http://www.pridesource.com Your Michigan LGBT Directory and News Source en Copyright 2009, Pride Source Media Group 19 May 2013 18:19 EST 19 May 2013 18:19 EST webmaster@pridesource.com webmaster@pridesource.com http://www.pridesource.com/img/logo.gif http://pridesource.com http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60228 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S1M1_LansingLong_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>A coordinated campaign to pass nondiscrimination ordinances in three greater Lansing townships could result in expansion of protections for over 100,000 people who would be protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Watch exclusive video interviews on the article page. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60228 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60229 Alberto Jimenez, a 33-year-old openly gay Saginaw Latino, never planned to be an equality activist, but now everyone thinks otherwise. He created an "Equality" float with LGBT and Mexican symbols for Saginaw's 34th Cinco de Mayo Parade May 4. While he made parade floats for his family in the past, the equality float was different. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60229 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60230 In the fight for LGBT equality, swaying public opinion is essential. While large scale campaigns and educational programs are important, research shows that most changing of hearts and minds happens one-on-one, when individuals have meaningful interaction with a person in the minority group in question. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60230 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60231 Social Security is the safety net that helps the elderly, the disabled and children of parents facing these struggles remain protected against the devastation of poverty. But for thousands of LGBT Americans, the system simply does not work. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60231 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60232 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S1M5_CommonLanguageSale_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Friends of Common Language Bookstore will hold the Third Book-A-Palooza Used book sale to benefit the bookstore. The fundraiser will take place beginning Friday, May 17 and run through Sunday, May 19, at 317 Braun Court in front of the bookstore, next to the aut BAR. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60232 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60233 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S1M6_CoulterRun_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Ferndale Mayor Dave Coulter hopes to "keep Ferndale moving forward" as he prepares to run for election in November. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60233 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60234 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S1M7_SchauerGov_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Former U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer of Michigan will seek the Democratic nomination for governor, a source close to him confirmed Tuesday. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60234 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60155 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S2_JinkxMonsoon_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>During the final leg of the fifth season of reality competition "RuPaul's Drag Race," the queens were neck and neck. Pageant girl Roxxy Andrews served body-ody-ody for days. Alaska proved she was too big to sit in anyone's spooky shadow. And Seattle's premier narcoleptic Jewish drag queen Jinkx Monsoon flooded out the competion with every drop of her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60155 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60153 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S2_BHAM_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Birmingham's Robert Kidd Gallery will host artwork by Otto Duecker, Stephen Duren, Andrew Krieger, and Dennis Wojtkiewicz in "Come on Ouevre." http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60153 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59891 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2117/liberace.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/> http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59891 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60138 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2119/natcc.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>In our recent chat, Maines revealed why she went rock (country "seemed so fake"), how being disowned - and her new short hair - made her feel closer to the gay community and whether now, a decade after her Bush outburst, she's ready to make nice. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60138 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59908 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2118/S2_Jillian_2118.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Since she first appeared on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" in 2004, Jillian Michaels has earned a reputation as a tough - and even intimidating - trainer. But for Michaels, who stops May 9 at the Fox Theatre during her Maximize Your Life Tour, that attitude isn't over the top. It's necessary. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59908 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59691 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2116/amyweb.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>During her first gay press interview, and for an entire hour, the Grammy winner reflected - with her usual sincerity and thoughtfulness - on her loyal gay fan base, how she reconciles Christianity and homosexuality, her "compassion" for gay marriage and the unforgettable dinner she shared with out ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59691 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60157 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S2_SQ_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Playing down the divadom, Barbra Streisand masticates a mammoth steak and wears mom jeans for her first leading-actress role since 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces." http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60157 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59566 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2116/S2_SQ_2116_main.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Boasting of its eight Academy Award nominations, three Golden Globe wins and "perfect" picture and sound, the "Les Miserables" Blu-ray - all right, you got me with that velvet-soft slipcase, Universal - is as showy as director Tom Hooper's stuffy, up-the-nose shots of his live "singers." http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59566 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59300 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2114/S2_SQ_2114-1.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>A hypnotic fever dream of wildly intoxicating weirdness, the twisted premise of director Leos Carax's cinematically self-aware "Holy Motors" might add up to something, or it might not. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59300 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=58898 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2110/ozonline.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Somewhere over the rainbow exists fantastical fairies, diva witches and flying monkeys (oh my!), but friends of Dorothy will have to do without the optimistic dreamer and her dog. Neither follow Sam Raimi's yellow-brick road in this sort-of prequel, based on L. Frank Baum's iconic books, to the great landmark classic "The Wizard of Oz." http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=58898 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=58798 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2110/S2_SQ_2110_main.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>For its first time on Blu-ray, the big mama of musicals, Bob Fosse's stylish romp "Cabaret," gets a vibrant restoration that's as lively as Liza's beaming cat eyes. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=58798 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=58541 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2108/S2_SQ_2108_main.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/> http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=58541 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60225 The newspaper O Globo reported May 14 that members of the National Council of Justice that oversees Brazil's judicial system ruled 14-1 in support of nuptials for gays and lesbians. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60225 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60226 About 500 people have marched through the Cuban capital to the rhythm of conga drums in an early celebration of the international day against homophobia. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60226 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59825 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59825 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59791 The consortium, which includes international networks from Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, will work to coordinate the efforts of thousands of human rights groups and HIV service providers around the world. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59791 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59687 France is set to become the latest nation to legalize same-sex marriage Tuesday, despite vocal opposition from conservatives, when legislation goes before lawmakers in the lower house for a final vote. The bill, which would also give same-sex couples the right to adopt, was approved in the Senate earlier this month. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59687 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59670 SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) - The competitive spirit between Australia and New Zealand rarely dims, but New Zealand has sprinted ahead of its trans-Tasman rival to become the first country in the Asia Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage.The move has left Australia's gay community feeling behind in terms of gay rights.The New Zealand Parliament passed legislation with a convincing 77 to 44 vote amending the Marriage Act to permit gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and intersex couples to marry. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59670 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60236 California education officials took the first step this week toward complying with a law that requires public schools to include prominent gay people and gay rights' milestones in the curriculum, adopting a set of classroom material guidelines that prohibit "pejorative descriptions" based on sexual orientation and gender identity. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60236 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60237 The HIV vaccine study known as HVTN 505 was shut down on April 25 on the recommendation of an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB). The interim analysis found that that the vaccine did not prevent HIV infection or reduce the viral load of those who became infected. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60237 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60238 Two men were arrested in connection with the beating of two gay men in Manhattan early Friday and police are investigating whether there is a link to an earlier anti-gay attack in the same area on May 5. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60238 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60239 Most Americans are in favor of the Boy Scouts of America lifting its ban on gay scouts and gay leaders within its organization, a new poll shows. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60239 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60142 Minnesota is expected to become the twelfth state to legalize same-sex marriage after the state Senate on Monday voted 37-30 in favor of approving it.Gov. Mark Dayton has said he would sign the bill. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60142 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60139 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2119/Verm.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/> http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60139 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60163 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S2_CC1_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>"Julius Caesar" brought brilliant singing to MOT's first Baroque opera production; "Fidelio's" musicianship and the great Christine Goerke upped the ante. Last night the final hand was dealt, and it was a winner. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60163 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60164 The actors bring their A game, the writers bring their B game; if we were dispensing grades this would work out to a B+ for "Catch Me If You Can," the movie-inspired musical about real-life great impostor Frank Abagnale Jr. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60164 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60165 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S2_CCO2_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>It is the nature of the job that theater critics work odd hours. At Encoremichigan, we also work an arbitrary "year," which ends today. I am experiencing a Zen-like completion, as my Metro Detroit wanderings bring me full circle to where my season began - Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck. But "The Do Over," Margaret Edwartowski's little comedy of love's labor lost, is a polar opposite from Dennis Potter's "Brimstone Treacle." But that's the Ant for you: a black box full of surprises. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60165 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60166 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S2_CCO3_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Few stories on stage have characters that are irredeemably evil. Most drama is about exploring why people do the things they do, building connections and empathy. In "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," that rule is broken in the character of Nurse Ratched who is sadistic, cruel, power-hungry and, yes, evil. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60166 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60167 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S2_CCO4_2120NEW.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>"August: Osage County" is also very long and worth every minute. Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, it demonstrates that sometimes they do make things like they used to. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60167 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60039 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2119/S3_CC1_2119.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Detroit Theatre Ensemble's "Captain Buffalo," which is making its stage premiere at the Michigan Actors Studio, straddles two worlds and expects its audiences to be intimate with both of them. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60039 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60255 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S3CA_ACoupleOfGuys_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/> http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60255 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60133 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2119/S3CA_ACoupleOfGuys_2119.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/> http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60133 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60002 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2118/S3CA_ACoupleOfGuys_2118.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/> http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60002 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59820 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2117/S3CA_ACoupleOfGuys_2117.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/> http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59820 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59561 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2116/S3CA_ACoupleOfGuys_2116.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/> http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59561 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59536 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2115/S3CA_ACoupleOfGuys_2115.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/> http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59536 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60244 The Christian-dominated religious right in America is not exactly known for being BFFs with Jews. I mean, there's that whole "Your people killed Jesus" thing that some people take issue with. And, of course, every religion thinks they have the right answer and everybody else is just kidding themselves, and that's certainly at play when it comes to ChristianJewish playdates. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60244 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60125 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2119/S1O_Creep_2119.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>A few weeks ago if someone had asked you if you knew Jason Collins, you likely would have said no. That is, unless you were a big fan of the Washington Wizards (which I doubt). But today, it seems like Jason Collins is the only professional basketball player in the world. His name and face are everywhere. Because he's gay. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60125 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59994 Which leads to the question: how big of an asshole do you have to be to run to the school with an obituary of a teacher's mother in order to get her fired? Answer: not as big of an asshole as the administrators who actually fired her, but still, pretty big. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59994 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59810 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2117/S1O_CREEP_2117.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy who is not having gay sex. At least this seems to be the line of reasoning the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins is using to both cheer the failure of gun control legislation in the United States Senate, and to blame the Boston Marathon bombing on anything related to sex and family that Perkins does not personally approve of. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59810 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59659 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2116/S1O_CREEP_inside_2116.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>You know how sometimes you haven't heard from somebody in a while and you just kind of assume that they've crawled under a rock and disappeared from public life for the good of humanity? Well, someone's gone and unearthed Alan Keyes, former presidential candidate and current nutcase, and put a microphone in front of his face because apparently this world just doesn't have enough crazy in it. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59659 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59528 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2115/S1O_CREEP_2115.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>There are few topics that raise the collective temperatures of Americans on all sides as much as gun control and gay marriage. At first blush, it seems like the two debates are separate without much to connect them. I mean, shooting people and marrying people are pretty different things. So it would take a real master of rhetoric to combine the two in one astounding argument. Ladies and gentlemen, meet United States Congressman Louie Gohmert http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59528 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60247 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S1O_PartingGlances.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>It's one of our crazy, straight cultural givens that a high pitched "s" sound is associated with being gay. It's the lisp that goes with the limp wrist. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60247 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60128 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2119/S1O_PartingGlances.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>I will in three days, as this Parting Glances again makes its weekly welcome appearance - number 650 in a long, long series of fascinating, and occasionally improbable, columns - turn 77. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60128 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59997 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2118/S1O_PG_2117.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>I can be contentedly thinking of a dozen inconsequential things - Major League baseball scores, movie star divorce trivia, Rebiblican obtuseness - but let me get a city block from my art studio, and suddenly I have to, oh, darn it, pee. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59997 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59813 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2117/S1O_PG_2117.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>"No garden without a pansy," is this spring's slogan of the American Perennial Association, last week proudly announcing its alliance of over 55,000 blooming horticulturalists and 6,500 hothouse caretakers with millions of LGBT gardeners and floral caregivers worldwide. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59813 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59662 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2116/S1O_PG_Front.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>There are bits and pieces, odds and ends, this, thats, the others, that adhere like crazy glue to my brain pan. Some of these mental bits of flotsam and jetsam are almost as old as I am . . .. . . the pre-'In God We Trust' Pledge to the Allegiance, the Rinso White, Rinso Bright, Happy Little Wash Day Song, the sandbox kindergarten ditty, Stop! Look! and Listen! Before you cross the street, use your eyes, use your ears, and then use your feet . . . http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59662 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59532 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2115/S1O_PG_2115.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>The following items - for reasons happily positive, homophobic negative - recently made their uncharted way to my educational, ecumenical, and sometimes egregious email address. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59532 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60149 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S3_DatingDiet_2116.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Can someone tell me the name of the guy my friend Pete is dating? I want to find him on Facebook, but Pete won't give me any leads. He thinks I'll go blabbing about it in my column. He's like, "I don't want the country knowing what I put in my butt." http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60149 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59557 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2116/S3_DatingDiet_2116.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>I shouldn't talk about my asshole. It's not that amazing. It's pink and whatever but it's not like it's the only one that color. My friends tell me a lot of people dye their assholes to match my shade so I should be silent and thankful. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59557 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59044 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2112/S3_DatingDiet_2112.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>"We need to stop at the Sugar Shop," I tell Greg. Meeting in Vegas for the weekend, we're ready for a night of dancing and debauchery when he reveals that he's been having a hard time nailing his hotel roommate. The two have a hush-hush hookup history, but that was long ago. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=59044 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=58534 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2108/S3_DatingDiet_2108.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>I once had a prominent politician say I was more of a publicity whore than a journalist. I was insulted, taking offense at the superfluous word "publicity" until I found myself drunk in an Irish pub scribbling "Anthony Paull gives good head" on the bathroom wall. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=58534 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=57870 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2103/S3_DatingDiet_2103.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>I started doing away with New Year's resolutions in my 20s when I began to realize that nobody gives a shit what I resolve. Obnoxious Facebook updates have only solidified my stance that people to need get over themselves for eating like pigs and screwing like rabbits. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=57870 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=57376 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2051/S3_DatingDiet_2051.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Please take custody of my furry, four-legged child. I'm an awful parent. For years, I've been trying to convince the world my dog is gay, and I must be stopped. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=57376 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60249 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S1O_AskLambda_2120-strip.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>I was online and reading about people getting prosecuted for having sex because they didn't tell their partner they had HIV. What are the realities behind HIV status disclosure and the law? http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60249 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60250 Minnesota will be the 12th state to join the marriage equality column, and the first Midwestern state to do so legislatively. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60250 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60251 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2120/S1O_Transmissions_2120.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>"Use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics (by hormone therapy, body modification, or surgery) of the opposite sex and present themselves in a way that does not correspond with their sex at birth. If that preference is not expressed, use the pronoun consistent with the way the individuals live publicly." http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60251 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60131 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2119/S1O_VPJenniferShelly_2118.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>My partner Jennifer McKissick and I had hoped to be legally married before we adopted our foster son, little Ty, but we realized that the timing of his adoption was out of our control and getting married involved leaving Michigan. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60131 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60130 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60130 http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60000 <img src='http://www.pridesource.com/btl-db/images/2118/S1O_MichelleBrown_Editable.jpg' style='width:250px'><br/>Since DOMA landed on the steps of the Supreme Court, support for LGBTQ equality seems to be busting out all over. http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=60000