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, [...]
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly For LGBT Michigan
With the polls closed, and the votes counted, Michigan's general election ballot is a mishmash of the good, the bad and the truly ugly for November. The Good Arch-conservative and antigay state lawmaker Tom McMillin [...]
GALLERY: Mark Schauer Joins Equality Rally In Lansing
On the eve of historic hearings at the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on the issue of marriage equality, supporters rallied in Lansing. Democratic candidate for [...]
Gov. Ted Strickland Rallies With 6th Circuit Court
By AJ Trager See the photo gallery of the event by going here. CINCINNATI - An estimated 700 LGBT and allied individuals came out in support of a Marriage Equality Rally on Aug. 5, one [...]
Award-Winning Documentary Considers Mormon Trans Woman’s Tale Of Transition
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GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Legalize Adoption Discrimination
By Shelby Clark Petkus LGBTQ Nation reports that two Republican lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would "license discrimination." The bill, the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014, aims to allow adoption and [...]
GALLERY: Hundreds Gather At Cincinnati Courthouse Rally for Equality
With the Sixth Circuit Court hearing of DeBoer V. Snyder just a day away, over four hundred LGBT people and their allies [...]
Target Signs On To Brief Supporting Marriage Equality Cases
BTL STAFF Today Target announced it has signed onto an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit supporting two cases challenging state bans on same-sex marriage. The cases, Baskin v. [...]
GALLERY: Hundreds Gather At Cincinnati Courthouse Rally for Equality
With the Sixth Circuit Court hearing of DeBoer V. Snyder just a day away, over four hundred LGBT people and their allies have [...]
‘A Turning Point In History’ Heralded At Interfaith Marriage Equality Celebration In Warren
WARREN - On the eve of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing arguments in the case of DeBoer V. Snyder, more than 100 people came out to Renaissance Unity [...]
Rick Santorum Blames Same-Sex Marriage For Single Motherhood
By BTL Staff The Raw Story reports that BTL Creep of the Week, Rick Santorum, recently warned that same-sex marriage was to blame for the increase in single mothers. On July 30, the former Republican [...]
Rick Santorum Blames Same-Sex Marriage For Single Motherhood
By BTL Staff The Raw Story reports that Rick Santorum recently implied that same-sex marriage was to blame for the increase in single mothers. During a radio interview on July 30, the former Republican presidential [...]
Why ‘Boyhood’ Is Everybody’s Story
I remember the uncomfortable walks to the bus stop. Cradling my baby brother for the first time. How my mom would lick her hand to fix my hair. I can still feel the tightness in [...]
Update: Trans Teenager Stabbed In Back
AJ Trager WASHINGTON D.C. - UPDATE: The U.S. Attorney's office upheld the decision to classify Klaiber's stabbing of the 15-year-old girl as a hate crime. Superior Court Judge Karen Howze has ordered Klaiber to be [...]
Harry Potter Helps Reduce Prejudice
By AJ Trager NATIONAL - Aside from defeating Lord Voldemort and restoring peace to the world, Harry Potter is also helping to reduce prejudice and bigotry against the LGBT and immigrant communities. In a recent [...]
The Push To Ban Ex-Gay Therapy In Michigan
By Shelby Clark Petkus On July 30, State Representative Adam F. Zemke (D-Ann Arbor) spoke on WDET's Craig Fahle Show about a bill that would ban ex-gay conversion therapy for those under 18 in Michigan. [...]
Uganda Invalidates Anti-Gay Law
AP Ugandan citizens celebrate gay pride 2014 UGANDA - A Ugandan court on Friday [Aug 1] invalidated an anti-gay bill signed into law earlier this year, saying the measure is illegal because it was [...]
Feds Give Spring Arbor University Permission To Discriminate Against LGBT Community
MICHIGAN - The U.S. Department of Education has given Michigan based Spring Arbor University permission to discriminate against LGBT students and employees. In a letter dated June 2, 2014, Spring Arbor University President Brent Ellis [...]
All Hail The Drag Queen
By Tony Lowe As a young gay man just starting to hit the scene, it was common to see a drag queen. Then, I had barely even heard of RuPaul, let alone known of her [...]
Hear Me Out: Jason Mraz, Weird Al Yankovic
Jason Mraz, 'Yes!' Here to make you feel better about your life is Jason Mraz, the Oprah of white-boy balladry. He's got your "remedy," and it's called "Yes!," an album of life-affirming mantras expressed simply [...]
I Hate Everyone… Starting With Me
Across 1 Gladiator's defense 6 "I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me" author Rivers 10 Puts the tongue between the cheeks 14 Port city north of Tel Aviv 15 River in Roehm's country 16 Auth. unknown [...]
Six ‘Kings’ Draw A Full House
By John Quinn John Seibert and Joseph Seibert in the world premiere of "The Kings of Unionville" at Tipping Point Theatre. Photo: Steve Fecht Photography This has been a very good season for original [...]
Singers Set Stage Spinning With Night Of Cabaret
By Bridgette M. Redman Kander and Ebb's "The World Goes 'Round" continues through Aug. 3. Photo: Great Escape Stage Company What make the world go around? Is it money? Is it love? Is it [...]
Earnest Actors Keep The Farce Authentic
By Bridgette M. Redman David Turrentine and David Blixt in Michigan Shakespeare Festival's "The Importance of Being Earnest." Photo: MSF "There are no small roles, only small actors." Never is this more apparent than [...]
Strong Choices Dominate ‘Hamlet’
By Bridgette M. Redman "Hamlet" is one of three plays in rotating repertory at Michigan Shakespeare Festival in Jackson. Photo: MSF Whether they are aware of it or not, everyone knows "Hamlet." It is [...]
A Magical ‘Cymbeline’ In Kauzlaric’s Hands
By Bridgette M. Redman "Cymbeline" continues in repertory at Michigan Shakespeare Festival through Aug. 16. Photo: MSF Sometimes you walk out of a theater and you know you've experienced something special. Something you're not [...]
The End Of An Era At Robert Kidd Gallery
By Shelby Clark Petkus The renowned Robert Kidd Gallery will close its doors this summer. The Birmingham institution, founded by Ray Frost Fleming and Robert Louis Kidd, established "a vibrant institution that has long been [...]
Douglas-Saugatuck Hosts Gay Prince
India's Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil will be traveling to Douglas-Saugatuck on Aug. 17 to discuss his new public awareness campaign, "Free Gay India." The event, which takes place at The Kirby in Douglas, will be [...]
Michigan Goes To Ohio
By Shelby Clark Petkus The Ninth Gay Games will be coming to the Great Lakes this August with the Cleveland Gay Games. Considered the "LGBT Olympics," the event first began in 1982 when Dr. Tom [...]
Tips For Your Market Days Trip
By Jerome Stuart Nichols Each summer for the past 32 years, queers, freaks and friends from around the world converge on downtown Chicago to shop, eat and dance during the Midwest's largest street fair, Market [...]
Gary Glenn Causes More Controversy In 98th House Race Primary
Gary Glenn, head of the American Family Association of Michigan, is once again causing controversy in state politics. This time, Glenn is a candidate for the 98th House district of Michigan. He is running as [...]
Rally And Marches For Marriage Equality Planned: 6th Circuit Hearing
By AJ Trager Couples wait on line at the Oakland County Courthouse March 27 to receive marriage licenses. Over 315 couples married in four counties across Michigan that day, before Attorney General Bill Schuette was [...]
Michigan Marriage Trial: What Will Happen Aug. 6?
By Jay Kaplan Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer with their children at home in Hazel Park. The couple's lawsuit against the state of Michigan resulted in overturning Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage in March and [...]
Washtenaw County Candidates Rated On LGBT Issues
By BTL Staff Ann Arbor's Jim Toy Community Center (JTCC) has released the results from its first municipal candidate questionnaire for the 2014 Washtenaw County primary elections. The survey was designed to gauge and elicit [...]
BTL Aug. 5 Primary Endorsements
Four openly gay candidates are running in the Aug. 5 Michigan primary. From left, Rudy Serra, Jon Hoadley and Jeremy Moss are running for State Representative seats. Garnet Lewis is running for State Senate. File [...]
Equality Debate Used As Campaign Fodder By Far Right
Right wing activists are targeting pro-equality, northern Michigan Republican Frank Foster for ouster over his support for adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the state's civil rights law. Right wing activists are targeting [...]
Lesbian Couple In Kalamazoo See Home Ruined
AJ Trager KALAMAZOO - A West Michigan lesbian couple came home to a hate crime coating their house. The Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center (KGLRC) reminds the Kalamazoo community that a state amendment to [...]
Equality Michigan Starts Petition To Change Michfest Trans Exclusion Policy
By BTL Staff Twenty-three years ago Nancy Burkholder was asked to leave the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival because she was not a "womyn-born-womyn." Since then, debate has taken place with festival owner Lisa Vogel and [...]
Fifth Annual Hotter Than July Boat Ride A Fun Time
DETROIT - About 50 people came out Wednesday night for the fifth annual Hotter Than July Boat Ride. The three-hour cruise on the Detroit River was aboard [...]
HTJ Opening Ceremony Draws Large Crowd
DETROIT - Nearly 100 people came out for the 19th annual Hotter Than July candlelight vigil Tuesday evening in Palmer Park. The event serves as the kickoff of a week's worth of events under the [...]
Hotter Than July Conference Focuses On Past, Future Of Detroit’s African American LGBT Community
DETROIT - Nearly 60 people attended Hotter Than July's annual Gathering on LGBT Issues Friday. The conference took place at the Michigan State University Detroit Center in Midtown. Tim Retzloff, a longtime Between The Lines [...]
Fourth Circuit Panel Strikes Down Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
"We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples due process and equal protection of the laws." - Circuit Judge Henry F. [...]
Marriage Equality: A Small Recap
By BTL Staff CINCINNATI - The Defense Against Marriage Act was struck down just over a year ago with the Windsor v. United States ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States. Since then, [...]
Creep of the Week: Michele Bachmann
Okay folks, let's get a couple of things out of the way here. First, Michele Bachmann (R- Minnesota) is still a member of the United States House of Representatives no matter how many times I [...]
Parting Glances: JHVH’s Door Bell Trade
It's hard to say if it's a good thing or an alarming thing, a plus or a minus for the city of Detroit, but there are 90,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in town for a second convention [...]
News You Should Know July 31, 2014
BTL Staff GREENVILLE S.C. - Six same-sex couples plan to ask the Greenville County Probate Court for marriage licenses. The court is under the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that ruled July 28 that [...]