Allen Ginsberg
John Waters Doesn't Want Your Approval — and That's Why We Still Need Him
John Waters doesn’t just embrace contradiction — he lives in it. A filmmaker, writer, visual artist and cultural icon, Waters has spent over half a century [...]Read more about John Waters Doesn't Want Your Approval — and That's Why We Still Need Him
Queer Things to Do in Michigan: Go See the Roller Derby, Ice Skate for Pride, Join a Queer Euchre Tournament
This time of year, it can be tempting to just stay inside as much as possible, and that’s a perfectly viable, understandable stance. If you do decide to venture [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do in Michigan: Go See the Roller Derby, Ice Skate for Pride, Join a Queer Euchre Tournament
Our Voice, Our Vote! Now More Important Than Ever!
I think about the power of our vote a lot. Maybe it's from hearing my grandmother talk about all they had to endure to have the right to vote. Maybe it's from [...]Read more about Our Voice, Our Vote! Now More Important Than Ever!
Antoni, At Your Service: 'Queer Eye' Star on 'Open' Sexuality, Crop Tops & the Sexy Anatomy of a Coconut
Even though Antoni Porowski is known for his avocados, on a recent afternoon he was contemplating the coconut, every sultry detail of the tropical fruit [...]Read more about Antoni, At Your Service: 'Queer Eye' Star on 'Open' Sexuality, Crop Tops & the Sexy Anatomy of a Coconut
AMA Adopts Trans-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Policy
by Bob Roehr CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) amended its nondiscrimination policies to include transgender persons at the annual meeting of [...]Read more about AMA Adopts Trans-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Policy
Ann Arbor Film Festival launches
Though the Ann Arbor Film Festival faced funding trouble this year, the show must go on. The Festival screenings and events commences in the historic Michigan [...]Read more about Ann Arbor Film Festival launches
"Two to Beam Up"
Q Puzzle Across 1 Doesn't feel up 5 Straight beater 10 Queens rule over them 14 Mosque head 15 Hits hard 16 Apple that isn't a fruit 17 Start of a quote [...]Read more about "Two to Beam Up"
Clinton Underscores LGBT Rights to Win Over Millennials
By Chris Johnson With polls showing a decline in support among Millennials, Hillary Clinton is underscoring LGBT rights to keep young voters from straying from [...]Read more about Clinton Underscores LGBT Rights to Win Over Millennials
Confessions of a Superfan: Why a Self-Proclaimed 'Front-Row Bitch' Wrote 581 Pages on Madonna
Photo: Gregory Pace Matthew Rettenmund is only kidding, but his enduring commitment to Madonna isn't lost on him when he jokes, "She has me on speed hang-up." [...]Read more about Confessions of a Superfan: Why a Self-Proclaimed 'Front-Row Bitch' Wrote 581 Pages on Madonna
The Emboldened Girls: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin Talk LGBT Liberation, Lashing Out & Marrying 'Famous' Gay Men
Photo: Melissa Moseley / Netflix Lily Tomlin is watching Jane Fonda weep. As the showbiz icon releases a steady stream of waterworks – she's "wiping tears [...]Read more about The Emboldened Girls: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin Talk LGBT Liberation, Lashing Out & Marrying 'Famous' Gay Men
Parting Glances: Sing Out! Gay Poetry Month
Who among us reads, scans, rhymes — knows by heart — poetry these days? Who among the "oh, so busy we" can name one poet for L, for G, for B, for Transgender [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Sing Out! Gay Poetry Month
Bookmarks: National Poetry Month
By Keith Orr Editor's Note: As we wrap up National Poetry Month, Keith Orr (owner of Ann Arbor's Common Language Bookstore) offers insight into the importance [...]Read more about Bookmarks: National Poetry Month
Backlast In Indiana Over Anti-Gay Law
BY BTL STAFF INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed SB 101 March 26, which was authored with the intent of ensuring that the government cannot force a [...]Read more about Backlast In Indiana Over Anti-Gay Law
Throwin' Shade
After a brutal winter that left most of us begging for mercy, it's finally time to enjoy some fun in the sun. To help you step out in [...]Read more about Throwin' Shade
Book Marks: 'Eminent Outlaws' looks at revolutionary gay writers
by Richard Labonte "Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America," by Christopher Bram. Twelve/Grand Central Publishing, 378 pages, $27.99 [...]Read more about Book Marks: 'Eminent Outlaws' looks at revolutionary gay writers
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Houdini is happening with Hugh Hugh Jackman can't stay away from Broadway. The part-time "Real Steel/Wolverine" tough guy is, [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Blended Family Member
Across 1 Pre-kiss insert 5 Like the Indy 500? 9 "Exotica" director Egoyan 13 Unwelcome obligation 14 "Showboat"'s "Nobody ___ But Me" 15 "___ Hai" of "South [...]Read more about Blended Family Member
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente James Franco tells yet another gay story with 'Sal' It looks like James Franco is making gayness his primary cinematic concern. First he [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Alas, Poor Doric
Across 1 Sally portrayer of "Cabaret" 5 Puts the finger on 10 Blows away 14 Lysol target 15 Eat away at 16 To ___ (unanimously) 17 Ginsberg's "Gay Adult [...]Read more about Alas, Poor Doric
Mike Mills: My Gay Dad
Mike Mills didn't really know his father until he came out. When the director's dad came swooshing out of the closet at the ripe age of 75, after decades of [...]Read more about Mike Mills: My Gay Dad
Dating Diet: Till the World Ends
By Anthony Paull I don't get it. Allen Ginsberg writes poems about assholes and is declared one of America's most influential poets, and when I do the same [...]Read more about Dating Diet: Till the World Ends
Getting in Gear for Dick
Across 1 "You are all a ___ generation" (Stein) 5 Family name of Boy George 10 Online auction site 14 Piece of Aaron Copland 15 Sal of _Rebel Without a [...]Read more about Getting in Gear for Dick
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Evan Rachel Wood to 'March' with Clooney Evan Rachel Wood, who recently talked to "Esquire" magazine about her bisexuality and how she [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Book Marks: Best of 2010
by Richard Labonte The bad news: Alyson Books, founded 30 years ago and for a time the preeminent gay and lesbian press, flamed out in October despite a bid [...]Read more about Book Marks: Best of 2010
Iowa-based American Future Fund runs attack ads in Michigan
With the last of the primaries over, the right-wing funding machine has mobilized into high gear. One of the newest players in the 2010 campaign cycle is the [...]Read more about Iowa-based American Future Fund runs attack ads in Michigan
Flight Plan
Across 1 Certain cosmetic surgery that sucks 5 "Designing Women" co-star Jean 10 Suffers in the sun 15 Series ender 16 Particular "Advocate," e.g. 17 Light in [...]Read more about Flight Plan
Book Marks: Travels in a Gay Nation, An Ideal for Living
by Richard Labonte "Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans," by Philip Gambone. University of Wisconsin Press, 308 pages, $26.95 paper. The [...]Read more about Book Marks: Travels in a Gay Nation, An Ideal for Living
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente James Franco's next gay movie He played Sean Penn's lover in "Milk." He stars as Beat poet Alan Ginsberg in the upcoming "Howl." And he [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Book Marks: Just Kids, The Silver Hearted, The Talented Miss Highsmith
By Richard Labonte "Just Kids," by Patti Smith. Ecco Press, 280 pages, $27 hardcover. Though the likes of William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg wander through [...]Read more about Book Marks: Just Kids, The Silver Hearted, The Talented Miss Highsmith
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente James Franco visits 'The Broken Tower' Here's how heterosexual James Franco is: He's played gay three and half times. First as James [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Book Marks: City Boy, Day of the Dead
by Richard Labonte "City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s," by Edmund White. Bloomsbury USA, 304 pages, $26 hardcover. After a series of [...]Read more about Book Marks: City Boy, Day of the Dead
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Ellen's going to be a mom – Mother Nature, that is She's the award-winning host of a successful talk show. She's the face of Cover Girl. [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Book Marks
by Richard Labonte "The Torturer's Wife," by Thomas Glave. City Lights Books, 268 pages, $15.95 paper. Few of the nine short stories in Glave's second [...]Read more about Book Marks
Psych!
Q Puzzle December 15, 2008 Across 1 Pansy supporter 5 Prevents from scoring, with "out" 10 Steven Greenberg, for one 15 Byron poem 16 "God loves everybody," [...]Read more about Psych!
Majority Tyranny v. Minority Rights
by Malcolm Lazin Executive Director, Equality Forum A great paradox of the 2008 federal election in which the first African American was elected President is [...]Read more about Majority Tyranny v. Minority Rights
"What's Cooking?"
Q Puzzle Across 1 Cruising areas 5 "Pastor, I Am Gay" author Howard 9 Chef Des Jardins 14 Neil Miller's "Out of the ___ " 15 Drag role for John Travolta 16 [...]Read more about "What's Cooking?"
"Absence of Sydney"
{HEADAER Q Puzzle} Across 1 Stereotypical gay speech attribute 5 Izzard of stand-up and more 10 Thespian 15 Suffix with prefer 16 "___ we a pair?" 17 Dinah [...]Read more about "Absence of Sydney"
Healthcare Equality Index report released
by Bob Roehr The nation's leading LGBT political and medical groups are hoping that a voluntary set of standards and an evaluation dubbed the Healthcare [...]Read more about Healthcare Equality Index report released
Metal Minded
By Gregg Shapiro When you hear heavy-metal diva Otep sing, shredding her vocal chords on the dozen tracks of the band's latest album "The Ascension," you'd [...]Read more about Metal Minded
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte "About My Life and the Kept Woman," by John Rechy. Grove Press, 320 pages, $24 hardcover. The story about the story – and about the man – [...]Read more about Book Marks
Q Puzzle: Salon Winner
October 8, 2007 Across 1 McDermid's " ___ in the Blood" 5 Almodovar's mister 10 Adam, created by a woman named George 14 Is unlike Dorian Gray 15 Writer [...]Read more about Q Puzzle: Salon Winner
Surgeon General nominee raises concerns
by Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. – James W. Holsinger, Jr. 68, was nominated to be Surgeon General of the United States by President George W. Bush, on May 24. [...]Read more about Surgeon General nominee raises concerns
Q Puzzle: Another Mixed-up Couple
May 7, 2007 Across 1 Buck heroine 5 Endora portrayer 10 Neighbor of Mont. 14 Ventimiglia of "Heroes" 15 Gay horror writer John Peyton 16 "Frasier" actress [...]Read more about Q Puzzle: Another Mixed-up Couple
Q Puzzle: Marked Interest
March 5, 2007 Across 1 "Cabaret" mister 5 Eleanor's pooch 9 Easy, like Nick Malgieri? 14 Aida solo 15 By mouth 16 Lammy, for one 17 Symbol of gay men in [...]Read more about Q Puzzle: Marked Interest
Book Marks: Top 10 Fiction Titles, 2006
by Richard Labonte December 18, 2006 It's a good year for queer readers when books by the likes of Christopher Bram, Edmund White, Norah Vincent, Leslie [...]Read more about Book Marks: Top 10 Fiction Titles, 2006
Tales from the Underworld: Coming out and letting go
By Jillian Bogater The words had been swirling in my head for months. And there just didn't seem a perfect time to drop them. I was 16, and the most special [...]Read more about Tales from the Underworld: Coming out and letting go
Curtain Calls
Review: 'The Glob' New musical oozes into Blackbird Theatre What's a horny, small-town teenager to do in uptight America of the early 1960s: Should Steve [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
