by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Nearly 80 percent of Australians support letting legislators vote their consciences rather than their party's position on same-sex marriage, an Oct. 22 poll found. The Galaxy poll was commissioned by [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS About 150 LGBT people staged a pride march and protest in Tecate, Mexico, Oct. 24. The city, famous for its beer, sits on the California border about 40 miles southeast [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS A trial court judge in Hong Kong ruled against letting a postoperative male-to-female transsexual get married Oct. 5. Judge Andrew Cheung expressed worry about the consequences of recognizing sexual-reassignment surgery [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Oct. 26 was International Intersex Awareness Day. That's the 'I' in LGBTI. ILGA-Europe - the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association - said the [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Lithuania's parliament, the Seimas, is considering legislation to criminalize "promotion of homosexual relations in public places," says the Lithuanian Gay League. One bill says that "a person promoting homosexual relations [...]

Heidi Lovy is doing communications work for Equality Michigan out of Traverse City. She is passionate about her work and loves "being the straight girl" advocating for LGBT full equality. She expects Traverse City will [...]

A variety of organizations are reaching out to try to help LGBT youth facing crisis, including: The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network launched a campaign aimed at creating a safe space for LGBT youth. [...]

By Jim Larkin The parents of some of the Michigan children whose lives were claimed by bullycide attended the first performance of "The Bullycide Project." From left to right are Tom and P.K. Harrison, parents [...]

By Jim Larkin {ITAL Contributing writer} Whether or not Michigan joins 45 other states in adopting an anti-bullying law next year may well depend on how state residents voted on Nov. 2. State Sen. Alan [...]

by Tara Cavanaugh YPSILANTI - Dr. Timothy Dyer, former regent and alumnus of Eastern Michigan University, hopes to eradicate homophobia with education. Dyer has pledged a $1.5 million gift to EMU to establish a Chair [...]

FERNDALE - An era of growth and expansion has come to a halt at Affirmations Community Center, where new leadership has taken a look at the organization's books and greatly reduced the hours and the [...]

Memorial service: 'God we just don't get it' FERNDALE - The Metroplitan Community Church congregation was silent when Rev. Deb Dysert asked if anyone from Corey Jackson's family or circle of friends wanted to share [...]

DETROIT - The LGBT Faith Project of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion in conjunction with the Arcus Foundation announced the release and premiere of the DVD "Embracing Inclusion in Communities of Faith." The [...]

DETROIT - Healing Detroit, a series of retreats for Detroit area LGBT African-Americans, is set to launch its fourth round of retreats in Feb., April and June 2011. This next series is supported by a [...]

AKRON - The Akron chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered individuals has given $30,000 to endow a scholarship for students in Kent State University's LGBT Studies minor. The gift [...]

April 5, 1938 - Oct. 23, 2010 HUNTINGTON WOODS - Frank G. Martin, 72, spent 54 years living with and loving Al Vezza. For friends and LGBT community members, Frank and Al were role models, [...]

By BTL Staff MIAMI - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Friday that he will not appeal last month's ruling by a state appellate court striking down a state law barring gay people from adopting. [...]