Brad Snavely Some things are so predictable you can set your watch by them. Your cat will stand on your chest at 6 a.m. and meow for food. Your new car will be attacked by [...]

"It's a father and son story. I tried to write about someone I knew who was coming out and was afraid to tell his father. It's a religious father and son. 'You say love is [...]

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 Bob Roehr WASHINGTON - The Campaign to End AIDS culminated its fall offensive with four days of education and lobbying in Washington, D.C. Nov. 5-8, while affinity groups carried out their own set of [...]

DETROIT - The Michigan chapter of the Human Rights Campaign will honor longtime volunteer Richard Chizmadia with the George M. Fadiga Award at its annual dinner Nov. 12. The Fadiga Award is presented to a [...]

LANSING - In observance of World AIDS Day 2005, the International Day of Action and the Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Health, Wellness & Disease Control are sponsoring a World AIDS Day Celebration, [...]

DEARBORN - Dual love of the arts and teaching have inspired Charles Alexander his entire life. Last week, Alexander, 69, was honored for his contributions to both of his loves at the eighth annual Recognition [...]

FERNDALE - Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center will be the site of a bereavement support group facilitated by Christine Spencer of Gilda's Club. No registration is required; suggested donation $2. The group will meet [...]

FERNDALE - Transgender author and activist Donna Rose will make two appearances in Ferndale in November. Rose, the author of "Wrapped in Blue," has worked with Human Rights Campaign on employment issues and maintains a [...]

FLINT - TransGender Michigan will present "Transgender Monologues" on Saturday, Nov. 19 at Flint's Good Beans Cafe. The show has previously been produced at Michigan State University and was "a big success," according to TransGender [...]

ANN ARBOR - The Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project's third annual "Evening of Recognition and Remembrance" will be held on Friday, Nov. 11 at Kerrytown Market and Shops. This year's event will honor U.S. Congressman John [...]

DETROIT - The Campaign to End AIDS made a stopover in the Motor City last Tuesday as it neared its feverish finish. A month long cross-country journey, 10 separate caravans will converge on Washington, D.C. [...]

By BTL Staff DEARBORN HEIGHTS - As reported by Between The Lines on Oct. 27, the American Family Association of Michigan, a leading anti-gay industry group, is planning to begin a ballot drive to repeal [...]

By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON - "We are mimicking the same old oppressions of the churches we came out of," said Bishop Yvette Flunder. What the LGBT community needs "is not religion as usual, but religion [...]

By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began consideration of the process to approve a home test for HIV at a meeting outside of Washington, DC Nov. 3. The process is [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - The anti-gay Michigan Family Forum didn't waste time coming out against a bill introduced last week by State Representative Paul Condino (D-Southfield) that would allow second parent adoption in [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman ANN ARBOR - They won't be in Kansas anymore, at least not during the weekend of Nov. 19 and 20. That weekend, the virulently anti-gay Fred Phelps and members of his [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - On Sunday, Nov. 13, organizers in two Michigan cities will join groups throughout the country in throwing Retirement Parties for anti-gay Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. The parties are [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Transgender Day of Remembrance was originally organized to honor Rita Hester, whose 1998 murder was the impetus behind the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and a candlelight vigil in 1999. In [...]