The Ku Klux Klan Of all the hate groups in this country none is as well recognized, or as uniformly accessorized, as the Ku Klux Klan. Thankfully the Klan has been diminishing in power and [...]

"Who is it hurting? You know, my grandmother used to say who is it hurting? So, I ask you, Larry, if you have two adults and they happen to both be of the same sex [...]

DEARBORN - The ACLU of Michigan will hold its annual fundraising and awards dinner at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, 600 Town Center Drive in Dearborn on Saturday, Nov. 19. The honorees for 2005 are former [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DEARBORN HEIGHTS - The Midland-based American Family Association, a leading anti-gay industry organization, is planning to start a ballot proposal to repeal pro-LGBT rights protections passed by Dearborn Heights City Council [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman As reported in the Oct. 20 edition of Between The Lines, the Caravan of the Campaign to End AIDS will be traveling across the state of Michigan from Oct. 30 [...]

LANSING - This fall, students at Lansing Community College are sending the message that Gay is fine by them. On Monday, Oct. 31, student organizers will sell T-shirts that read, "gay? fine by me" to [...]

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters will go to the polls to elect candidates to positions ranging from mayor to school board. Candidates elected to all of these positions impact the way that LGBT citizens and [...]

By The Associated Press FERNDALE -- Melissa Etheridge says she smoked medicinal marijuana to help with the side effects of chemotherapy during her treatment for breast cancer. The 44-year-old singer, who was diagnosed over a [...]

FERNDALE - After four years of meetings, fundraisers, consultations with architects and building inspectors, governmental red tape and gallons of coffee, the Building Committee at Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center finally got a chance [...]

ANN ARBOR - The Westboro Baptist church, comprised mainly of family members of the virulently anti-gay Fred Phelps, has announced plans to picket the Nov. 18 showing of "The Laramie Project" on Nov. 19 in [...]

DETROIT - Pat and Wally Kutteles are not on a mission to canonize their late son. "He had his moments like any kid," said Pat, who with her husband spoke to Between The Lines before [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman PORT HURON - On Oct. 20, the executive board of Blue Water Pride sent out an email saying that, due to inactivity, the organization would be going on inactive status. According [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Wine Cellar event began with a great idea. According to Jimena Loveluck, executive director of the HIV/AIDS Resource Center in Ypsilanti, in 2004 HARC Board [...]

By The Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas cannot punish illegal underage sex more severely if it involves homosexual conduct, the state's highest court ruled unanimously Oct. 21 in a case watched by national groups [...]

DETROIT - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is in a tough reelection campaign against challenger Freman Hendrix. Although the polls show Hendrix with a strong lead going into the final week of the campaign, most experts [...]

By The Associated Press DETROIT -- Nearly 50 years ago, Rosa Parks made a simple decision that sparked a revolution. When a white man demanded she give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, [...]

By Tom Fleischmann SAGINAW - "The sacred institution of marriage," claimed George W Bush in May, 2004, "should not be redefined by a few activist judges." And he's hardly the first politician or pundit to [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DETROIT - Soulforce, a faith-based organization that uses non-violent direct action to promote recognition of the human rights of LGBTs, has called for a week of prayer and vigil leading up [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics Report finds anti-gay bias in Maine PORTLAND, Maine - A study released Oct. 20 in advance of next month's gay rights referendum concluded that discrimination against LGBT individuals is [...]