Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics Romney will fly to Rome NASHUA, N.H. - Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who recently filed a bill that would allow a Catholic social service agency to deny adoptions to [...]

John Dunleavy Top o' the mornin' to you - unless, of course, you're gay. Once again, New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade was kept free of homosexuals mucking things up with their light-in-the-loafers mincing. [...]

"I guess you'd love for me to say that it was difficult, that I wanted to vomit. But the straight fact is, it was just another person. Now, by no means do I wanna f--k [...]

FERNDALE - Lesbian A-Sisters is a program that assists differently-abled lesbian and bisexual women in Metro Detroit with daily tasks, light home chores, gardening, transportation and errands. The group is looking for additional volunteers to [...]

FERNDALE - On March 1, several Detroit-area activists formed Transgender Detroit to serve the needs of transgender individuals living in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. Michelle Fox-Phillips and Jamie Phillips-Fox are the organization's founders and [...]

DETROIT - The Triangle Foundation has announced the addition of two new staff members. Greg Varnum and Sean Moore have been named as executive assistant and sponsorship coordinator, respectively. Varnum's role as executive assistant will [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - On March 8 the Michigan Women's Commission, a bi-partisan commission within the state's Department of Civil Rights, voted to support Representative Paul Condino's bill that would allow second parent [...]

By Lisa Keen WASHINGTON - President Bush announced last week the creation of a new office within the Department of Homeland Security - this one is charged with making it easier for "faith-based and other [...]

By Imani Williams DETROIT - Following the first HTJ! Community Planning Meeting for 2006 emails containing messages like, "It was nice meeting everyone and I'm excited about being involved," are flowing back and forth on [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman BLOOMFIELD HILLS - The Jewish Gay Network, a two-year-old organization serving Michigan's Jewish LGBTs, has been accepted into the Jewish Community Council. As a member organization, JGN will join JCC's 200-plus [...]

By Sharon Gittleman ROYAL OAK - Jill Polisano hopes to achieve a goal that has eluded her for six years - to be ignored. "The big question I have is how does my being in [...]

By Cornelius A. Fortune DETROIT - A benefit for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force was held March 17 at Detroit's Scarab Club. The benefit honored U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), whose work has [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman WASHINGTON - In the United States there is one allegiance that transcends sexual orientation or the choice to follow any particular religion. That shared allegiance is "American," and the First Amendment [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING - On Tuesday, March 28, parents, students, teachers and LGBT advocates will descend on Lansing with one request of their state Representatives and Senators: "Make Michigan's schools safe for all [...]

BTL Staff WASHINGTON - The Bush administration last year quietly rewrote the rules for allowing gays and lesbians to receive national-security clearances, drawing complaints from civil rights activists. Rules approved by President Clinton in 1997 [...]