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BTL staff LANSING- The Michigan Senate Committee on Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing approved House Bills 4770 and 4771 Wednesday. The bills would eliminate health care benefits for unmarried partners of public employees across the state. [...]

By Tara Cavanaugh Charley Sullivan says it's OK to be "outrageously queer," even in sports. A longtime coach, Sullivan has been out his entire coaching career, even though in his field many stay closeted. Those [...]

by Beth Rakestraw I truly hope that you didn,'t laugh. I truly hope that you were NOT among the state senators who voted down an anti-bullying measure Thursday morning and laughed when you did it. [...]

LANSING - A heated battle on the floor of the Michigan Senate Oct. 7 left State Sen. John Gleason (D-Flushing) so outraged that he spent Thursday night locked in the office of Senate Minority Leader [...]

LANSING- In honor of National Coming Out Day, local advocacy groups launched the "Don't Change Yourself. Change the Law" campaign Oct. 11 to raise awareness that in Michigan you can still be fired if your [...]

On Oct. 5 Equality Michigan Pride PAC announced the public endorsement of 16 pro-equality candidates who are running for office in local municipal elections Nov.8. "More than ever, Michigan needs elected officials who believe in [...]

ROYAL OAK - The Royal Oak Association of Retailers and Royal Oak Restaurant Association have joined forces for an unprecedented program which brings art, culture and community good will into focus. The first of its [...]

DETROIT - In late October, local and internationally known figures active in building a new, more humane economy will convene in Detroit for a groundbreaking conference and collaborative discussion. Titled 'ReImagining Work', the meeting will [...]

The Michigan Fairness Forum emerged in the aftermath of Proposal 2 in 2004 when the Michigan state constitution was admended to include an anti-gay marriage amendment. An all volunteer, statewide initiative, it has helped provide [...]

OAK PARK- Volunteers will harvest about 26,000 pounds of surplus corn, beans, peppers, squash and melons to help battle hunger in the Detroit area through November. The produce is being donated by operators of the [...]

LANSING - Want to get involved in June Pride? The Michigan Pride board of directors election will be held on the organization's http://MichiganPride.org web site beginning Oct. 13 through Oct. 19. Voting is quick, easy [...]

By Judd Proctor and Brian Burns Exclusively for Between The Lines National Gay History Project Katherine Lee Bates was born on Aug. 12, 1859, on Cape Cod in Falmouth, Mass., to William and Cornelia Frances [...]

WASHINGTON, DC - More than 80,000 people have joined a campaign on Change.org created by the Gay-Straight Alliance Network's Make It Better Project and the Tennessee Equality Project, calling for the principal of Sequoyah High [...]

By Lisa Keen The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a case that challenged a "back door discrimination" against a gay couple by a Louisiana state official. The case, Adar v. Darlene Smith, [...]

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP- Arriel Michelle Williams is in the early stages of a painstaking physical transformation from man to woman, and the clanging dissonance between her masculine voice and high heels, earrings and [...]

NEW YORK- The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund applauded Sunday's enactment of California's Vital Statistics Modernization Act, which removes the requirement that transgender people born in California provide proof of surgery in order to [...]

Bullying is a problem that affects countless people of all ages, religious beliefs, sexual orientations and races. Join a group of talented musicians as they band together in an effort to celebrate diversity and hope. [...]

By Jen Colletta Exclusively for Between The Lines National Gay History Project While writer Horatio Alger Jr.'s work has come to symbolize the "rags to riches" possibilities of the post-Civil War 19th-century American dream, his [...]

By Lou Chibbaro Jr. Exclusively for Between The Lines National Gay History Project William Rufus DeVane King, the 13th United States vice president, has the distinction of having served in that office for less time [...]

By Mark Segal Exclusively for [publication name] National Gay History Project There are few historians today who would doubt that Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben was gay. To appreciate the contributions von Steuben (1730-94) made [...]

By Jack Veasey Exclusively for Between The Lines National Gay History Project Walt Whitman (1819-92) was the father of both American poetry and modern poetry in general. His monumental collection of poems, "Leaves of Grass," [...]

Twenty-five years ago, Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" shined through - on the radio, and in the hearts of so many. It was in the midst of the horrifying AIDS epidemic when she lost her dearest [...]

Twenty-five years ago, Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" shined through - on the radio, and in the hearts of so many. It was in the midst of the horrifying AIDS epidemic when she lost her dearest [...]

Twenty-five years ago, Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" shined through - on the radio, and in the hearts of so many. It was in the midst of the horrifying AIDS epidemic when she lost her dearest [...]