You Gotta Have Faith
Few artists these days have what people like to call "the voice." Paloma Faith has it - a force of nature so strong that it could lift the whole world up with just one note. [...]
Giant Star
Across 1 With 54-Across, movie of 38-Across 6 With 9-Across, costar in this puzzle's movie 9 See 6-Across 14 "Scary Movie" Cheri 15 "Double Fantasy" artist 16 Fred's first partner 17 Empathetic phrase 18 "___ [...]
Chris Mosier Runs After Hurricane Sandy
By Dan Woog The OutField These days, if you can run, you can raise funds. Every weekend, it seems, there are road races to cure breast cancer, build schools in impoverished African villages, and do [...]
James Dobson
Creep of the Week To say that the horrific murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut Dec. 14 stunned the nation is an understatement. And in the face of horror people want to [...]
Pope Benedict XVI
Creep of the Week There are a lot of things that threaten world peace: The ready availability of assault rifles. The Military Industrial Complex. Terrorism. Chemical weapons. Nuclear arms. Global warming. Religious intolerance. Greed. Power [...]
No More Business As Usual
We have a crisis in the gay/bi/men who have sex with men community. This crisis is particularly clear among our youth, 13-24. HIV is not gone, and in fact has become a generational legacy. While [...]
A Life Propelled By A Passion For Activism
By Penny Gardner The question posed to me by Between The Lines was, "What is near and dear to my activism in the lesbian women, gay men, transgender and bisexual women and men's movement?" Depending [...]
What’s Left to Argue
By John Corvino A couple of years ago I was chatting with a gay literary agent in a downtown Manhattan cafe. Our conversation turned to the book I was working on, Debating Same-Sex Marriage. "Debating [...]
On the Road Towards Equality, Peace
By Jim Toy We're the further down the road to justice than we've ever been. President Obama and Vice President Biden have declared their support for legal same-sex marriage. Voters in two states have approved [...]
It All Starts With The Kids
By Charles Pugh 2012 has been a historic and transformative year in many ways in terms of LGBT rights, especially on the national level with several states either securing marriage equality rights or defeating marriage [...]
Folds of Fabric
By Anthony Wagner It was early on a warm September Sunday. I stood with a friend at the perimeter of a large square of concrete blocked by a low, temporary fence. The sun just began [...]
Gay Detroit: A Message From The Ground
Opinion By Curtis Lipscomb Recently there was an article released by CBS Detroit News headlined: "Survey: Detroit Most Dangerous U.S. City for Gays" (Dec. 5, 2012). There were accusations factored into this ideology stating that [...]
‘Family’ Ties: A Way Forward
Opinion by Antonio David Garcia My grandpa died Sept. 8 of this year. The same day my Grandma turned 82. They were married for 64 years. While it was difficult for him to hang on [...]
Victory Looks Different In State
Opinion By Emily Dievendorf Sometimes it's the winning that knocks you on your arse. The 2012 election made clear, with the election of our first out lesbian U.S. Senator in Tammy Baldwin and our first [...]
Past As Prologue
This year, 2013, marks the 59th year I have been an active participant in Detroit's lesbian/gay community - now the proverbial L/GBTQA gourmet alphabet soup. Like my senior citizen friends - Jim Toy, John Kavanaugh, [...]
Promises To Keep And Miles To Go
As we go through life there's a handful of people who change you, whose words haunt you and in critical times, challenging times, crucial times shape your thoughts, move you to action and help you [...]
This Is Our Time In Michigan
By Jon Hoadley Lansing isn't working for us. Over the last few years we've seen amazing advances for LGBT people. Support for marriage equality has increased across the country, even to the point of winning [...]
A Year Of Promise Ahead
By Rachel Crandall The coming year shows a lot of promise for the transgender community. Our visibility has increased much over the last year. However, there is still one thing that we are missing. A [...]
High Court Momentum’s Impact
By Jay Kaplan When I look at the current state of Michigan, particularly after this recent lame duck session, I am demoralized and saddened by what this state has become. In addition to the so [...]
What Am I Optimistic About?
By Kathleen LaTosch There's no doubt that Michigan has suffered in recent years with a slow, downhill slide when it comes to protecting the rights of LGBT people. That's why this presidential election was so [...]
Viewpoint: Not A Banner, But A Historic LGBT Year
by Mark Segal Do you appreciate the watershed moment in LGBT history we are witnessing? If any of you doubt that we are living in historic times for LGBT equality, just note what you're about [...]
Brandy Q&A: On Gay Fans, Being A Tomboy & Why Frank Ocean Is A ‘Gift’
The Õ90s wouldnÕt have been the same without Brandy. The plucky then-teen, who was just 16 when she released her 1994 debut, dominated the charts with an iconic run of hits: ÒI Wanna Be Down,Ó [...]
Brandy Q&A: On Gay Fans, Being A Tomboy & How Frank Ocean’s Coming Out Was A ‘Gift’
The '90s wouldn't have been the same without Brandy. The plucky then-teen, who was just 16 when she released her 1994 debut, dominated the charts with an iconic run of hits: "I Wanna Be Down," [...]
Supreme Court Announces Dates And Argument Parameters For DOMA, Prop. 8 Cases
BTL Staff Report The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday Jan. 7 that it will hear arguments on Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, on March 26 and United States v. Windsor, challenging the constitutionality of [...]
Anti-Gay Minister Out of Presidential Inaugural
BTL Staff Report MSNBC reported Thursday that Rev. Louie Giglio, an Atlanta minister and founder of the Passion Conferences, has withdrawn from President Obama's Jan. 21 inauguration because of anti-gay comments he made in the [...]