Between the Lines (Livonia)

1 month ago | pridesource.com | Jamie Valentino

I was once putting my new sex playlist to the test when my hookup paused to point out that it was exclusively Kim Petras. I clarified that it was Kim Petras' 2022 "Slut Pop" album, which, looking back, might have been excessive to let repeat three times. But again, I was preoccupied, which is beside the point. "I didn't know she made so much sex music," the guy said. In reality, it was an album celebrating sex, which is why I chose it. But she made a spectrum of pop.

2 months ago | pridesource.com

More than 900 attendees joined a virtual town hall Feb. 5 to learn how recent presidential executive orders and Michigan legislative moves could impact the

Nov 25, 2024 | pridesource.com | George Elkind

For queer audiences, the rich symbology of cars and road films - along with their enduring outsider associations - has made them tantalizing objects to re-interpret through a queer lens. Evoking ideas of mobility, rebellion and self-determination, road movies have always resonated with broader notions of camaraderie, romance and escape. When queered, these symbols and stories echo in ways that cast old narratives into new frames.

Nov 25, 2024 | pridesource.com | George Elkind

When Tom E. Brown was just 18, he was told his days were numbered. Over the phone, in a conversation as abrupt as it was devastating, his doctor informed him that he had been diagnosed with AIDS. Based on the test results, he was given a grim prognosis: a life expectancy of just three weeks to three months. That was 40 years ago.

Oct 20, 2024 | pridesource.com | Jamie Valentino

Jamie ValentinoI didn't make my first Black friend until eighth grade - a girl named Danisha Melendez, who sat in front of me in Language Arts. We constantly cracked each other up with inside jokes, often with me borrowing her slang and culture, if not outright imitating it. "It's because I'm Black!" she'd quip when she failed an exam or was told to quiet down when we were both laughing.