Oscar Wilde
Bestselling Author and Delightful Weirdo Chuck Tingle on Proving Love in a Difficult Era
Pride Source spoke with Tingle ahead of his June 6 appearance at Ann Arbor District Library.Chuck Tingle has "love is real" scrawled across the top of [...]Read more about Bestselling Author and Delightful Weirdo Chuck Tingle on Proving Love in a Difficult Era
Passing the Torch at The Gay & Lesbian Review
The year was 1993. Nearly a million people had just marched on Washington demanding LGBTQ+ rights. Don't Ask, Don't Tell would be signed into law by [...]Read more about Passing the Torch at The Gay & Lesbian Review
In Glam and Gospel, Jake Wesley Rogers Finds God in the Margins
Jake Wesley Rogers is a poet in glitter and leather, a kind of spiritual guide for queer kids growing up in a world that still hasn’t fully figured out how to [...]Read more about In Glam and Gospel, Jake Wesley Rogers Finds God in the Margins
Aug. 22, 2002: A ‘Wilde’ Celebration Planned for Local Theater Community
While a handful of theaters embraced our coverage from the beginning, others did not.
Queer Things to Do: Put on Your Slutty Gay Costume, Go See a Scary Show, Watch Shudder's New Queer Horror Series
As we near the end of a year that has already been chock-full of horror thanks to the general state of, well, nearly everything, lean in to the abject terror of [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do: Put on Your Slutty Gay Costume, Go See a Scary Show, Watch Shudder's New Queer Horror Series
How Angela Lansbury's Death Is a Reminder That Our Beloved Gay Icons Live On in Their Legacies
Dame Angela Lansbury has died. Just days shy of her 97th birthday, the legendary lady of stage, screen and television took her final bow Tuesday. The proud gay [...]Read more about How Angela Lansbury's Death Is a Reminder That Our Beloved Gay Icons Live On in Their Legacies
50 Facts, 50 Years Later: What You Should Know About Christopher Street Detroit ‘72
This summer marks a milestone anniversary, yet most people don’t realize there’s an anniversary to mark.A half century ago, Michiganders who united in a bond of [...]Read more about 50 Facts, 50 Years Later: What You Should Know About Christopher Street Detroit ‘72
Lev Raphael Releases 'Department of Death,' 10th in LGBTQ+ Nick Hoffman Mystery Series
Lev Raphael has done it again. Known as a literary voice who often weaves his Jewish heritage and his LGBTQ+ identity into bestsellers, Raphael has written 27 [...]Read more about Lev Raphael Releases 'Department of Death,' 10th in LGBTQ+ Nick Hoffman Mystery Series
Unhung Heroes of the Metropolitan Art Zoom Tour Sept. 12
Calling all art lovers and size queens. Have you ever wondered why when you go to the art museum the guys without clothes are distinctly below average [...]Read more about Unhung Heroes of the Metropolitan Art Zoom Tour Sept. 12
Parting Glances: An Ex-Gay fairy tale
This is the story of Dorian Lavender who has vanished from the party scene of music, stimulants and sex, and is now ironically beyond the saving grace of [...]Read more about Parting Glances: An Ex-Gay fairy tale
Parting Glances: Green Carnations, Mary?
This column first appeared in BTL Aug. 2017 Somewhere pressed in my book of tattered memories is a green carnation, still remarkably fresh with the passage of [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Green Carnations, Mary?
Slipstream Presents 'Gross Indecency' Through June 30
Moises Kaufman, revered for bringing audiences shows like "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray," has another work that delves into [...]Read more about Slipstream Presents 'Gross Indecency' Through June 30
Parting Glances: Black Gay Detroit Friends (Pt. 1)
As a teenager in the mid-1950s, I listened faithfully to country and western music radio — especially Patsy Cline — and later 'Senator' Bristo Bryant's rhythm [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Black Gay Detroit Friends (Pt. 1)
Parting Glances: When Arts' Gay Fleet Scuttlebutted!
Back in the "good old days" of Great Depression No. 1, following Stock Market Crash '29 years and years – well, at least a galloping few – before my time, the [...]Read more about Parting Glances: When Arts' Gay Fleet Scuttlebutted!
Transmissions: We Are One for the Ages
It amazes me how so many seem to view the notion of "transgender people" as if it was something that magically winked into existence just five years ago. It [...]Read more about Transmissions: We Are One for the Ages
BTL to Host Final Farewell Party for Common Language Bookstore Dec. 15
After 27 years as a beacon for those in Ann Arbor's and Southeast Michigan's LGBTQ community, Common Language Bookstore will be forced to close its doors one [...]Read more about BTL to Host Final Farewell Party for Common Language Bookstore Dec. 15
Parting Glances: The Queer Occasion of Sin
It's been almost 125 years since the story, "The Priest and the Acolyte" was published in a collegiate, gay magazine, "The Chameleon," in London, England. It [...]Read more about Parting Glances: The Queer Occasion of Sin
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
Parting Glances Ten in Seventh Heaven (Pt.2 of 3)
It's 12:01 a.m. according to my now celestial iPhone. I have been just 60 seconds in Heaven — the result of a Michigan Republican-sponsored pothole tripping [...]Read more about Parting Glances Ten in Seventh Heaven (Pt.2 of 3)
Parting Glances: Ten in Seventh Heaven (Pt. 1)
MODEST DISCLAIMER: There are several books about afterlife experiences on the New York Times Best Seller list, including one by a 5-year-old kid (with a little [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Ten in Seventh Heaven (Pt. 1)
Parting Glances : Ex-Gay Fairy Farewell
Charles Alexander This is the story of Dorian Lavender who has vanished from the party scene of music, stimulants, sex and is now ironically beyond the saving [...]Read more about Parting Glances : Ex-Gay Fairy Farewell
Nominations Are Out for The 2017 Wilde Awards
Theater professionals from across Michigan will gather Aug. 28 when The 2017 Wilde Awards are presented at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts in West [...]Read more about Nominations Are Out for The 2017 Wilde Awards
Poetic Justice: Out Director on Cynthia Nixon's Awards-Caliber Role as Emily Dickinson
By Lawrence Ferber Terence Davies British director Terence Davies has long been praised for his poetic, lyrical filmmaking, including 1992's autobiographical [...]Read more about Poetic Justice: Out Director on Cynthia Nixon's Awards-Caliber Role as Emily Dickinson
Curtain Calls
Review: 'Boston Marriage' Everything and everyone has a price in Mamet comedy at The Network Theatergoers familiar with the work of playwright David Mamet [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
Parting Glances: JFK, Nixon, Ford, Sipple and Me
I was working at a discount records shop in downtown Detroit in 1959, the year two ill-fated contenders — Sen. John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Vice President [...]Read more about Parting Glances: JFK, Nixon, Ford, Sipple and Me
Brent Reloaded: The exquisite joy of writing
By Brent Dorian Carpenter When I was just a wee lad, seemingly at the turn of several centuries ago, it was widely known and universally understood that I was [...]Read more about Brent Reloaded: The exquisite joy of writing
Mombian: LGBTQ Families, Past, Present And Future
BY DANA RUDOLPH I love LGBTQ History Month almost more than I love Pride Month. Going to grad school in history will do that. Keeping in mind the truism, [...]Read more about Mombian: LGBTQ Families, Past, Present And Future
New Book Tackles Teaching LGBT History To Children
In celebration of LGBT History Month, author and former elementary school teacher Jerome Pohlen has written, "Gay & Lesbian History For Kids: The Century-Long [...]Read more about New Book Tackles Teaching LGBT History To Children
The Stars Align At Wilde Awards
WEST BLOOMFIELD – Theater professionals from across Michigan gathered Aug. 31 for The 2015 Wilde Awards ceremony at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts. [...]Read more about The Stars Align At Wilde Awards
Boy George Talks Culture Club Comeback, 'Stupid' Madonna / Gaga Rivalry & How Trans Community Is Still Overlooked Despite Caitlyn Jenner
Photo: Dean Stockings The falsetto is gone. When Boy George sings now, a rich tone resounds. He refers to it as "the voice of experience." The voice, once [...]Read more about Boy George Talks Culture Club Comeback, 'Stupid' Madonna / Gaga Rivalry & How Trans Community Is Still Overlooked Despite Caitlyn Jenner
All Male Production Of Wilde Play Comes To Slipstream
After a critically acclaimed and intensely bloody run of "Hamlet," Slipstream Theatre Initiative says "goodbye" to death and "hello" to marriage in the most [...]Read more about All Male Production Of Wilde Play Comes To Slipstream
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
Parting Glances: Nuthin' Bout Birthin' No Babies
It's been 75 years since Margaret Mitchell's classic novel of the Civil War South, "Gone With The Wind," had its movie premier in Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 15, [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Nuthin' Bout Birthin' No Babies
Parting Glances: Remembering Mr. George
As a teenager in the mid-1950s, I listened faithfully to Country & Western music radio, and later 'Senator' Bristo Bryant's Rhythm & Blues after-high school [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Remembering Mr. George
Parting Glances: 'Tricky Dick' Tapes Gay
I was working at a discount records shop in downtown Detroit in 1959, the year two ill-fated contenders – Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Vice President [...]Read more about Parting Glances: 'Tricky Dick' Tapes Gay
Earnest Actors Keep The Farce Authentic
By Bridgette M. Redman David Turrentine and David Blixt in Michigan Shakespeare Festival's "The Importance of Being Earnest." Photo: MSF "There are no small [...]Read more about Earnest Actors Keep The Farce Authentic
At Midsummer, A Sweet 'Dream'
By Martin F. Kohn What do you call 800 people enjoying a Shakespeare play outdoors on a warm July evening in midtown Detroit? How about a midsummer night's [...]Read more about At Midsummer, A Sweet 'Dream'
Parting Glances: Ex-Gay Fairy Tale
This is the story of Dorian Lavender who has vanished from the party scene of music, stimulants, sex and is now ironically beyond the saving grace of suddenly [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Ex-Gay Fairy Tale
Parting Glances: My 10 Minutes In Heaven (Pt. 2)
My cellphone says 12:03 a.m. My second afterlife minute in heaven. (This brief account is probably an LGBT first.) DISCLAIMER: Unlike many straight accounts, [...]Read more about Parting Glances: My 10 Minutes In Heaven (Pt. 2)
Parting Glances: My 10 Minutes In Heaven (Pt. 1)
DISCLAIMER: There are several accounts of afterlife experiences on the New York Times Best Seller list, including one by a three-year-old boy (with a little [...]Read more about Parting Glances: My 10 Minutes In Heaven (Pt. 1)
A Feast With Green Carnations
Somewhere pressed in my book of memories is a green carnation, remarkably fresh with the passage of time. It's there with a wrist corsage I hadn't the courage [...]Read more about A Feast With Green Carnations
Wilde For Wilde's Sake
By Carolyn Hayes In 1895, celebrated scribe and legendary wit Oscar Wilde sued a man for libel and lost; the private details unearthed in that trial, in turn, [...]Read more about Wilde For Wilde's Sake
The Importance Of Being Oscar Wilde
By Amy J. Parrent Scenic designer Sarah Pearlines vision of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Photo courtesy of WSU "The truth is rarely pure [...]Read more about The Importance Of Being Oscar Wilde
Parting Glances: Peeking At Crystal Balls
America has had its fair share of celebrity psychics. It's human nature to want to know what the future holds, especially as the old year kicks off its rundown [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Peeking At Crystal Balls
LGBT Learning: GVSU's New Minor And The Queer Lit Class
Prof. Danielle DeMuth The power of literature to change lives has been apparent throughout history and for Grand Valley State University's Lesbian Gay and [...]Read more about LGBT Learning: GVSU's New Minor And The Queer Lit Class
Book-A-Palooza To Benefit Common Language
BY BTL Staff Bookstore owner Keith Orr and his dog Duke take a reading time out as they gear up for this weekend's book sale. The fundraiser provides critical [...]Read more about Book-A-Palooza To Benefit Common Language
A Second Chance To 'Shine'
{ITAL This article was originally published in April, 2013 Rayya Ellias will be appearing at Barnes & Noble in Royal Oak on Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. for her book, [...]Read more about A Second Chance To 'Shine'
