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Ferndale diner gets LGBT raves
BY SHARON GITTLEMAN FERNDALE – It's not often you find a poem taking center stage on a diner's menu. It's even rarer for that poem to welcome LGBT people to [...]Read more about Ferndale diner gets LGBT raves
National News Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics IRS inquiry sought of two Ohio churches COLUMBUS – The New York Times reported on Jan. 16 that a group of [...]Read more about National News Briefs
Tell your story
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking same-sex couples to tell their stories to help in the fight to make marriage equal in America. The most powerful [...]Read more about Tell your story
House passes Marriage Protection Act
By Bob Roehr The US House of Representatives passed the Marriage Protection Act of 2004 (MPA) on July 22 by a vote of 233 to 194. The measure would strip [...]Read more about House passes Marriage Protection Act
Meeting on marriage equality draws huge crowd
FERNDALE – When Affirmations Lesbian-Gay Community Center announced an open forum on marriage equality for gays, the demand for such was so great the meeting [...]Read more about Meeting on marriage equality draws huge crowd
Marriage panel to be held in Saginaw
SAGINAW – Perceptions, a mid-Michigan gay organization, and Saginaw Valley State University's Gay-Straight Alliance will host "Same-Sex Marriage: What's at [...]Read more about Marriage panel to be held in Saginaw
Michigan House votes down discrimination
LANSING – Supporters of the anti-gay marriage amendment to the Michigan Constitution failed to get the 73 votes in the House of Representatives necessary to [...]Read more about Michigan House votes down discrimination
Marriage activity elsewhere
By Bob Roehr Shock waves continue to radiate from the celebration of gay and lesbian marriages in San Francisco. In Sandoval County, New Mexico, the county [...]Read more about Marriage activity elsewhere
April
Compiled by Sharon Gittleman • Love doesn't conquer all A Michigan State University resident hall assistant director resigned her job after she was denied the [...]Read more about April
Brett and Butter
Throughout America's history, laws have discriminated against various groups. Most of these laws have been repealed (via the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th amendments, [...]Read more about Brett and Butter
Brett and Butter: A New Beginning
By Bretton Barber Between The Lines has provided the LGBT community with an important resource for many years now. They are not afraid to cover a story, and [...]Read more about Brett and Butter: A New Beginning
Local and state briefs
JCC comes out in school OAK PARK – On Wednesday, March 26, at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit a lesbian principal, a gay male middle [...]Read more about Local and state briefs
Other gift ideas
: Audiobook brings Ginsberg to life Allen Ginsberg's poetry is as much a celebration of the written word as it is a historical record. With the Voice of the [...]Read more about Other gift ideas
National News Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Marriage Rights Supreme Court declines to hear equal marriage rights case WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Nov. 29 sidestepped a [...]Read more about National News Briefs
LGBT Latino town hall meeting and documentary
FERNDALE – A Latino LGBT Town Hall meeting and documentary screening, sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan's Lesbian Gay Bisexual and [...]Read more about LGBT Latino town hall meeting and documentary
