By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman GRAND RAPIDS - The northern tier of the Caravan of the Campaign to End AIDS will hit Michigan on Oct. 30 with a stop in Grand Rapids. Further stops are planned [...]

SOUTHFIELD - On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan will present a panel discussion titled "War on Equality: Affirmative Action Ballot Initiative" at the Southfield Public Library. The Michigan Civil Rights [...]

Oct. 26 is the date of the second Intersex Awareness Day, a time to increase public education and awareness of intersex issues. Intersex refers to a series of medical conditions in which a child's genetic [...]

DETROIT — One of the most recognized and respected advocates for gay inclusion in the Roman Catholic Church will be coming to the University of Detroit Mercy on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Together, [...]

By BTL Staff FERNDALE - With guest of honor Governor Jennifer Granholm on hand for the festivities, Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center will break ground for its new center at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, [...]

FERNDALE - The Midwest AIDS Prevention Project will provide a program for people living with HIV on Thursday, Oct. 27 at Como's restaurant in downtown Ferndale. Funded by a grant from Roche Laboratories, the program [...]

Lou Sheldon Sometimes listening to right-wingers blow smoke would actually be funny if there weren't people who actually believe the stuff they say. Take a recent exchange between Lou Sheldon, the chairman and founder of [...]

By Cornelius A. Fortune DEARBORN HEIGHTS - A proposed community and cultural relations commission ordinance that included sexual orientation and gender identity was passed Oct. 11 during a Dearborn Heights City Council meeting. The ordinance [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - On Oct. 12, Michigan's Attorney General made yet another failed attempt to take health insurance and other benefits away from families, including families with children, headed by same-sex couples [...]

DETROIT - Freman Hendrix is campaigning hard to become the next Mayor of Detroit. He currently has a double-digit lead in the polls over incumbent Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, but as the Nov. 2 election gets [...]

By Bob Roehr WASHINGON - Leaders of the black LGBT community were shocked and dismayed at the rollercoaster of reconciliation and inclusion, then the last minute rejection of their participation in the Millions More Movement [...]

By Tom Fleischmann GRAND RAPIDS - Halfway through the afternoon gathering in honor of National Coming Out Day, students in charge of Out N' About had already ran out of rainbow ribbons to give away. [...]

By Sara Holwerda ANN ARBOR - This past Sunday was the second annual parenting conference of the Lesbian Moms' Network of Washtenaw County for LGBT families. The conference kicked off with keynote speaker Tamara Kolton's [...]

BY JAN STEVENSON DETROIT - Triangle Pride PAC has endorsed no candidate for Detroit mayor. According to Sean Kosofsky, Triangle Pride PAC endorsement committee member, neither Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick or contender Freman Hendrix have returned [...]

"The experience of going through this, of cleaning out my life - the chemo is like a plunger for your body and your soul. I just took that approach to everything. It's like, 'For heaven's [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Family Rights Gay man can't sue despite legal union NEW YORK - A New York appeals court has ruled that a same-sex partner can't sue a Manhattan hospital for malpractice [...]