As the world continues to learn more about coronavirus and its spread, it's vital to stay up-to-date on the latest developments. However, it's also important to make sure that the information being distributed is from credible sources. To that end, Between The Lines has compiled, [...]
My Gay Interview With A Backstreet Boy: ‘I’m The Fag Hag’
Photo: Big Hassle When the Backstreet Boys dropped their latest album's title track, "In a World Like This," they did something special with the video: They ended it with a victorious moment in LGBT [...]
US Divide Over Religious Breaks On Gay Marriage
By RACHEL ZOLL The intensifying battle over gay marriage in the United States is energizing religious groups that oppose same-sex relationships - but also dividing them. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court gave married gays [...]
Cooley Law Professors File Amicus Brief In Michigan Marriage Equality Case
By BTL Staff LANSING — Eight Thomas M. Cooley Law School professors recently filed a joint amicus brief in the marriage equality case DeBoer v. Snyder, which challenges the legality of both the 2004 constitutional [...]
Worthy To Speak At Fundraiser For Adoption And Marriage Case
FERNDALE - The landmark case of the Hazel Park couple that is suing the State of Michigan and Oakland County for the right to jointly adopt their children and to be married is making its [...]
Chelsea Or Bradley Manning: Addressing Transgendered People
By Emanuella Grinberg CNN (CNN) - Sophia Banks says she has been a woman since birth, but for most of her life, people knew her as Daryl, her given name. The Canadian photographer started asking [...]
March on Washington: Throngs Mark ‘I Have a Dream’ anniversary
By Mariano Castillo CNN (CNN) - Standing on the spot where 50 years earlier the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made "I have a dream" the clarion call of the civil rights movement, a broader [...]
Performer Finds ‘Other Voice’ In Cancer Play
By Dana Casadei Anne Frank once said, "I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains." For Alex Kip, that quote couldn't ring more true. Enter his autobiographical show, "My [...]
Hear Me Out: The Civil Wars, Backstreet Boys
The Civil Wars, 'The Civil Wars' Nitty-gritty details are few concerning the highly publicized drama between The Civil Wars twosome Joy Williams and John Paul White, but the fallout was at least intense enough to [...]
Mich. Health Dept. Puts HIV Criminal Law Review ‘On Hold’
LANSING - A yearlong review of Michigan's controversial HIV disclosure law has been put "on hold" a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Community Health says. "This review was put on hold due to the [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Anthony Rapp has new jobs to make the rent Original star of "Rent" Anthony Rapp has joined the cast of the new musical "If/Then," from the creative team behind "Next to [...]
A Different Dev: Singer On Androgyny, Lesbian Rumors & Upcoming Album
By Jerome Stuart Nichols When dance-floor mainstay Dev first hit the scene with her minimalist, bass-heavy, club-thumper "Booty Bounce" in 2010, she told the world, "I ain't yo average bitch." Some listened, but most didn't, [...]
DIY Street Fair Sept. 13-15
The DIY Street Fair, running Sept. 13-15, is a free two-day, three-night event in Ferndale where local artists, crafters, businesses, groups and organizations, musicians, restaurants, brewers and others who live and work with a do-it-yourself [...]
Live From Rio
Across 1 One of the motorist's aids 8 ___ Records (Etheridge label) 14 Artist Robert 15 Loch name 16 Pope who recently spoke in Rio about gay priests 17 Cobbler containers 18 Uses the keyboard [...]
Close Call For Mason Street’s ‘Closer Than Ever’
By Sue Merrell The old adage "too close for comfort" doesn't apply to musical revues. The more a song mirrors the listener's feelings and experiences, the more comfortable and appreciative the audience becomes. And "Closer [...]
Janice Daniels Running For Troy City Council
TROY - Ousted Troy Mayor Janice Daniels is back in the political ring, this time running for Troy city council. Daniels was recalled in November 2012 after bringing the city into the national limelight by [...]
Mayor’s Race More Than Just A Gay ‘Duel,’ Four On Ballot For Nov. 5
Ferndale Mayoral Candidates from left: Ferndale Mayor Dave Coulter, Sherry Wells, Linda Parton and Craig Covey will be running Nov. 5. FERNDALE - The Ferndale election has already garnered international attention. USA Today ran [...]
Harrisville Equalityfest Brings Pride To NE Michigan
Jessica Bassing of Germany with Zephry Gossett and Dawn Huaman of Harrisville.BTL photo: Crystal Proxmire. HARRISVILLE - Way up north along the Lake Huron shoreline is a town of less than 500 people called [...]
Lansing City Council Passes Resolution to Sever Ties with St. Petersburg
LANSING - The Lansing City Council voted 7 to 0, with Councilmember Kathie Dunbar absent, to adopt a resolution condemning anti-gay violence and laws in Russia, and calling for an end to the Lansing Regional [...]
Royal Oak Group Attacks LGBT Citizens
ROYAL OAK - The fight to protect Royal Oak's Human Rights Ordinance is in full swing as both sides have launched their websites and social media pages. Just Royal Oak, the group opposed to the [...]
Congressman Gary Peters Talks About Senate Campaign At Harrisville Equalityfest
U.S. Cong. Gary Peters addresses the Harrisville gathering Saturday. BTL photo: Crystal Proxmire. Congressman Gary Peters is expecting a tough battle as he vies for the U.S. Senate seat that will be left vacant [...]
Stoli Steps Up As Michigan Pride Sponsor
LANSING - Stoli has been in a tough place lately. With LGBT people around the world looking for ways to protest against Russian human rights atrocities against gays, some have taken to the idea of [...]
Tom Zerafa Talks About 40 Years Out Of The Closet
OAK PARK - There are those in the LGBT community who spend their lives working tirelessly behind the scenes that make the small steps and big strides possible. Perpetual volunteer Tom Zerafa of Oak Park [...]
Oshtemo Township Ordinance Second Ready Coming Up
On Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. at 7275 West Main Street, the second reading of Oshtemo Township's nondiscrimination ordinance will take place. Anti-equality supporters voiced their opinions against the ordinance at the first reading, and [...]
Cedar Point Cancels Wedding Contest Rather Than Include Gay Couples
Sandusky, OH - Cedar Point, a theme park well-known to LGBT Michiganders who flock to their unofficial Gay Day each June, has decided to cancel a wedding day contest rather than open it up to [...]
KGLRC Partnership Provides Seniors With Support
The Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center, in partnership with Area Agency on Aging IIIA, will launch the Guide to Long Term Care Planning, Resources and Services for the LGBT Community Aug. 27, along with a [...]
Riverwalk Theatre, Red Cross Team Up
Donate blood and receive a discounted ticket to Riverwalk Theatre's production of M*A*S*H. That's what the Great Lakes Region of the American Red Cross and Riverwalk Theatre are encouraging people to do on Aug. 27. [...]
Michigan Companies Make Finalist List For Outie Awards
By BTL Staff The http://outandequal.org/summit-2013 Out & Equal Workplace will bring together 3,000 business leaders in human resources and diversity professionals, employee resource group leaders, executive sponsors, LGBT employees and allies for a four-day conference [...]
California Supreme Court Denies Latest Bid To Revive Gay Marriage Ban
By Sonya Hamasaki and Greg Botelho (CNN) - Those trying to reinstitute Proposition 8 - the voter-backed referendum to ban gay marriage in California - lost once again in court on Aug. 14, meaning no [...]
Protestant Group Hires Trans Man As Executive Director
By Chuck Colbert Alex McNeill is the new leader of More Light Presbyterians. Photo Courtesy Alex McNeill An LGBT advocacy organization within one of the nation's foremost Christian denominations announced its new executive director, [...]
Russell D. Moore
Creep Of The Week How do you solve a problem like a tranny? How do you catch a gender and pin it down? Those are the questions keeping Russell D. Moore up at night. And [...]
My Blue Heaven …
Parting Glances There's a new genre of book that's been on the New York Times Best Seller List for weeks. And weeks. And weeks. I'm not sure whether so-called first-hand accounts of Heaven and the [...]
50 Years Of Marching And Still A Long Way To Go
Viewpoint Whether you participated in the historic March on Washington in 1963, weren't even a twinkle in your parents eyes or fall some where in between, it behooves each of us - black, white, brown, [...]