The Best Of Beyonce In Detroit
Who runs the world? Girls. Who ran the Palace of Auburn Hills on Saturday night? Beyonce. When the pop icon appeared onstage during her Mrs. Carter Show as divas do - suddenly, like some David [...]
England, Wales set for gay marriages in ’14 after queen assents
By Saskya Vandoorne CNN (CNN) - A bill to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales is now law, though the unions aren't expected to take place until 2014. Queen Elizabeth II has given her [...]
URGENT – UK-Gay-Marriage-Vote
(CNN) - (CNN) -- A bill to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales passed the British House of Commons on Tuesday, clearing the way for it to go before Queen Elizabeth II for royal [...]
Major League Baseball policy targets sexual orientation harassment
By Erinn Cawthon Sho Wills and Julia Lull (CNN) - Major League Baseball issued a policy Tuesday afternoon to protect players from discrimination and harassment based on their sexual orientation. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and [...]
My Gay Interview With Courtney Love: ‘I’m Really Normal’
Just give Courtney Love 10 minutes - the time I had to talk to her recently before her 8 p.m. July 19 Detroit gig at Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel - and she'll tell [...]
Lansing Leader Calls On City To End Relationship With Russian Counterpart Over LGBT Abuses
Lansing City Councilmember Jody Washington brought up concerns about the city's "Sister City" partnership with St. Petersburg Russia - that country's second largest city - because of antigay laws and arrests. Photo from All Out [...]
LGBT Rights Organizations Issue Open Letter: Trayvon Deserves Justice
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- A coalition of national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights organizations, led by the National Black Justice Coalition and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, today issued the following [...]
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Set To Clear Final Hurdle In UK House Of Commons
By Laura Smith-Spark CNN (CNN) - A bill to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales will go before the House of Commons for a final debate Tuesday, a day after the legislation cleared the [...]
South Carolina To Stop Separating HIV Inmates From Other Prisoners
By Marlena Baldacci and Jason Hanna (CNN) - One of the two U.S. states that separates its HIV-infected inmates from its general prison population says it plans to stop doing so. The South Carolina Department [...]
Militants In Yemen Kill Man They Said Was Gay, Security Official Says
By Hakim Almasmari special to CNN (CNN) - A security official in Yemen's southern Lahj province say that religious militants have shot dead a man they had accused of being gay. Witnesses said that two [...]
Cameroon Activist Killed Following Months Of Violent Anti-Gay Attacks
By BTL Staff from Press Release Eric Lembembe brutally killed this weekend (Picture: 76 Crimes blog) Eric Lembembe brutally killed this weekend (Picture: 76 Crimes blog) Prominent Cameroonian gay rights activist and Executive Director [...]
Holder blasts ‘stand your ground’ after Zimmerman verdict
By Tom Cohen CNN (CNN) - Attorney General Eric Holder, a longtime target of Republicans who have tried to force him out of office, now faces the prospect of angering liberal supporters when the Justice [...]
Implementing The Supreme Court Endgame: The Stark Difference Between Two Presidents
By Lisa Keen The Obama administration's reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court rulings striking down DOMA and Proposition 8 provides a stark contrast to that of the predecessor administration. In 2003, when the Supreme Court [...]
ENDA Passes One Hurdle, Others Loom
By Lisa Keen The Senate committee vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) July 10 brought a happy surprise -in the form of yes votes from three Republicans, including a leading conservative from Utah, Orrin [...]
German Team To Fly Rainbow Flag, ‘Making Mark’ against homophobia
(CNN) - Germany's St. Pauli plans on further supporting the gay community by permanently flying the rainbow flag -- which symbolizes gay pride -- at its stadium from this season. "The club has been active [...]
National Gay Blood Drive Aims To Lift Donation Ban
By Alisha Ebrahimji Special to CNN (CNN) - Activists are organizing the first national gay blood drive Friday in an effort to combat the Food and Drug Administration's ban on blood donations from gay and [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Wes Bentley is wide 'Open' Is Ryan Murphy in some kind of private who-can-have-the-most-jobs competition with James Franco? Because that's the only reason we can come up with to explain the [...]
Hear Me Out: Sigur Ros, LeAnn Rimes
Sigur Ros, 'Kveikur' When frontman Jonsi Birgisson went stag for his kaleidoscopic solo venture, he introduced sunshine and rainbows to the stirring atmospherics he'd already established with Sigur Ros. What a difference a few years, [...]
Kinky Quote
Across 1 Chicago Bears wear them on their knees 5 Dances the horizontal mambo with 10 Lou Grant's paper 14 "Climb ___ Mountain" 15 Bellybutton type 16 Prefix meaning "half" 17 Close by 18 "The [...]
Hope Women Roar With Invincible Voices
By Bridgette M. Redman What is a woman? And how do you capture her in song? That may be a task of Sisyphean proportions, but Hope Summer Repertory Theater undertook it with such enthusiasm and [...]
The Past Impedes The Present In ‘Becky Shaw’
By Martin F. Kohn Playwright Gina Gionfriddo has a lot to say in "Becky Shaw," but much of it has been said before. People are complicated? Check. Relationships are challenging? Check. Some people are very [...]
Comic Meditation On Gawky First Love
By Carolyn Hayes The central character of playwright Don Zolidis' newest work would have you believe, "This is not a love story." But from the joint he-and-she title, to the saccharine meet-cute tropes, to the [...]
Is Michigan The Next Marriage Equality State?
Michigan is now at the epicenter of legal fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision to strike down parts of the Defense of Marriage Act. Legal experts across the nation have shifted their focus [...]
SCOTUS Rulings Hailed at Ann Arbor Rally
ANN ARBOR - An ebullient crowd gathered in Braun Court to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions on same-sex marriage June 26. The Jim Toy Community Center organized the rally on the evening that the [...]
Transitioning In The Workplace
Jessica Manko and Tina Seitz co-presented Transitioning in the Workplace to share their stories of transitioning on the job and to share tips with others who are considering the same. BTL Photo by Crystal Proxmire [...]
A Transwoman’s No Cakewalk
by Danielle Heythaler How do you tell someone what your world looks like, when they cannot even understand who you are? Good question. Let's start with the fact that I am a Transgender Woman (Transwoman). [...]
Legal Footnote Raises Concern
BY ACLU Attorney Jay Kaplan A footnote in a recent case decision issued by the Michigan Court of Appeals could be used to deny transgender people appropriate identity documents and recognition for their gender identity [...]
Lambda Legal Urges NJ Court To Allow Same-Sex Couples Freedom To Marry
By BTL Staff "Eleven years ago, when we asked Lambda Legal to work on our behalf, we were prepared for a long, hard road and believe it will lead to the freedom to marry. The [...]
Greg Quinlan
Creep Of The Week Have you been feeling a little less gay than usual this month? Don't worry, you're not alone. Ever since the Family Research Council declared July "Ex-Gay Pride Month," it's just so [...]
1 Million Say Happy Pride!
Parting Glances I'm sitting on a concrete corner fence at the edge of Walgreen's pharmacy outlet, Belmont and Broadway. I'm an hour early for the start of Chicago's 44th Gay Pride Parade. In front of [...]
VRA: When The Dancing Stops REALLY Protecting Our Equal Rights
On Wednesday the 26th, I was driving down "the Lodge" (M-10 to you non-Detroiters) listening to NPR - of course - specifically "The Diane Rehm Show," waiting to hear the Supreme Court's decision on DOMA [...]
Olympia Dukakis Q&A On Gay Rights: ‘Don’t Get Too Rosy On Your View Of Things’
When Olympia Dukakis tells you about the time she cussed out a threatening cab caller, you know she was born to play Stella, a ballsy lesbian who takes her blind wife-to-be (played by Brenda Fricker) [...]