Emily Dickinson
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10 Queerly Perfect Halloween Costumes for 2025
Halloween 2025 is here, and whether you're handing out treats (or tricks) or hitting the âQueer Christmasâ party circuit, we're offering costume [...]Read more about 10 Queerly Perfect Halloween Costumes for 2025
Parting Glances: A 135-Year-Old Request Fulfilled
I celebrated the return of Spring three weeks ago by helping to fulfill a 135-year-old request by America's beloved poet, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). That [...]Read more about Parting Glances: A 135-Year-Old Request Fulfilled
Election Q&A: 108th District House Rep. Candidate Renee Richer
As the November election draws nearer, Americans won't be voting just for a presidential candidate, both state and national candidates will be voted upon, too. [...]Read more about Election Q&A: 108th District House Rep. Candidate Renee Richer
Ford GLOBE 25th Anniversary Dinner Makes History, Connects Southeast Mich. LGBTQ and Allied Business Professionals
 Making History Thursday, June 6, marked a historic moment not only for the local Michigan LGBTQ community but for the business community, too, as hundreds of [...]Read more about Ford GLOBE 25th Anniversary Dinner Makes History, Connects Southeast Mich. LGBTQ and Allied Business Professionals
Q&A: Molly Shannon on Playing a Lesbian Emily Dickinson & Catching Gays Do Her 'SNL' Bits
Consider this: Emily Dickinson was not all grandma curtains and sad, sad, sad. But she was fun! She was funny! And she was â says at least one very convinced [...]Read more about Q&A: Molly Shannon on Playing a Lesbian Emily Dickinson & Catching Gays Do Her 'SNL' Bits
Featured coverage of Emily Dickinson
Parting Glances: Emily's Ribbon At a Time ...
The 19th Century poet Emily Dickinson wrote over 1,800 poems in her five-decade life. In one of these exceptional, divinatory and uniquely insightful, poems [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Emily's Ribbon At a Time ...
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente LOS ANGELES â MAY 23: Anne Hathaway arrives to the "Alice Through The Looking Glass" American Premiere on May 23, 2016 in Hollywood, [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Bloom' blossoms locally
There's a hurdle between childhoodâs innocence and the rigidity of adulthood we must all jump. "It's a beautiful time," says Stephen Petronio, whose New [...]Read more about Bloom' blossoms locally
Parting Glances: Berries for a state visitor
It's not an up-tempo day. I awoke this morning only to discover that my pipes are frozen solid â no cold water to temper the hot water for my invigorating [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Berries for a state visitor
Q Puzzle: "Just Desserts"
January 8, 2007 Across 1 Ejaculation from Sontag's "The Volcano Lover"? 5 "The Incredibly True Adventure ___ Girls in Love" 10 McKuen and his package? 14 [...]Read more about Q Puzzle: "Just Desserts"
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente What's Jane Lynch doing? We're glad you asked. At any given moment, Emmy-winning actor Jane Lynch might be hosting a game show, [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
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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
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Matt Bomer Gus Van Sant 'Won't Get Far On Foot' For every triumph in a filmmaker's life, there are also troughs. Gus Van Sant gave us the [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Judy Layne: Attorney fought for equal rights for all
By Sharon Gittleman When Proposal 2, came to the fore last November, placing a ban on marriage for gays in the Michigan Constitution, Attorney Judy Layne, 42, [...]Read more about Judy Layne: Attorney fought for equal rights for all
Kym Worthy's Career of Public Service to Be Honored
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT â Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy will be honored on Nov. 16 during the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation's 12th annual [...]Read more about Kym Worthy's Career of Public Service to Be Honored
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Todd Haynes joins a psychedelic '70s rock cult For over 25 years, queer filmmaker Todd Haynes has created meticulously detailed worlds [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Michigan Court Of Appeals Reverses Ruling On Custody Case Involving Lesbian Parents
BY AJ TRAGER LANSING â The Michigan Court of Appeals reversed its decision Nov. 19 on a 2013 custody case involving a lesbian couple where, following a [...]Read more about Michigan Court Of Appeals Reverses Ruling On Custody Case Involving Lesbian Parents
Parting Glances: Micro-Dotting Us And 'Them'
The human brain is often called "the three pound universe." It contains a hundred billion neurons, allowing for more connections among these busy, busy, busy [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Micro-Dotting Us And 'Them'
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
Michigan Supreme Court Orders Reconsideration Of Custody Case Involving Lesbian Parents
LANSING â On Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the Michigan Court of Appeals to reconsider its findings in a custody dispute between an upper [...]Read more about Michigan Supreme Court Orders Reconsideration Of Custody Case Involving Lesbian Parents
Parting Glances: Sing Out! Gay Poetry Month
Who among us reads, scans, rhymes â knows by heart â 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
A Harried Holiday Hullabaloo At Broadway Onstage
By Carolyn Hayes Continuing its retrospective final season, Dennis Wickline Productions has elected to deck the halls of Broadway Onstage with a reprise of [...]Read more about A Harried Holiday Hullabaloo At Broadway Onstage
Lesbian Co-parent Has No Legal Standing To Claim Visitation, Custody Mich. Court Rules
LANSING - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lesbian parent has no legal standing to sue her former partner for visitation or custody rights [...]Read more about Lesbian Co-parent Has No Legal Standing To Claim Visitation, Custody Mich. Court Rules
Christmas Belles' Does Everything But Ring
By Dana Casadei Elizabeth Rager as Honey Ray, Kelly Kucharski as Twink, and Sarah Lynn Oravetz as Frankie in "Christmas Belles." Photo: Broadway Onstage Live [...]Read more about Christmas Belles' Does Everything But Ring
Panel Sheds Light on Legal Issues for Older Adults
"It is frankly rude to die without a will. And it's rude to die without medical power of attorney. It's just regular rude people," said attorney Amanda [...]Read more about Panel Sheds Light on Legal Issues for Older Adults
My rainbow visitor
Parting Glances I've lost three friends in three months. LaMarr Fields, Rev. Mark Bidwell, my Cass Tech High School classmate Gordon Barnard. Each lives [...]Read more about My rainbow visitor
ACLU dinner honors LGBT project milestone
123 Change can only occur if people speak out and encourage others to do the same. People like Allan Gilmour and Eric Jirgens, Stacey Cassis and Dr. Arianna [...]Read more about ACLU dinner honors LGBT project milestone
"Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."
By John Quinn The headline is a well-known quote in comedy circles. These "last words" are attributed to theatrical types ranging from actor Edmund Gwenn to [...]Read more about "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."
The tribe lives on at Village Players
How quickly time passes! "Hair," the iconic rock musical of the hippie era, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008 with a very successful revival on [...]Read more about The tribe lives on at Village Players
Parting Glances: As syllable from sound
The human brain's often called "the 3-pound universe." (Take hope! Albert Einstein's brain weighed in at 2 pounds, 11 ounces.) There are a hundred billion [...]Read more about Parting Glances: As syllable from sound
Wilde Medical Drama
Across 1 Fashion designer Oldham 5 Biggest of a bear trio 9 Gay nightlife district of London 13 "Jeffrey" won one 14 Defender Dershowitz 15 Mine, in [...]Read more about Wilde Medical Drama
Soap on the Ropes
Across 1 Strands, as seamen 8 Dustin Hoffman's cross-dressing role 15 Biting 16 In advance 17 Leccia, who plays 18-Across 18 One half of a soap opera [...]Read more about Soap on the Ropes
The Tide Isn't Turning on Marriage
By Diane Silver Political IQ This is a reality check. From a hard, crass, political point of view, our victories in Iowa and Vermont mean very little. For [...]Read more about The Tide Isn't Turning on Marriage
Of _The L Word_ We Sing
Q Puzzle Across 1 Benjamin Britten's Peter 6 "Quo Vadis" emperor 10 Big name in pumps 14 Fame 15 Where to find hot buns 16 Sailor's mop 17 Gladiator area 18 [...]Read more about Of _The L Word_ We Sing
Hear Me Out
Levi Kreis, 'Where I Belong' Some might say he belongs in their bed, but Levi Kreis' third album's title, "Where I Belong," is really conveying his sense of [...]Read more about Hear Me Out
Superman's Ex
Q Puzzle Across 1 "You're the Top" songwriter Porter 5 Like Fellini's vita 10 "Beat it!" 14 Race track shape 15 Long, hard one of construction workers 16 [...]Read more about Superman's Ex
Judy, Judy, Judy ...
Q Puzzle Across 1 Bags for Billy Bean 6 Kind of traffic 10 Frida Kahlo's zip 14 "Popeye" role of 44-Across 15 Jockey strap? 16 Very much 17 Judy Garland [...]Read more about Judy, Judy, Judy ...
Lincoln, Whitman, 16.4
Who could imagine in 1865 that 144 years after John Wilks Booth murdered Abraham Lincoln in Ford Theater, America's first black president would be attending [...]Read more about Lincoln, Whitman, 16.4
Andy's 15 Minutes
Q Puzzle Across 1 "East of Eden" director Kazan 5 Moisten with spray 9 Oscar movie for Whoopi Goldberg 14 Dogs do it when they're hot 15 CK One emanation 16 [...]Read more about Andy's 15 Minutes
The Ultimate Guide to Gay Gift Giving
QUEER DUCK Rub-a-dub-dub, there's a tranny in your tub! Conceptualized and produced by 1980s New York art-wear designer Art by Davey, the limited-edition [...]Read more about The Ultimate Guide to Gay Gift Giving
...And the Winner Is...
Q Puzzle Across 1 Start of a song from "South Pacific" 5 Material from Sylvia Beach? 9 Pricks cover them 14 Soon, to Shakespeare 15 Protected, to seamen 16 [...]Read more about ...And the Winner Is...
LaBelle rolls out reunion album
Hear Me Out LaBelle, "Back to Now" Even with modern brush strokes, the feisty soulful triad â Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendrix and Sarah Dash â is more back to [...]Read more about LaBelle rolls out reunion album
M & M
Mariah Carey, 'E=MC2' When Mariah Carey boasts on her 11th album, "E=MC2," "Them other irregularities, they can't compete with M.C.," it's hard to fault her â [...]Read more about M & M
Tail Twister
Q Puzzle Across 1 Gay horror writer Perry 6 Release from bondage 11 Be in the hole 14 Writer Wystan Hugh 15 Lincoln Center's Walter ___ Theater 16 Brown's " [...]Read more about Tail Twister
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Shankman Sails with "Sinbad" From big screen confections like "Hairspray" to the subversive online delight "Prop. 8: The Musical," gay [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Michigan World AIDS Day Activities
ANN ARBOR: All day Dec. 7: Dine Out Ann Arbor, over 100 restaurants donate to MAPP all day. Contact Craig Covey, Midwest AIDS Prevention Project, (248) [...]Read more about Michigan World AIDS Day Activities
Folkies offer fresh batches of tunes, while Patti LaBelle adds little life to standards
No one said it'd be easy, but give Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" a quick break. And imagine a country Christmas with folkie Mindy Smith's [...]Read more about Folkies offer fresh batches of tunes, while Patti LaBelle adds little life to standards
