Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) He'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too. Especially if your dog is gay, an activist judge or, Heaven forbid, both. Things are going so well for Republicans right [...]

"The Republicans are increasingly willing to use innuendo to imply that being single -- wink, wink -- makes you unsuitable for public office." - Del. Adam Ebbin (D-Arlington), Virginia's only openly gay legislator, as quoted [...]

DETROIT - On Friday, Nov. 4, the Wayne State University Center for the Study of Citizenship will present a conference on Gender and Corporate Citizenship from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Spencer M. [...]

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 Jason Victor Serinus HOUSTON - Eleven months after a Methodist court voted 7-6 to withdraw her ministerial credentials, Rev. Irene Elizabeth "Beth" Stroud, 35-year old associate pastor of Philadelphia's First United Methodist Church of [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman SOUTHFIELD - On Nov. 1, state Representative Paul Condino (D-Southfield) celebrated the beginning of National Adoption Awareness Month by introducing a bill to protect children by allowing second parent adoption in [...]

KALAMAZOO - Urvashi Vaid is thrilled and a little surprised to find that her long career in LGBT activism has led her to Kalamazoo. Small in stature but huge in heart, Vaid said she's intent [...]

ANN ARBOR - Former BTL assistant editor Tim Retzloff, now an undergraduate student in the History Honors Program at the University of Michigan, is one of two students to be awarded the 2005 Joan Heller-Diane [...]

by Jason Victor Serinus Beth Stroud was initially charged with violating Paragraph 304.3 of the UMC's 2000 Book of Discipline, which says: "Since the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching, self-avowed practicing homosexuals [...]

LANSING - On Monday, Oct. 31 the Michigan Court of Appeals granted Attorney General Mike Cox's request to delay a lower court's decision on the legality of domestic partner benefits offered by public employers until [...]

DETROIT - By now most of gay Metro Detroit is familiar with Jeannine Gramick. A soft spoken nun with steely reserve, the January showing of the documentary that chronicles her struggle to find justice for [...]

By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON - The Metropolitan Community Churches installed Rev. Nancy L. Wilson as Moderator on Oct. 29 in a ceremony that blended pomp with the down home feeling of community. The event drew [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman PONTIAC - On Oct. 19, in separate incidents, two gay men and two transgender women were assaulted in Pontiac. "We are horrified," said Rachel Crandall, executive director of TransGender Michigan. "We [...]

By The Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS - A judge imposed a life prison sentence on a 65-year-old Michigan truck driver who drugged, kidnapped, tortured and sexually assaulted two young men, killing one of them. James [...]

WASHINGTON - Less than a week after his first pick for the Supreme Court was drummed out of the running by conservative protests, Bush has nominated a far-right conservative to the bench. LGBT advocacy groups [...]

By The Associated Press NEW YORK - Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes is opening up about being a lesbian, telling a magazine that she's "tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I [...]

Politics National Stonewall Dems launch Black Caucus WASHINGTON - On Oct. 20 the National Stonewall Democrats announced the creation of the Stonewall Democrats Black Caucus. The caucus will work to increase the participation of Black [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DETROIT - On Oct. 28 Wellness House of Michigan announced that it would be closing its doors and ceasing services effective Dec. 1. The closing will affect Detroit residents living with [...]

OAK PARK - Phyllis Wyrick, 63, died Oct. 13 after a long fight with Alzheimer's disease. Wyrick was a highly respected health administrator who had served as executive director of YWCAs in Houston, St. Louis [...]