Fred Phelps
There Are More Guns Than People in the U.S. — Republicans Call This a 'Good Start'
These are dark times. The Supreme Court is going to either overturn or completely gut Roe v Wade, making abortion illegal, or at least impossible to get, in [...]Read more about There Are More Guns Than People in the U.S. — Republicans Call This a 'Good Start'
Creep of the Week: Michael Heath
Corporate America, man. Who knew they had the power to do seemingly impossible things like getting the Washington football team that uses a racial slur as a [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Michael Heath
Creep of the Week: Randy Garber
Oh, hey, did you hear that in Kansas lawmakers are trying to establish the LGBTQ community as a religion? Or, more specifically, they're trying to argue that [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Randy Garber
Parting Glances: My 10 Minutes in Heaven (Pt. 3)
My out-of-body guide, Archangel Diva Deluxe tapped me three times with her magical wand of LGBTQ truth and saving grace circumstance on my D&G-designed choir [...]Read more about Parting Glances: My 10 Minutes in Heaven (Pt. 3)
HRC president visits Detroit 'On the Road to Equality'
DETROIT – New Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese was in Detroit April 14-15 as part of HRC's national "On the Road to Equality" tour, a project to [...]Read more about HRC president visits Detroit 'On the Road to Equality'
Anti-gay speaker raises money for CMU Pride
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman MOUNT PLEASANT – On April 6, in the middle of Central Michigan University's Pride Week, Alan Chambers, president of the anti-gay [...]Read more about Anti-gay speaker raises money for CMU Pride
National News Briefs
Family Rights Colorado court holds lesbian co-parent can seek parental rights {SAN FRANCISCO} The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled July 1 that a lesbian [...]Read more about National News Briefs
Why We Need Safe Spaces
By Keith Orr My husband and I are the owners of the aut BAR, a gay bar and cafe. We work hard to provide good food and drink. We strive to provide good, or [...]Read more about Why We Need Safe Spaces
Round One: Garcia vs. Dobson & Phelps
When local playwright and LGBT activist Antonio David Garcia gets mad, he doesn't just sit around bitching and complaining – he gets creative. So when [...]Read more about Round One: Garcia vs. Dobson & Phelps
Sex and lies
In a recent letter printed in the Oakland Press, a woman stated that the gay agenda was to destroy the institution of marriage. In fact, she cited information [...]Read more about Sex and lies
The Accidental Activists Of Ann Arbor's Homoplex
By AJ Trager Linda Lombardini, Sandi Smith, Martin Contreras and Keith Orr before Braun Court one day before the 20th Annual OutFest. Photo by AJ Trager ANN [...]Read more about The Accidental Activists Of Ann Arbor's Homoplex
Michigan's NorthRidge Church: When 'Non-Denominational' Really Means 'Homophobic'
Because I didn't know how to tell her, my mother was one of the last people I came out to, but it's funny – she's always been the first to have my back. She'd [...]Read more about Michigan's NorthRidge Church: When 'Non-Denominational' Really Means 'Homophobic'
Phelps Dead At 84: Godhatesfags.com Creator WIll Not Be Missed
By Lisa Keen The leader of a small Baptist church in Westboro, Kansas, who made a name for himself by traveling the country to hoist up "God Hates Fags" [...]Read more about Phelps Dead At 84: Godhatesfags.com Creator WIll Not Be Missed
On the Passing of Fred Phelps
By Keith Orr Well, my old nemesis is dead. I outlived Fred Phelps. It is a delightful coincidence to Michiganders that Fred Phelps death comes the same week as [...]Read more about On the Passing of Fred Phelps
March 19: Tenn. Seeks Stay, Bible Ballot Measure ...
Keen News Service http://Keennewsservice.com TENNESSEE SEEKS STAY: Tennessee's attorney general on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Nashville to stay [...]Read more about March 19: Tenn. Seeks Stay, Bible Ballot Measure ...
A Few Words On Fred Phelps
By Les Sterling A public response to recent news of the imminent demise of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, by SeattleGayScene.com's Creative [...]Read more about A Few Words On Fred Phelps
Brothers 'Fight Fire With Faaaabulous'
By Dana Casadei The Westboro Baptist Church has been challenged before for their vile hate mongering, and now two brothers - Dave and Scott Dambacher of Port [...]Read more about Brothers 'Fight Fire With Faaaabulous'
Bigots Do It Better
Parting Glances I don't know how you feel about bigotry, whether it's innate or a choice – but if you have someone special in your life who's a closet bigot, [...]Read more about Bigots Do It Better
Mark your calendars: Urgent!
Parting Glances The following items – for reasons happily positive, homophobic negative – recently made their uncharted way to my educational, ecumenical, [...]Read more about Mark your calendars: Urgent!
Q&A: Dan Savage On Haters, 'Crazy' Queer People & Why He's Not a Bully
Photo: LaRae Lobdell In his two-decade career as a sex-advice columnist, and more recently as creator of the It Gets Better Project, Dan Savage has entertained [...]Read more about Q&A: Dan Savage On Haters, 'Crazy' Queer People & Why He's Not a Bully
Errol Naidoo
Creep of the Week Earlier this month in South Africa, workers were on strike at a Marikana platinum mine demanding better wages. Police shot their guns into [...]Read more about Errol Naidoo
Puzzling out the Phelpsians
By Leslie Robinson General Gayety Some people argue that the best way to handle the ever-present, ever-protesting members of the Westboro Baptist Church is [...]Read more about Puzzling out the Phelpsians
Notorious anti-gay group headed for Michigan
LANSING – The Westboro Baptist Church will protest a Lansing public high school and both Michigan State University and Central Michigan University on April [...]Read more about Notorious anti-gay group headed for Michigan
Many faces of queer bashing
by Warren J. Blumenfeld Viewpoint I never met Tyler Celmenti, 18, Billy Lucas, 15, Seth Walsh, 13, Asher Brown, 13, or Raymond Chase, 19 in life, but I feel I [...]Read more about Many faces of queer bashing
Creep of the Week: Michigan's Republican State Senators
Everyone knows that bullying is wrong. It is awful to be bullied and a person who is a bully isn't exactly a poster-child for a happy and healthy [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Michigan's Republican State Senators
Who you calling a hater?
By Abby Dees Thinking Outloud I've always had a sort-of wincing reaction to the word "hate" in LGBT rights messaging. Like those bumper stickers that say, [...]Read more about Who you calling a hater?
Matt Wixson: A ska anomaly
By Andrea Poteet Matt Wixson isn't complaining. Despite lyrics packed with rants about topics from failed relationships to homophobic Westboro Baptist church [...]Read more about Matt Wixson: A ska anomaly
Moles, motes, migraines
Parting Glances There's an old saying about making a mountain out of a mole hill. Another about removing the beam from your own eye before demanding your [...]Read more about Moles, motes, migraines
The Great Bumpkin Recounts!
Parting Glances You're not going to believe this, but – no pun intended – do bare with me. Truth is stranger than biblical fiction. Right on the dot, May 21, [...]Read more about The Great Bumpkin Recounts!
The OutField: Puck buddies
By Dan Woog One day a couple of months ago, Craig Brownstein was enjoying a Washington Capitals game. He turned to his partner, Doug Johnson, and said, [...]Read more about The OutField: Puck buddies
Fred Phelps threatens to protest Howell High School's production of The Laramie Project
By Tara Cavanaugh Fred Phelps is threatening to protest Howell High School's production of The Laramie Project, a play about the lynching of gay college [...]Read more about Fred Phelps threatens to protest Howell High School's production of The Laramie Project
Creep of the Week: Cindy Jacobs
Thanks to Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist thugs, everybody knows that God hates fags. But you know what else God hates? Birds and fish. Because of the [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Cindy Jacobs
Creep of the Week: William Donohue
If there's one thing that makes America uncomfortable, it's art. Because art is gay in a very literal, serious, and horrible way. And it must be stopped. [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: William Donohue
Teen out-protests Westboro Baptist Church
Tara Cavanaugh A teenager in East Lansing was awarded a resolution by the East Lansing City Council on Dec. 7 for helping organize a peaceful protest against [...]Read more about Teen out-protests Westboro Baptist Church
Creep of the Week: Clint McCance
You know the old saying, "If you don't have anything nice to say, say it on Facebook?" Well, Arkansas Midland School District vice president Clint McCance [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Clint McCance
A night of Wilde surprises
by Jessica Carreras The ninth annual Wilde Awards, held Sept. 1 at Detroit's Gem Theatre, were full of surprises. Aside from the usual slew of astonished and [...]Read more about A night of Wilde surprises
Viewpoint: Protecting, encouraging gay youth
by Phil Volk On May 8 at the University of Michigan's North Campus, LGBT people had a counter-protest to Rev. Fred Phelps' anti-gay protest against "The [...]Read more about Viewpoint: Protecting, encouraging gay youth
Protesters face opposition - but not from Westboro Church
by Jessica Carreras ANN ARBOR – Westboro Baptist Church was a no-show at their planned protest of the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of "The Laramie [...]Read more about Protesters face opposition - but not from Westboro Church
Rally to counter-protest Westboro Church
A rally and counter-protest in support of the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of "The Laramie Project" at the Arthur Miller Theater on the North Campus of [...]Read more about Rally to counter-protest Westboro Church
Creep of the Week: John Sheehan
A quick history lesson: In 1995, during the Bosnian War, thousands of people were murdered in the town of Srebrenica. It was – and still is – horrific. But it [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: John Sheehan
Creep of the Week: Steven Anderson
Pop quiz. Which sounds the most like you? A. A vegan who eats bacon. B. An adulterous politician who votes against gay marriage. C. The person who believes in [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Steven Anderson
Phelpses, Michael Savage banned from UK
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs A Home Office list of people banned from entering the United Kingdom includes U.S. anti-gay activists Fred Phelps and [...]Read more about Phelpses, Michael Savage banned from UK
Gay republicans split nationally, Michigan to follow
The announcement Friday that Christopher Barron, a former member of Log Cabin Republicans, national – a gay right group affiliated with the GOP – had created a [...]Read more about Gay republicans split nationally, Michigan to follow
Creep of the Week: Bob Peters
I wish I could say I was shocked about the recent shooting of 17 people in Binghamton, New York. But I live in America, where gun laws are lax and gun [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Bob Peters
Phelpses banned from entering UK
by Rex Wockner Anti-gay Kansas pastor Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley have been banned from entering the United Kingdom, the Telegraph reported Feb. [...]Read more about Phelpses banned from entering UK
Entertainment industry crucial in breaking down stereotypes, fear
No one will ever forget the shock of hearing the two-time outburst that happened on the set of "Grey's Anatomy" by actor Isaiah Washington. Once in 2006 and [...]Read more about Entertainment industry crucial in breaking down stereotypes, fear
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte "Band Fags!," by Frank Anthony Polito. Kensington Books, 448 pages, $15 paper. A decade ago, who'd have thunk there would be a glut of [...]Read more about Book Marks
