Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Lawmaker plans equal marriage bill MONTPELIER, Vt. - A Burlington lawmaker introduced a bill to expand marriage to same-sex couples. Same-sex Vermont couples currently are able to enter into civil [...]

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) "Fruity" is in the eye of the beholder, to riff on a famous proverb. This week gay groups are buzzing about a comment made by notoriously anti-gay Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) [...]

"No child in Michigan should have to be the victim of a schoolyard bully, and no child should have their learning disrupted by a child who's unruly. That is why, tonight, I am urging this [...]

By BTL Staff FERNDALE - With less than two years of public fundraising, Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center has successfully reached and surpassed its $5.3 million capital and endowment goal to build a new [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman WASHINGTON - Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. became the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice on Jan. 31, confirmed with one of the most partisan victories in modern history after a fierce battle [...]

FERNDALE - Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center will step into the New Age on March 11. That day, the LGBT community center plans to host its first Mind-Body-Spirit Fair, complete with Yogis, aroma-and-massage therapists, [...]

LANSING - Calling all queer, LGBT and allied artists, graphic designers and otherwise creative individuals! Michigan Pride is seeking help to create the look and feel of the 2006 statewide events at the state Capitol [...]

By The Associated Press ATLANTA, Jan. 21 - Churches have an obligation to help end the "poisoned atmosphere" surrounding the acceptance of gay men and lesbians, the Rev. Al Sharpton said at a weekend summit [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman ANN ARBOR - The Coalition for Adoption Rights Equality has hired Penny Gardner, former program director for Michigan Equality, as its community organizer. Gardner has been hired to mobilize constituents in [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman YPSILANTI - According to the Jan. 23 edition of the Eastern Echo, the Student Affairs Committee of the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents has approved a position paper urging that [...]

Esera Tuaolo struck fear into the hearts of every opposing National Football League quarterback. As one of the best defensive nose tackles in the NFL, it was his job to attack the quarterbacks, and he [...]

by The Associated Press SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. - A former John Brown University student said he was expelled from the school where his parents work after the administration raised questions about his homosexuality and imposed [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman ATLANTA - Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died. She was 78. [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - A special election will be held on March 14 to fill the vacant state Senate seat that was created when pro-equality candidate Virg Bernero won his race for Mayor [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - On Jan. 25, state Representative Glenn Anderson introduced a bill that, if adopted, will make Michigan schools safer for all of the children who attend them. "Matt's Safe School [...]

BY SHARON GITTLEMAN DETROIT - If thoughts of your partner sprawled in a lounge chair screaming advice to football players on TV, beer can in hand, has frazzled your nerves this week, the Triangle Foundation [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Justice Three sentenced in Araujo murder HAYWARD, Calif. - Michael Magidson, 25, and Jose Merel, 26, were sentenced to the mandatory terms of 15 years-to-life for second-degree murder on Jan. [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman WARREN - On Jan. 23, the Detroit News reported that a gay couple has been refused family membership by the Warren Community Center. Mark Jeason and his partner, Martin Murdick, have [...]