KALAMAZOO — The city of Kalamazoo’s new ordinance providing discrimination protections to gays, lesbians and transgender individuals is now suspended after Kalamazoo City Clerk Scott Borling certified petitions opposing the new law today. The Kalamazoo City Commission must decide Monday night...

GLADWIN, MICH — An Oklahoma man has been charged with raping a 2-year-old Michigan girl. Twenty-seven-year-old Trent Perault Jr. of Duncan, Okla. was arraigned Monday in Gladwin County District Court on charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree child abuse. Perault faces...

Awwwwwwww Yeah! Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net How to Practice Proper Cell Phone Etiquette How to Practice Proper Cell Phone Etiquette New Developments This past week was absolutely crazy! With West Michigan PRIDE in full swing, work was a blur of people, faces, smiles, and good-natured slaps...

Side Note: Today’s Game Okay, so today’s game took me a minute. I was honestly confused a bit *lol* Basically, there are a certain number of little grey pads that you have to get to and activate. However, choose your route carefully, because some areas are a little more difficult to get...

Gail Collins: David, can we talk hot-button social issues for a second? I know this is not really an area where you fly the conservative colors, but you’re the go-to guy on how America lives, and I’d like to hear your thoughts even if we can’t work up a fight. If you think of abortion, gay rights...

Growing up, I wasn’t necessarily taught to be ashamed of my body, but I definitely wasn’t encouraged to celebrate it. In fact, I would venture to say the idea of “celebrating” my body and embracing myself as a woman did not become a reality for me until college. Indeed, my first...

Lesbian Parents In the new Canadian film The Baby Formula, opening later this week, two lesbians become pregnant using sperm derived from each other’s stem cells. The premise of the mockumentary may be fictional, but with the speed at which stem cell research is evolving, could same-sex human reproduction...

Life Changes So, I am now officially married and accounted for! How exciting! The honeymoon this past week in Key West was absolutely amazing! You can, of course, expect pics and other updates soon. Upon our return, I immediately dove headfirst into catching up on the latest news and happenings. A...

WASHINGTON — D.C.’s Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Monday that a referendum on a D.C. Council decision to recognize gay marriages performed in other states is not allowed. The elections board highlighted this section of D.C.’s Human Rights Act: “It shall be an unlawful discriminatory...

Mississippi Queen is a new documentary film that investigates one family’s struggle with “ex-gay” ministries and the reality of being gay. The film, created by Paige Williams, involves a woman, her partner, and their son living a happy life in spite of her parents’ creation of...