By Jessica Carreras The Community Health Awareness Group held their annual Client Christmas Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 11 to mark the holiday season for all their clients, which includes people with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and [...]

by Bob Roehr A federal appeals court has declined to hear an en banc review of a lower court ruling challenging the antigay military policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The Bush administration may [...]

LANSING - A visibly tired Gov. Jennifer Granholm welcomed the Bush administration's announcement that it would steer funds originally intended for the Wall Street bailout to the auto industry. But warned that quick action is [...]

ANN ARBOR - Last weekend, in spite of tough economic times, over 150 people in the region donated some very special wines to HARC's annual fundraiser helping the organization raise over $21,000. "Fundraising events like [...]

DETROIT - Celebration and excitement permeated the annual Pre-Kwanzaa Brunch celebration on Dec. 13, starting with a heartfelt cheer for the "Year of Obama" and continuing with joyous congratulations to new racially-diverse leaders at The [...]

by Jessica Carreras Big changes are underway at Michigan Equality that could result in surprising announcements in 2009. Following in the footsteps of the Ruth Ellis Center and the Triangle Foundation, another local LGBT leader [...]

BTL staff NEW YORK, NY - On Thursday, SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders) announced significant new support from the Atlantic Philanthropies and The Calamus Foundation. Both grants represent multi-year [...]

by Wayne Besen Anything but straight This holiday season, when you throw a direct mail appeal from a gay organization in the trash, you might just be trashing that group's future. The sky really is [...]

by Jessica Carreras Outside the office of Leslie Thompson, CEO of Affirmations LGBT community center in Ferndale, a poster on the wall marks the income from donations, fundraisers and other sources. The outlook for this [...]

Despite predictions of inclement weather and the stress of holiday shopping, 46 members of Detroit's black LGBT community, representing approximately 18 organizations, made the commitment to attend the second "Healing Detroit" summit on Dec. 6. [...]

by Rex Wockner A group of GLBT people from 25 African countries has demanded an urgent response to the HIV pandemic affecting their communities. The call came at a "pre-conference" held in Dakar, Senegal, Dec. [...]

by Rex Wockner Singer Boy George may land in jail after being convicted Dec. 5 of falsely imprisoning male escort Audun Carlsen in London. Last April, George handcuffed Carlsen to a hook on the wall [...]

by Rex Wockner Britain's Office for National Statistics is going to count the gay population. Starting in January, a sexual-orientation question will be included in several of the office's routine surveys, leading to an eventual [...]

by Rex Wockner Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov plans to keep banning gay pride celebrations, as he's done for the past three years. His latest reason: Being proud of being gay can lead to increased HIV [...]

by Rex Wockner A historic statement was expected to be read into the record before the United Nations General Assembly on Dec. 18, condemning anti-gay discrimination and urging repeal of laws that ban gay sex. [...]

By Lisa Keen The big news in the presidential transition this week for the LGBT community was not the appointment of primary favorite Hillary Clinton to Secretary of State, nor that of long-time ally Bill [...]

The National Youth Advocacy Coalition elevated Gregory Varnum to executive director, the agency's board of directors announced last week. Varnum had served as acting executive director since April. "Greg has overseen an intense transition period [...]