Trans issues take center stage in Lansing
By Sarah Mieras LANSING – Putting concerns of the L the G and the B aside, advocates for Transgender civil rights issues stormed Michigan's Capitol last week [...]
A real community place'
By Dawn Wolfe Common Language bookstore, an LGBT presence on Ann Arbor's Fourth Street for thirteen years, opened in its new location in Braun Court, next to [...]
Ani Difranco gets a little help from her friends
Love takes work. For fans of Ani Difranco, the past 15 years have been evidence that long term relationships are hard. People change, people grow – and not [...]
Ask Dr. Wang
By Dr. Kevin Wang Let's get physical Don't worry or start freaking out, running outside screaming in horror. I won't be donning sweatpants and a sweatshirt [...]
Big Three give big to Affirmations
By Sharon Gittleman FERNDALE – Three unprecedented donations promise to transform floor plans for the new Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center into [...]
Black History, Gay Marriage
By Miles Christian Daniels "Activist judges" are at it again. In a scene similar to that in Massachusetts just a year ago, last Friday a New York State Supreme [...]
Curtain Calls
Review: 'I Hate Hamlet' There's nothing to hate about 'I Hate Hamlet' at the Hilberry Theatre Andrew Rally hates "Hamlet." It's not that he has anything [...]
Curtain Calls XTRA
Actor with Detroit roots returns to open Plowshares @ 15 celebration Lou Beatty Jr. to play title role in 'Paul Robeson' While preparing for the title role [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Desperately seeking 'Commuters' What's that screeching, lurching, gear-changing sound you hear? That's just every TV executive in [...]
Fat and proud
ANN ARBOR – OK, let's start here: What is "fat liberation?" Admit it, you read the subhead and wondered, right? Well, worry not. Heather MacAllister has an [...]
For those living with the disease, every day is HIV/AIDS Day
In 2004, Dick Cheney wasn't aware of the extent of the AIDS epidemic among Black women. In 2005, George W. Bush doesn't care. How else can we explain a [...]
