LANSING - The Michigan Supreme Court, in and 8-1 decision, has once again rebuffed religious extremists' bid to force their own brand of morality on the state via court action. For the second time, the [...]

The 12th annual Hotter Than July, Detroit's black gay Pride celebration, brought the heat once again. The highlight of the week was, of course, Saturday's picnic in Palmer Park, where several thousand folks came out [...]

by Rex Wockner Buju Banton has joined fellow Jamaican reggae-dancehall singers Beenie Man, Sizzla and Capleton in signing an agreement to stop bashing gays in their music. Banton's huge hit Boom Bye Bye advocates shooting [...]

By Lisa Keen Gay related news from the presidential campaign trail... WHO SAID THAT? "I support the right of the Boy Scouts of America to decide what it wants to do on that issue. I [...]

On Aug. 9, presidential candidates will gather in Los Angeles for a forum on issues affecting the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the United States. Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese, [...]

by Bob Roehr Supporters of medical use of marijuana made little progress in an attempt to rein in federal raids in those states that allow use of that product. On July 25, a vote in [...]

LANSING - Ruth Hallman, 76, was a lot of things. Leader in the embattled Genessee Neighborhood on Lansing's near west side, mother of Lansing city council at-large member Carol Wood, and a staunch no nonsense [...]

By Sharon Gittleman A Supreme Court of Ohio ruling gives hope to those fighting for LGBT rights in Michigan. In State v. Carswell, a man charged with domestic abuse claimed he could not be tried [...]

By Sharon Gittleman BIRMINGHAM - Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, founder of the Birmingham Temple and the worldwide Society for Humanistic Judaism, died in an automobile accident on July 21. He was 79. Wine, a Birmingham [...]

SAUGATUCK TWP - It's a prime piece of land along the Lake Michigan shore, filled with dunes and forests. Its a unique series of biomes and it is 412 acres. It's crawling with ticks, and [...]

WATERFORD - A handicap parking sign belonging to residents in a federally subsidized housing unit was vandalized over the weekend with homophobic and ethic slurs. Anthony Williams, who lives in the Whispering Woods housing complex, [...]

WINDSOR - Windsor Pride wrapped up a week's worth of celebration Sunday with a rousing parade and festival that drew thousands into the streets of downtown Windsor. The parade wound its way from the St. [...]

WINSDOR, Ont. - The search continues for suspected killer Jesse Imeson, who is wanted in the murders of a gay Windsor bartender and an elderly couple. On Monday, police found the 2006 silver GMC Sierra [...]

FLINT - Dale Weighill, an openly gay candidate running for mayor of Flint, said in an interview with BTL this week that conservative activist Tyler Whitney is not an employee of his campaign, and has [...]