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Sandra Bernhard On Jodie Foster’s Coming Out: ‘Who F*cking Cares?’
Sandra Bernhard has never been one to mince her words. The Flint-born comedian - who's been performing her audacious standup since the '70s and stops at The Ark in Ann Arbor for two shows Feb. [...]
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Dating Diet: Daddy Daycare
By Anthony Paull I started doing away with New Year's resolutions in my 20s when I began to realize that nobody gives a shit what I resolve. Obnoxious Facebook updates have only solidified my stance [...]
Cocktail Chatter: The Rusty Nail
By Ed Sikov I'm still on a chestnut-colored drink kick, long past the restoration of power after Hurricane Sandy made it possible for us to drink cocktails on the rocks again. Dan and I had [...]
Hear Me Out: ‘Girls’ Soundtrack Impresses With ‘Quarter-Life Crisis’ Music
'Girls Soundtrack, Volume 1' Robyn's sad-but-liberating "Dancing on My Own" already made life infinitely better, but then HBO's groundbreaking series "Girls" did something awesome with it during its debut season: They had the show's star, [...]
Old Movie, Old Problem
Across 1 Pam Parsons' sometime nemeses 5 Doughnut filler 10 West Hollywood pollution 14 Raison d'___ 15 Pears of a gay pair 16 Series of concerts for Etheridge 17 Comics superhero or Norse deity 18 [...]
Downtown Story Shines With Hometown View
By Carolyn Hayes Danielle Cochrane, David Sterritt, Vanessa Sawson, and Joe Plambeck in "Detroit." Photo: Hilberry Theatre The hotly anticipated Michigan premiere of playwright Lisa D'Amour's "Detroit" has been the arguable crown of Hilberry [...]
Stormy Weather, Stormy Relations
By John Quinn Travis Reiff is Gabriel York in Andrew Bovell's "When the Rain Stops Falling," playing at The Ringald Theatre in Ferndale through from Jan. 28. Photo: Joe Plambeck The Ringwald Theatre is [...]
Whodunit? Murder Mystery Premieres In Eastpointe
By John Quinn John McClure as Philip Trent and Stella Rothe as Mabel in "Trent's Last Case." Photo: Broadway Onstage "Trent's Last Case," the detective novel by E.C. Bentley, was published a century ago. [...]
A Lyin’ Sack Of Fun
By Martin F. Kohn "White's Lies," will tickle your funny bone at Meadow Brook Theatre through Feb. 3 Photo: Rick Smith Joe White is the womanizing, prevaricating, self-centered, commitment-phobic protagonist of Ben Andron's comedy [...]
Out And Outspoken: Faisal Alam
By ANDREA POTEET Growing up, Faisal Alam thought there was no one else like him. As a devout Muslim in suburban Connecticut, Alam had never heard of anyone else in his religion being gay. "I [...]
Gay Muslims Struggle To Find Inclusion
By ANDREA POTEET News out of France of Europe's first openly-gay mosque in the last weeks of 2012 again brought to the forefront two points rarely heard in the mainstream media: There are gay Muslims, [...]
EEOC Seeks Solid LGBT Discrimination Cases
While sexual orientation is not yet a protected class, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is fighting hard within existing legal parameters to bring justice to those in the community who are discriminated against. [...]
Stepping In As Ruth Ellis Interim: Margaret Warner
DETROIT - In the mid-1960s Margaret Warner's parents sent her to a small, private women's college in the northern suburbs of Chicago where she diligently studied sociology, and refined the manners and social skills that [...]
Lear Corporation To Offer Domestic Partner Benefits
From left, Jason Tylenda with children Lily Tylenda, Langston Howley and partner Kevin Howley. Photo courtesy of Howleys. SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Lear Corporation, an international Tier One supplier of automotive electrical and seating components, [...]
Between Ourselves: Christopher Gorski of Detroit GT
By Crystal Proxmire Christopher Gorski is a 42-year-old Ferndalian who turned his hobby into a unique tee shirt business. Find him in the Rust Belt Market or at various events in the famous Detroit GT [...]
Rasor Firm Wins Big Workplace Discrimination Suit
Michael Hester's job was hard enough. For over ten years he worked as a mason doing maintenance work in the Ryan Correctional Facility in Detroit. In a complex surrounded by two, 12-foot fences, electronic detection [...]
Reflections Of Dis-Repair
Reparative therapy is the idea that one can become straight through counseling and prayer. This practice has been recently banned for minors in California, and a New Jersey lawsuit filed last month is seeking damages [...]
U-M Professor And Graduate Student Seek Participants For Two LGBTQ Studies
ANN ARBOR - U-M School of Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Michael Woodford and graduate student Shannon Bacon are each conducting studies on LGBTQ individuals. Bacon is conducting a study on the quality of life [...]
PFLAG Founder Jeanne Manford Dies
"Today the world has lost a pioneer - Jeanne Manford, the founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and the Mother of the Straight Ally movement," said PFLAG National Executive Director, [...]
Creep of the Week: The Boy Scouts of America
Look, I'm no Boy Scout and I never have been. Like, literally. I'm not a boy, for one. I'm also an "avowed homosexual," which means the Boy Scouts don't like me as a matter of [...]
Parting Glances: How’s Your Pomp, Mary?
"As the President of the United States holds the highest official rank in political life, so he is also by virtue of that office, awarded precedence in social life. He may be addressed as Mr. [...]
Jodie Foster: Coming Out, Motherhood, and Contributing to the LGBT Community
By Dana Rudolph It's official. Not just "calling her then-partner 'my beautiful Cydney' in public" official. Not just "the kids have both their names" official. It's "now she's said it to the world" official: Jodie [...]
At the Bottom of the Barrel
By Abby Dees If you are a regular reader of mine, perhaps you noticed that I was MIA last month. A dedicated procrastinator, l can't blame last month's absence on a case of leaving things [...]
Same-Sex Wedding Expo Celebrates Marriage Rites For All, April 7
The Third Annual BTL Same-Sex Wedding Expo returns to the Detroit Marriott Livonia, from 1-4 p.m. April 7. Along with a great location, fantastic giveaways and delicious food, attendees will have the opportunity to meet [...]
BTL V.I.P. Party 2014
Save the date for our signature VIP Party! Wednesday, June 4, 6 to 9 p.m., at 42 Degrees North in the Detroit Marriott located in the Renaissance Center in Detroit.
Pride Throughout Michigan
Stop by to meet the BTL team at festivals throughout the Pride season, annual Pride Guides and Pride Source Yellow Pages in hand!
EXCLUSIVE: Dave Franco In His First Gay Interview
James Franco isn't the only one fearlessly exploring homosexuality in his career. His own brother, Dave, is too. With himself, even. The 27-year-old has attracted a big gay fan base ever since he starred in [...]