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Queen of Hearts: ‘Kinky Boots’ Star Billy Porter On Inspiring Gay Kids, Finding Forgiveness
Photo: John Ganun For his first solo album since becoming "Tony and Grammy award winner Billy Porter," Broadway's kinkiest drag queen is taking off the corset and stepping out of those iconic heels. With _Billy's [...]
Suspect Sketch Released In Ypsi Anti-Gay Attack
Police have issue an artist's sketch of a suspect in the anti-gay attack in Ypsilanti Monday YPSILANTI - The Jim Toy Community Center condemned the attack on an Ypsilanti resident in an anti-gay hate [...]
April 2 Speed Read: Virginia Marriage, Religious Bias Bill Passes…
Keen News Service http://Keennewsservice.com MISSISSIPPI PASSES BIAS BILL: The Mississippi House and Senate Tuesday adopted a final version of a religious bias bill, sending the measure to Republican Governor Phil Bryant for his signature. The [...]
Michigan’s NorthRidge Church: When ‘Non-Denominational’ Really Means ‘Homophobic’
Because I didn't know how to tell her, my mother was one of the last people I came out to, but it's funny - she's always been the first to have my back. She'd never [...]
April 1: Rewriting Windsor?…
Keen News Service http://Keennewsservice.com NOMINEE HEARING TODAY: President Obama's openly gay African American nominee for the U.S. District Court in Miami goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. A Committee spokesperson said both of [...]
Karmin Dishes On Their Gay Wedding, Nick’s Bulge & The Drag Queens Of Maine
Electro-pop duo Karmin got their big break on YouTube when they - ah, never mind. Go to Wikipedia if you want their bio. There are more pressing issues to address when Amy Heidemann, a former [...]
March 31: Defending Virginia Ban, Baldwin Intro’s New BIll…
Keen News Service http://Keennewsservice.com DEFENDING VIRGINIA'S BAN: Attorneys for the Virginia county clerks who are defending the state's ban on same-sex couples marrying submitted their brief to the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Friday. [...]
New Poll Shows Support For LGBT Equality Growing
By BTL Staff Report Americans For Equality, a new bipartisan coalition has formed with the support of the Human Rights Campaign and on March 27 released a new and in depth poll on marriage equality. [...]
Report Urges 50-State Survey Of LGB Health Issues
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service A report released March 27 by the Boston-based Fenway Institute has found important health-related risks within the LGB community that are not well documented or well known and not [...]
JGN Founder Linda Lee Dies
UPDATED: March 31 4:20 p.m. BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Longtime LGBT ally Linda Lee, 69, died March 31. The funeral is April 1 at 2 p.m. at Ira Kaufman Chapel, 18325 Nine Mile Road, Southfield MI [...]
Pillow Talk With Nate Berkus: Why He’s ‘Design Santa’ & Boring Conversations He Has With Oprah
Home isn't where the heart is on "American Dream Builders." It's where the drama is, and it's where you'll find Nate Berkus, who hosts the home-renovation show airing Sunday nights on NBC. As the bossman [...]
New LGBT-run Bakery Brings Organic Goodies to Detroit
By Shelby Clark Continuing on the recent health trend of organic and vegan foods, Good Cakes and Bakes, LLC brings a variety of animal-free, locally sourced products to the "Avenue of Fashion" in Detroit. Michelle [...]
Michigan Leaders React To Feds Recognition Of Marriages
U.S. Attorney Eric Holder Jr. at the 50th Anniversary of the march on Washington and Martin Luther King's Speech, August 24, 2013, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. On March 28 Holder announced that the federal government [...]
Fooling Around In Ann Arbor
By Shelby Clark Petkus Make a "fool" of yourself this April in Ann Arbor when WonderFool Productions hosts two events in Ann Arbor: Festifools and FoolMoon. Foolmoon is a unique, moonlight event on Friday, April [...]
Screen Queen: Pink, Elm Street Legacy, Blue Is the Warmest Color
Pink: The Truth About Love Tour: Live from Melbourne There she goes, that Pink, raising the bar all the way up to the ceiling of a sports arena. "The Truth About Love Tour," named after [...]
Hear Me Out: George Michael, Nickel Creek
George Michael, 'Symphonica' Those personal woes, the drugs, the health problems - the toll all that's taken on George Michael's voice must be immense, right? Wrong. Though "Symphonica" is the pop star's first release since [...]
Dallas Buyers Club Med
Across 1 Where boxers are visible 5 Prick 9 Regarding 13 Chocolate sandwich 14 Part used in forking around 15 Direction from Stephen Pyles 16 Last name in out talk-show hosts 18 Emulate Clay Aiken [...]
Family Contends With Autism In ‘Falling’
By Jenn McKee Lizzie Rainville, Carolyn Gillespie, Chris Hietikko, Daniel Everidge, and Sarab Kamoo in Falling at Meadow Brook Theatre. Photo: Rick Smith Just hours before going to see Deanna Jent's "Falling" at Meadow [...]
‘The Current’ Flows Nicely At Two Muses
By Martin F. Kohn So where was Madame Camille when I was filling out my bracket? Actually, Madame Camille, pivotal character in Sean Paraventi's comedy "The Current," may be a psychic, but she has her [...]
Farce Proves Foreign Relations Are Funny After All
By John Quinn "The Foreigner" is a mad little comedy from the fertile imagination of Larry Shue, whose all-to-short career was ended by a commuter plane crash. Its 1984 New York debut won two Obie [...]
Ugandan LGBT Advocacy Group Files Suit In US Against Lively
Scott Lively announcing CFV On March 14 theCenter for Constitutional Rights filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a non-profit umbrella organization for LGBTI advocacy groups in Uganda, against Abiding [...]
Michigan Marriage Ban Struck Down
April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse outside the courthouse last week. A federal judge has struck down Michigans ban on gay marriage Friday the latest in a series of decisions overturning similar laws across the U.S. [...]
Elected Officials, Advocates Petition Schuette To Drop Marriage Aappeal
by RJ Wolcott A group of marriage-equality advocates and elected officials today delivered 14,000 signatures and an album of wedding photos from Saturday urging Attorney General Bill Schuette to drop his appeal of a federal [...]
Michigan Makes History With First Marriages
As soon as U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman declared the ban on same sex marriage in Michigan unconstitutional at 4:50 p.m. Friday and it was clear no stay was attached to his sweeping decision, Michigan [...]
Discredited Witness Part Of Right-Wing Cabal
DETROIT - U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman found the testimony of the state's key witness sociologist Mark Regnerus "entirely unbelievable and not worthy of serious consideration," and that it was contrived by a cabal of [...]
Schauer Celebrates Overturn Of Michigan Marriage Ban
LANSING - Democratic candidate for governor Mark Schauer was excited Friday evening. In a phone call conversation with BTL minutes after the ruling was issued, he hailed U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman's ruling that strikes [...]
Gay Marriage Defines Schuette’s Reelection Campaign
Bill Schuette launched his campaign for another four-year term as Michigan's Attorney General March 22 at press conferences in several locations across the state. Although he gamely tried to stay focused on his campaign, reporters [...]
Equality Michigan Circulating Petition to Drop Appeal
Equality Michigan is circulating a petition calling on Snyder and Schuette to drop their appeal of the ruling. As of Monday afternoon, the petition had more than 10,000 signatures. "We must end the second-class treatment [...]
Why Are Governor Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette Wasting Michigan Taxpayer Dollars On A Costly Appeal?
Contact Governor Rick Snyder Web site: http://www.michigan.gov/snyder/ E-mail Governor Rick Snyder: https://somgovweb.state.mi.us/GovRelations/ShareOpinion.aspx Phone Governor Rick Snyder phone: (517) 373-3400 fax:(517) 335-6863 Write Governor Rick Snyder Governor Rick Snyder P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Contact [...]
Michigan Marriage Ban Co-Author Goes ‘Moral’
Gary Glenn, head of the American Family Association of Michigan and a Republican candidate for the 98th House District, issued a press statement on Friday claiming Federal District Court Judge Bernard Friedman did not have [...]
BTL’s Wedding Expo: Like Pride in April
By Shelby Clark Petkus SOUTHFIELD - BTL's Wedding Expo is fast approaching! "But what if I'm not getting married? What if I'm single?" No need to worry. Despite it's large focus on LGBT wedding related [...]
Phelps Dead At 84: Godhatesfags.com Creator WIll Not Be Missed
By Lisa Keen The leader of a small Baptist church in Westboro, Kansas, who made a name for himself by traveling the country to hoist up "God Hates Fags" placards, is dead. A spokesman for [...]
Creep of the Week: Bill Schuette
In 2004 when voters passed the so-called Michigan Marriage Amendment I had been "married" for a little over a year. My wife and I had a wedding on the eve of our 6 year anniversary. [...]
What An Incredible Day!
By Sandi Smith Our emotions soared with joyous love boosted by the strength of our Community, who showed up in solidarity. We have experienced a temporary setback, for sure, but temporary it will be. Days, [...]
Marriage Equality Isn’t The End
By Attorney Rudy Serra The fight for LGBT equality in Michigan is significantly advanced by Judge Friedman's decision in DeBoer v Snyder. The judge made detailed findings of fact about the studies used by both [...]
On the Passing of Fred Phelps
By Keith Orr Well, my old nemesis is dead. I outlived Fred Phelps. It is a delightful coincidence to Michiganders that Fred Phelps death comes the same week as the first victory in our fight [...]
Musings on Michigan’s Marriage Ruling
March 22, 2014 - originally posted on http://viralapartheid.com When I choked up trying to explain the reaction of a group of students and community members to Judge Bernard Friedman's ruling to my editor, I was [...]
White Nationalist Group Files Brief Supporting AG’s Appeal In Marriage Ruling
UPDATE: March 28, 2013 "Attorney General Bill Schuette today issued the following statement in response to an amicus brief filed by the Traditionalist Youth Network in the appeal of DeBoer v. Snyder currently pending before [...]
March 27: Obama Meets Pope, Bully Pulpit In Tenn…
Keen News Service http://Keennewsservice.com TENNESSEE BUILDS THE BULLY PULPIT: The Tennessee legislature Wednesday sent to the governor's desk a bill to allow public school students to "express beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other [...]