NEWARK - A 16-year-old lesbian was murdered on May 11, 2003. Her name was Sakia Gunn. Mainstream media largely ignored the story. What little clamor that existed about the case has since faded, and as [...]

By Imani Williams LANSING - Community Health Outreach Workers (CHOW) held their annual state HIV/STD outreach worker conference September 11-12 in Lansing. Human service agencies from around the state gathered to discuss and learn more [...]

DETROIT - On September 16 over 30 leaders of the LGBT community gathered to discuss the anti-gay backlash surrounding the marriage issue. Leaders attended from across the state, in person and via teleconferencing, bringing their [...]

Photo caption: Diane Hasty (left) with her partner Christina Gorzenski. Photo courtesy of Christina Gorzenski. Diane Lee Hasty, 59, one of the founding members of Lesbian A-Sisters, passed away at her Pellston, Michigan home August [...]

JACKSON, Mich. - Jackson County Commissioners passed a resolution against same sex marriage by a vote of 7-3 September 15. The resolution, authored by Commissioner Rick Baxter (R-District 5), is similar in tone and scope [...]

DRYDEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners voted 4 to 2, with one absent vote to pass a resolution against same-sex marriage September 18. The resolution is one in a recent string [...]

GLBTQ Liberation! Support Same-Sex Marriage! Saturday, October 4, 2003 1:00 - 4:00 PM Historic Lapeer County Courthouse, Lapeer, Michigan It is time we, the residents of the State of Michigan, stand up for equal rights [...]

FERNDALE - The Centers for Disease Control has renewed a grant to the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project allowing the agency to continue a widespread media campaign geared toward combating HIV/AIDS infections among men who have [...]

AW1 Royal Oak Mayor Bill Urich and his family speak to the crowd just before the walk starts. Photo by Jason Michael. AW2 The Levin Brothers - Senator Carl (D - MI) and Congressman Sander [...]

TRAVERSE CITY - HIV/AIDS Wellness Networks Grand Traverse Area, Inc is closing down Sept. 30 after 16 years of service to the northwestern part of Michigan. Clients of the HIV/AIDS service agency are being referred [...]

By Sharon Gittleman Teen Walkers.tif: Over 250 teenagers from Grosse Pointe North High School participated in Steppin' Out AIDS Walk this weekend, raising over $8,000. Photo by Khristian Speelman. ROYAL OAK - Danielle Dipert said [...]

By Eartha Melzer TRAVERSE CITY - Raymond Chalfont, 21 is undergoing a forensic exam to determine whether he is competent to stand trial for assaulting a gay man with a dangerous weapon. Chalfont is accused [...]

E. Layton Dorey and Timothy R. Gill are pleased to announce that they were married at the Universalist Unitarian Church in Ruthven, Ontario Friday August 1. This legal wedding was followed by a commitment ceremony [...]

Dear BTL, I had an interesting phone call several weeks ago from one of your readers. She thanked me for having the guts to advertise in Between The Lines newspaper. I asked why, because as [...]

The summer of 2003 was a season of extraordinary gains for LGBT rights. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court decriminalized same-sex relations by striking down the Texas sodomy law in Lawrence v. Texas. Ontario took [...]

By Paula Martinac Mainstream news programs and publications love to report on medical scares, which make good copy. Because the stories are ubiquitous, the temptation for some of us is to ignore them. But recently, [...]

After 50 years I can still recall my lock combination for my locker at Harry Burns Hutchins Intermediate School on Detroit's west side. I can also rattle off the 30 names of my Homeroom 223 [...]

Dear BTL, I am cautiously optimistic about the recent success of programs like Bravo's "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". The entertainment industry seems to have taken the lead in advancing the visibility and credibility [...]

The Powers that Be on the Oakland County Commission certainly must be rolling in dough to turn away all the millions of dollars that could be generated from same-sex marriage celebrations. Not only is their [...]

By Imani Williams 'Just because it makes dollars, doesn't mean it makes sense' Its homecoming time already and the 2003-04 school year has started without one Gay Straight Student Alliance (GSA) in place in Detroit [...]

By Pamela Benetti When I decided to write an article about Camp Trans it was impossible to divorce it from discussing the trans-exclusion policy of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, which Camp Trans formed to [...]

By John Sonego Director of Communications Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Within days of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's" premiere, every straight person I know rushed to tell me how much they [...]

AA Eliane Elias.jpg: Fontana Chamber Arts will host Grammy-nominated jazz artist Eliane Elias for a two-day residency and public concert Oct. 8 and 9. Photo courtesy of FCA. $27,000 grant boosts Fontana Chamber ArtsÕ outreach [...]

The RX Bandits will be at Alvins in Detroit for a 6 p.m. show on September 24 in Detroit. The Distillers will be at the Shelter in Detroit for a 6:30 p.m. show on September [...]

Review: 'Triple Espresso' Comedy at Gem Theater delights audiences of all ages There's something downright familiar about "Triple Espresso," I kept thinking to myself as I chuckled and guffawed throughout the opening minutes of the [...]

By John Quinn {HEADER Review: ÔTenÕ Ten Years at The Second City - Detroit} I like my coffee. When coffee is fresh out of the pot, hot and aromatic, itÕs a treat for the senses [...]

TE StreetCar.tif: Although Blanche DuBois overstays her visit with sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley, the Farmington Players is glad to have ÒA Streetcar Named DesireÓ as the opening show of its new season. Photo by [...]

AvaRodgersApollo.jpg pic available Ava Rodgers always knew she had a song in her heart. But it took her years to find the courage to put one on her lips. You see, after high school, when [...]

Gay marriage scrapes by in Canada Canada's House of Commons narrowly approved of same-sex marriage Sept. 16 in a nonbinding test vote engineered by conservatives who wanted to gauge opposition to the concept.MPs voted 137 [...]

By Rex Wockner HRC Communications Director David Smith. Photo by Rex Wockner. NGLTF Executive Director Matt Foreman. Photo by Rex Wockner. The so-called "backlash" to the so-called "Summer of Gay" may not reach its zenith [...]