{Washington D.C. –} President Obama said in a White House-arranged interview Wednesday afternoon that “same-sex couples should be able to get married.” The statement, in an interview with ABC, marks a significant and long expected [...]
By Andrea Poteet On her sixth solo album, "Lung of Love," Amy Ray takes listeners to church with confessional lyrics about faith, life and love in her honest, soulful voice. But Ray, half of iconic [...]
In a drag world of pretty feather boas, bedazzled attire, full-face makeup and voluptuous body shapers, Sharon Needles is embracing her scary side as the controversial Queen of Darkness. This earned her the title of [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Conservative 'Butler': Jane Fonda Jane Fonda has spent her entire life working for liberal causes when she wasn't busy building a career as one of our most acclaimed actresses. And if [...]
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Mercury conjoining Eris triggers battles of wits and verbal one-upmanship. That can easily lead to silly arguments. Fortunately, Venus is in Gemini sextile to both, bringing charm and affection to [...]
Across 1 Change positions, in volleyball 7 Shakespeare's Ariel, for one 13 What "bottom's up" is to "pub's motto" 15 "The Double Man" author 16 Start of an explanation 18 Betty of cartoons 19 In [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField A school on the list of America's 10 least inclusive colleges for LGBT students would seem an unlikely host for a conference called "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Sport." [...]
Back in the 1990s, one of Metro Detroit's most highly regarded directors had a dream - a dream to stage "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice" by Jim Cartwright. Life-altering experiences, however, caused Annette [...]
By Martin F. Kohn You may have had one great professor in college - or two, if you were lucky - who knew so much about so many things and spun them together so creatively [...]
By John Quinn There are odd or unusual plays in every theatrical season, some because of their scripts, and some because of their staging. Matrix Theatre Company doubles the oddity by presenting "Raven's Seed," Stephen [...]
By Crystal Proxmire MT. PLEASANT - Dominic Sheahan-Stahl and his family are "shocked" after learning that Sheehan-Stahl has been un-invited from giving the speech at his younger brother's graduation from Sacred Heart Academy in Mt. [...]
By Jim Larkin GRAND RAPIDS - Read the political blogs and you can sense the intrigue in the Democratic race for the 3rd District Congressional seat. Can a young gay man (Trevor Thomas) win a [...]
By Crystal Proxmire LIVONIA - The Detroit Marriott Livonia was overflowing with love on April 29 as over 300 people came out for Between The Lines' second annual Same-Sex Wedding Expo. The event, which was [...]
GROSSE POINTE - The law is a complex, ever-changing puzzle, the nitty-gritty details of which intrigue attorney Timothy Cordes. Though he is married to a lovely woman and labels himself a straight guy, Cordes is [...]
FARMINGTON - In response to an alarming increase in Oakland County teen suicides, the Farmington Area Suicide Prevention Task Force is hosting a community conversation on suicide prevention in LGBT youth May 23. The event [...]
The 2012 Annual Women's Golf OUTing will be held June 9 in Plymouth. Join more than one hundred golfers competing for terrific prizes. Organizers want you to "ooooh and ahhhhh" while golfers challenge each other [...]
Affirmations is kicking off the start of pride season with their 5th annual All-Media Pride Exhibition this May in the community center's Pittman-Puckett Art Gallery. The All-Media Pride Exhibition is an opportunity for LGBT and [...]
BY JOHN SEEWER The first-graders in Ohio Pack 109's Tiger Scouts didn't know or care their den mother was a lesbian - at least not until the Boy Scouts of America threw her out over [...]
Creep of the Week Suicide is one of those things with no positives. I mean, no one kills him or herself because things are going well. Even assisted suicide, intended to have the positive outcome [...]
Heard on Facebook Brandon McCarthy proves that attitudes in the United States are moving in the right direction. -Keith Hewitt I go to a lot of baseball games and never liked the "kiss cam." Gay [...]
Parting Glances Fifty years ago Detroit's Washington Boulevard was a busy setting for exclusive shops, upscale restaurants, elegant bistros, stretching sedately from Grand Circus Park's popular Statler Hotel to Michigan Avenue's prestigious Sheraton Cadillac. Both [...]
Compiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "While the president does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the record is clear that the President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts [...]
By Eric W. Rader SpeakOut In his three years as president, Barack Obama has taken a number of actions to advance LGBT equality in the United States. Only one other chief executive, Bill Clinton, made [...]
By Abby Dees Thinking Out Loud I've often thought I should write a column called, "Weird Things Lawyers Do," to explain to normal people why attorneys, like me, spend so much time arguing about meaningless [...]
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Transmissions If you happen to be transgender, then you have a reason to celebrate: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently ruled that an employer who discriminates against a transgender job [...]
Viewpoint Now that we officially "know" who the two candidates will be on this November's presidential ballot, it looks likes the games have officially begun - well, according to the media. But for those of [...]
By BTL Staff DETROIT -Equality Michigan's Board of Directors announced that its executive director, Denise Brogan-Kator, has decided to step down from that position effective May 4. She was appointed by the board just 10 [...]
This editorial is in response to this story BTL has learned that Equality Michigan's Executive Director, Denise Brogan-Kator, has resigned effective May 4 and that the organization is in serious financial trouble. Given the importance [...]
By Lisa Keen For those in the LGBT community who have watched state after state pass constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage, the results in North Carolina were expected: Voters approved the ban by a [...]
By Lisa Keen {Washington D.C. —} President Obama said in a White House-arranged interview Wednesday afternoon that Òsame-sex couples should be able to get married.Ó The statement, in an interview with ABC, marks a significant [...]
By Lisa Keen Washington D.C.- President Obama said in a White House-arranged interview Wednesday afternoon that "same-sex couples should be able to get married." The statement, in an interview with ABC, marks a significant and [...]
