The effort to undo California's Proposition 8 inched forward Dec. 6 when a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals entertained nearly three hours of oral arguments from the attorneys in the [...]

A U.S. lesbian diplomat and her partner who helped found Albania's gay movement while stationed there were honored at the State Department on Dec. 2 with the Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Overseas. [...]

A German gay couple and a lesbian Polish couple were married on an SAS flight over Sweden on Dec. 6. Germans Aleksander Mijatovic and Shantu Bhattacharjee, and Poles Ewa Tomaszewicz and Gosia Rawinska were married [...]

A heterosexual couple was refused a civil partnership at London's Camden Register Office on Dec. 8. The registrar cited the legal ban on opposite-sex civil partnerships as the reason for the refusal. Stephanie Munro and [...]

The U.S. Senate voted again Dec. 9 against taking action to authorize repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on open gays in the military. The vote was 57-40. Sixty votes were needed to [...]

By Tara Cavanaugh Jessica Best is a senior at the University of Michigan. She's a straight ally to the LGBT community and an intern at U of M's Spectrum Center. Here, Jessica chats with us [...]

By Alexa Stanard Aleta Sill, right, and her partner Michelle Mullen. Here are a couple of fun facts about Detroit: It's the Mecca of the bowling world, and home to the all-time best female [...]

David Coulter, who lost his re-election bid for Oakland County Commissioner in November, will be the new policy director of the group Michigan Community AIDS Advocates. MI-CAA is a group formed by the Michigan AIDS [...]

The Michigan Civil Service Commission is considering a proposal to extend health insurance benefits to unmarried, live-in partners of all state employees, regardless of sexual orientation or relationship. Under the proposed policy, negotiated by the [...]

A Thanksgiving Day murder has prompted Equality Michigan to issue safety guidelines for those who use the Internet to make friends or find dates. Robert Miller, 57, of Warren was found dead in his home [...]

At any job interview, there's that moment when the applicant is asked if he or she has any questions. It's an important moment: Employers often gauge how prepared and interested a candidate is in the [...]

ANN ARBOR- The Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project changed its name to the Jim Toy Community Center, in honor of renowned activist Jim Toy on Dec. 8. Toy co-founded the first sexual orientation program office at [...]

Sassafras Lowrey is an international author, educator and artist. She edited the Kicked Out anthology, which tells the stories of homeless LGBT youth. She spoke at the kickoff of the ACLU of Michigan and Ruth [...]

Jay Kaplan, head of the ACLU of Michigan's LGBT Project, and Ruth Ellis Center Executive Director Laura Hughes announce the kickoff of Out and Upfront, a collaborative youth leadership program. BTL photo: Jason A. Michael [...]

New York, NY- The Center for HIV Law and Policy released the first legal report and guide on the rights of youth in detention and foster care facilities to comprehensive sexual health care, including sexual [...]