveals, blown away by the fact that she survived the '80s when many of her AIDS-stricken friends did not. Around that time, the actress was living and working in [...]
Justice Served: Billie Jean King, Emma Stone and Andrea Riseborough on King's Landmark Tennis Win for Women and LGBT Rights
Emma Stone, as Billie Jean King, with Steve Carell, who plays Bobby Riggs, in "Battle of the Sexes." Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs at a news conference on July 11, 1973 in New York, before their "Battle of the Sexes" match at the Houston [...]