Supergay Detroit

Centaur Style!

2012-01-09T16:31:00.001-05:00

For our first Doggy Style of 2012 we're going on a little road trip! And by little I mean very little ... Doggy Style is moving up Park Avenue for one extra fancy night at Centaur! So everyone come out for a whole new audio/visual/homosexual experience tomorrow night! Why the switch-up? Well, I have been friends with Centaur owner Sean Harrington for what seems like forever. It has to be

Shaping Up Detroit

2012-01-06T14:38:00.000-05:00

One of things that has been on my to-do list with this blog (which I’m sure you can imagine is pretty long at this point) is to write about gay and lesbian business owners in Detroit. In the first piece I wrote for Model D back in 2007 I talked about some of the gay-owned businesses in the city, and what great ones they are. But where do we stand four years

"Kramer" vs Kramer

2011-11-22T19:27:00.001-05:00

As you are probably aware, Huffington Post has started a Detroit section, featuring opinion pieces from every variety of Detroiter, and because we are ultimately a small town it has of course become a little bit of a shitstorm already. Toby Barlow wrote a piece called "Detroit," Meet Detroit which was a strong argument for the idea that as much as people from the 'burbs want to say they are

Sit. Stay. Roll Over.

2011-11-21T16:31:00.001-05:00

Hey! It's a holiday week for Doggy Style, and that always means extra fun. Especially if you have Wednesday off! Doggy Style is off to a great start for its fifth season, but maybe you haven't been yet. "What can I expect?" you may be wondering. Well here's the deal: there is an awesome (if I do say so myself) mix of videos from the sixties to now, with a bit of an emphasis on the

No Stars

2011-11-16T00:47:00.001-05:00

Man, I love a Doggy Style night, especially when it follows an Open City. Open City, if you are not familiar, is a kind of grassroots small business incubator/support group/networking opportunity that's been going on for several years. It's a good resource if you are thinking about embarking on your own independent retail adventure in Detroit. Tonight's topic was "Localism" - ways to support

Late Night

2011-11-15T01:13:00.001-05:00

Once upon a time, this would have been prime blogging time for me. 1:30am, after a night out with my favorite Detroit people. Lots of discussions about things on the horizon, and challenges that need meeting. Maybe not a typical Monday night, but a typical something night. Instead, life has just been weird. I think about all the changes I've been though in the past year and a half - trying

Strap On Your Girdle ...

2011-11-07T13:34:00.001-05:00

It's back! Starting tomorrow night. See you there!

Doggy Style Is Back

2011-10-31T01:19:00.000-04:00

Yo guess what? It's time to start up Doggy Style again. Yep, now that the blight of baseball crowds is gone we can return to our own weekly takeover of the Park Bar for downtown's only and therefore by default best gay night! The fifth season kicks off next Tuesday, November 8, around 9 o'clock. Come and enjoy the music, videos and camaraderie that has given gay doggy style a whole new

Out on the Town

2011-10-19T12:51:00.001-04:00

There are a couple events in the SE Michigan LGBT community that really should be on your "don't miss" list. Motor City Pride is a big one, of course, and fortunately you get the rest of the summer off because if you are involved with it in any way you will be exhausted. Another big one is coming up though, Michigan Equality's State Equality Dinner. This annual dinner has been going on for

Transforming Spaces, Transforming Places

2011-10-10T15:37:00.000-04:00

[This is a blog post I wrote for my store Hugh, which I've written about briefly on here before. Hugh is currently a semi-finalist in the Hatch Detroit competition, which will ultimately award a $50,000 prize to the business with the most votes. I don't usually mix the business of Supergay Detroit with the business of Joe Posch, but it's all becoming a blurred line anyway, so I'd really

Their Voices

2011-09-21T21:50:00.001-04:00

If you recall, last year I wrote about a benefit for the Ruth Ellis Center called Kaleidoscope. And then, I went to it. And then? I meant to write about it but never got around to it. That’s a refrain you should be familiar with by now. In the interim, I have gotten to know the Ruth Ellis Center quite a bit better than before, in part through my friendship with their outstanding executive

Some Video Fierceness

2011-08-16T13:49:00.001-04:00

The following video was emailed to me from its mysterious producer, Inspire Inspiration, and it has some GREAT video footage from this year's Hotter Than July. Check it out and see why next year, you'll be at HTJ! Skip to about the 30 second mark to get to the action!

Raised Voices, Raised Awareness

2011-08-02T11:03:00.003-04:00

Continuing in the vein of highlighting Detroit's LGBT community, there's another video making its debut this week. This one is a partnership between Model D Media and The HOPE Fund. Read more about it here. This video highlights the growth of leadership in the gay communities of color in Detroit - KICK, which serves Detroit's African-American community; Detroit Latin@z, which serves the Latino

A Video is Worth a Million Words

2011-08-01T12:27:00.001-04:00

As Motor City Pride approached this year, I got a call from Toby Barlow - friend, former neighbor, and chief creative officer at Team Detroit. He'd been watching what was going on with Pride moving downtown this year, the Pride Project and the way that the gay (and straight!) community in Detroit was so energized by all of this. He said (I paraphrase), 'Hey, I want to do something to help show

Connecting Dots

2011-07-06T23:07:00.006-04:00

This post is a bit of a departure from all the (uppercase) Gay Pride lately, but I need a diversion and, frankly, my reader could probably use one too. As you may know, I enjoy the thrill of the vintage hunt, and late last winter I started picking up coffee mugs that had a distinctly 70s or 80s feel to them. It seems random but don't forget - I had a huge tiki mug collection for like 15 years

The Sweetest Hangover

2011-06-20T00:36:00.003-04:00

I'm a bit late in reporting back, but Motor City Pride in Hart Plaza was amazing. And if you've ever been to ANY Pride before, you know walking away saying it was anything better than "fine" is unusual. But it really was. I was so ... proud. Organizers estimate 44,000 people attended over the two days, which is incredible. Between the Lines did a nice writeup of the event, so instead of

The Hart of Pride

2011-06-05T13:04:00.003-04:00

Downtown Roundup for Pride

2011-06-03T15:20:00.003-04:00

Motor City Pride weekend is here! I was talking to a bunch of friends last night and everyone is so excited - it's like we live in a different city. Last year I was in San Francisco for their Pride, and while I readily admit the level of planning and number of festivities was much greater there, the anticipation for the event in Detroit this year seems about on par with that. And if that's not

Doggy Style Pride

2011-05-30T23:41:00.005-04:00

Motor City Pride is right around the corner! It's hard to believe it's almost here - almost as hard to believe as the fact I'm actually excited about it. Of course it is kind of a big deal: Pride moving downtown, expanding to two days, and upgrading in just about every way. It's like the most idealistic dreams of a very annoyed me four years ago come true. Being as excited as I have been, I've

The Pride Project

2011-05-06T11:23:00.016-04:00

For me, one of the most frustrating things to come out of the discussion about Motor City Pride moving to Hart Plaza from Ferndale was this leitmotif that Detroit is not as gay-friendly as Ferndale. It's been mentioned in comments on Facebook (although the Motor City Pride page is pretty aggressive about removing excessively negative comments, a policy I have mixed feelings about) and covered in

Downtown Pride

2011-04-14T16:39:00.006-04:00

You may have heard: Motor City Pride is moving this year, from its long-time location in downtown Ferndale to Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit. It’s a huge upgrade and it means a big increase in visibility for the GLBT community, room for significant growth of the festival and a fantastic venue for the variety of events and activities Pride entails. Naturally,

Change of Season

2011-04-05T12:00:00.001-04:00

As winter's last gasp keeps us bundled up for a just a few days more, it's reassuring to know that soon spring will be firmly rooted and we can finally ditch our Season Affective Disorder for another year. With this great news comes some bad though. The home baseball season starts this Friday, and that means we've come to the end of another season of Tuesday Nights Doggy Style at the Park Bar!

Mies You Much

2011-03-18T00:23:00.009-04:00

Being without a permanent address currently, I've taken to waxing nostalgic about my last apartment in the Mies van der Rohe-designed Lafayette Towers. I had a lot of love for that place, it is probably the most amazing place I've ever lived. So why move out? The once-in-an-adulthood chance to take the summer off and travel was a big part of it, to be sure, but I considered leaving even

Supergay Home Movies, Part 2

2011-03-17T11:00:00.000-04:00

It's been a while since I posted a home video of Supergay as a little faglet, preparing for the world stage. I came across another one from the vaults so I thought I'd share it with you. If you are wondering how a 41-year old man was only 11 when Mariah Carey was debuting her vocal histrionics to the world, don't stress your beautiful mind. Supergay is like Billie Jean. She's everywhere.

Palate Cleanser

2011-02-17T11:56:00.001-05:00

The past week has been invigorating but I'm ready to get away from serious discussions for a bit. In that vein, let's watch a video that I always revisit whenever I need to remember that this is all supposed to be fun. Maybe the RoboCop discussion is a good example of why we need a bigger gay community in this city! And that should get us through until next week, when I have another post about