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Coming to terms with being gender queer
Rachel Crandall once thought suicide was her only way out.
“I wanted to be normal so much I felt like to be happy I couldn’t be myself,” said Crandall, who most of her life was a male growing up in Southfield.
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Lansing gay community honors its own
In the 1970s, Anne Tracy donated her own books, pamphlets and articles on gay issues to the MSU Library. That was the beginning of what Tracy built into one of the nation’s most diverse special collections of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangender materials.
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Smokers safe at bars, restaurants ... for now
When Tim Barron read about Ingham County’s smoking ban in the workplace, he was upset. And he let the listeners of his morning show on 94.9 FM, WMMQ, hear about it.
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Celebrating Black History Month

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CIVIL LIBERTIES: Henry Silverman
The transgendered - lost in a civil rights limbo

LANSING: John Pollard
Top Lansing officials riding high in pay and cars

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT: Brian McKenna
Grounds for “A Civil Action” in Lansing?

LIVE & LOCAL:
Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding area!

MUSIC:
Ready or not, here comes the Monokulators
MSU’s ‘Reflections on War’ will be different response to 9/11

THEATER:
‘Music Man’ at Wharton lacks heart ... until finale
‘Elsinore Follies’: Great theater in tight space
Civic Players offer screwball comedy with ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’
Bath Theatre keeps quirky theme with ‘Deadly Game’
Prickly ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ is centerpiece of MSU concert
Spotlight will be on student playwrights at Wharton Sunday

VIDEO:
Review: ‘O’

CHOCOLATE:
Chocolate lovers unite! There’s a big party Sunday

ADVICE GODDESS: Amy Alkon
Stop temping as boyfriend, find something real