LANSING - As reported last week in Between The Lines, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has announced it will eliminate coverage of gender reassignment surgery in its single payer insurance program, effective immediately. That [...]

by Jessica Carreras Two years ago, Dykes on Bikes Detroit, a local chapter of the national group of lesbian motorcyclists, had two members. One of those two was Heather O'Brien. Today, the 39-year-old Dearborn Heights [...]

There are an estimated 35,820 bi-national same-sex couples who reported to the most recent Census. 58% of same-sex bi-national couples who reported to the Census are male-male, averaging 40 years old, while 42% are female-female [...]

by Jessica Carreras The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has announced their first-ever HOPE Fund grants awarded for the Racial Equity Initiative. The groups receiving the grants are Kick, The Agency for the LGBT Connect [...]

By BTL staff WASHINGOTN, D.C. - Immigration Equality is optimistic that legislators will act on behalf of a Northern California family that may soon be torn apart. Due to immigration laws that discriminate against lesbian [...]

On April 2 from 3:30-5:30 p.m., the Wayne State University GLBT Association, in collaboration with the Gender and Sexuality Community, will host a panel and training for allies of the LGBT community to make the [...]

PHILADELPHIA - Researchers at Public Health Management Corporation published a study in the American Journal of Public Health showing that black men who have sex with men and women and identify themselves as on the [...]

by Rex Wockner Pope Benedict XVI's first-ever remarks on condom use were irresponsible, dangerous, ignorant, outrageous and insulting, officials of the International AIDS Society said March 20. Speaking to reporters March 17, Benedict said AIDS [...]

by Rex Wockner Twenty-two members of the European Parliament have sent a letter to the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers complaining about Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's permanent ban on public gay events and similar [...]

by Rex Wockner Serbia's National Assembly banned all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation March 26. The vote was 127-59, one more vote than was needed for passage. Sixty-four deputies did not show up [...]

by Rex Wockner Venezuela's National Assembly is set to legalize same-sex unions with a new "associations of coexistence" law, MP Romelia Matute told reporters March 20. She said the law will extend "juridical and patrimonial [...]

by Rex Wockner The mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, Vilius Navickas, said March 19 that gays can have a pride parade, but only far from downtown. "I respect everyone under the sun, and their personal lives, [...]

By Lisa Keen The breezy confirmation hearing of openly gay Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry was a stark road-marker in LGBT community's journey toward equality. Sixteen years ago, the U.S. Senate became embroiled [...]

by Rex Wockner Stung and damaged by criticism that the No on 8 campaign leadership was haughty, insular and unwilling to listen to outsiders, key player Equality California is now co-staging a series of community [...]

by Rex Wockner Voters in Gainesville, Fla., rejected an amendment March 24 that would have repealed the city's law that protects GLBT people from discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations and credit services. Charter Amendment [...]

by Rex Wockner New Hampshire's House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage March 26 by a vote of 186-179. The measure now moves to the Senate. "This is a very proud day [...]

by Rex Wockner U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has gone to bat for a binational gay couple, asking the Obama administration to let Genesio Oliveira return from Brazil to live with his husband, Tim Coco, [...]

Award nominations opened March 1 for the 24th Annual Pride Banquet & Awards Ceremony, celebrating the outstanding achievement of people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied communities in southeastern Michigan. The Pride Banquet [...]

FERNDALE - The time has come for the single LGBT people of the Detroit area to start hooking up at the Aff! At least that's the plan with Affirmation's new Community Connections Board, which allows [...]

Lev Raphael is standing in the doorway of his home, holding back one of his West Highland Terriers. Promptly he is in the kitchen, using his Braun coffee maker, an emblem of a fear of [...]