Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the State of Michigan after a plan to kidnap her and other Michigan government officials was thwarted by state and federal law enforcement agencies. She started by saying thank you to law enforcement and FBI agents who participated in stopping this [...]
BTL Staff VIRGINIA - The United States Supreme Court agreed to stay the decision made by a federal appeals court in Virginia last month, blocking same-sex marriages from taking place this week. The court issued [...]
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Emily Dievendorf, executive director of Equality Michigan On July 28th Zoe Steinfield, a transwoman activist and Emily Dievendorf, of Equality Michigan, submitted Op-Eds to BTL expressing their concerns for Michfest, asking for a community wide [...]
AJ Trager Detroit Ferguson Rally on Aug. 14 Transgenderlawcenter.org along with many different LGBT organizations including the ACLU, Advocates for Youth, Equality Michigan, BiNet USA and AIDS United have come together to release an [...]
BTL Staff WASHINGTON D.C. - Lambda Legal and Morrison Foerster LLP have filed suit against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on behalf of the American Military Partner Association (AMPA) arguing that the denial of benefits [...]
AP PORTLAND - Oregon's Medicaid program will soon pay for gender reassignment surgery, hormone therapy and other treatments for transgender patients, becoming on Aug. 14 the third state joining the District of Columbia, California and [...]
BTL Staff WASHINGTON D.C. - The creators of Will & Grace, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, traveled to Washington D.C. today [Aug. 19] to donate items from the hit show to be added into the [...]
BTL Staff NEW JERSEY - The school that previously stated that Rachel Pepe could not attend unless she presented as a boy, has retracted their statement and changed their position. On the evening of Aug. [...]
BTL Staff WASHINGTON D.C. - The creators of Will & Grace, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, traveled to Washington D.C. today [Aug. 19] to donate items from the hit show to be added into the [...]
BTL Staff WASHINGTON D.C. - The creators of Will & Grace, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, traveled to Washington D.C. today [Aug. 19] to donate items from the hit show to be added into the [...]
BTL Staff WASHINGTON D.C. - The creators of Will & Grace, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, traveled to Washington D.C. today [Aug. 19] to donate items from the hit show to be added into the [...]
BTL Staff Open Letter To Family Of Michael Brown #HandsUpDon'tShoot Will & Grace Included Into Smithsonian Collection Oregon Medicaid To Cover Gender Reassignment Surgery New Jersey School Allows Trans Girl To Attend As Herself Lambda [...]
By BTL Staff Advocate.com reports that a new Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network study found that LGBT youth faced three times as much cyber bullying than their non-LGBT peers. The findings, which note that [...]
BTL Staff LONDON - Researchers at King's College London are studying how stigma and discrimination contribute to mental health issues amongst those within the LGBT community. LGBT people are 1.5 times more likely to suffer [...]
BTL Staff NEW JERSEY - Rachel Pepe has been banned from attending her own school unless she dressed as a boy. Her mother, Angela Peters, told Asbury Park Press that the school demanded she dress [...]
BTL Staff TEXAS - Anti-gay activist and radio host Bryan Fisher has claimed that District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg is responsible for Gov. Rick Perry's grand jury indictment. Fisher tweeted incorrectly that Lehmberg indicted Perry, suggesting [...]
BTL Staff BALITMORE - Mia Henderson's life was taken on July 16th. She was found dead in a Baltimore alley. Henderson is the second transgender woman killed in Baltimore this summer. During the month previous, [...]
BTL Staff LOS ANGELES - Orange is the New Black star Uzo Aduba won an Emmy for her portrayal of Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren. She beat out five other women including co-stars Laverne Cox and [...]
BTL Staff Uzo Aduba Wins Emmy For Crazy Eyes Bryan Fisher Blames Lesbian District Attorney For Perry's Indictment 13-Year-Old Trans Girl Banned From School Participants Needed For LGBT Mental Health Study Memorial Service Held for [...]
By BTL Staff DETROIT - A federal judge will hear arguments on Thursday, Aug. 21 at 9:30 a.m. in the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan lawsuit challenging Michigan's refusal to recognize the legal marriages [...]
By Lisa Vogel, founder and producer of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Many demands have been made of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival ("Michfest") via the Equality Michigan call for a boycott launched July 28. [...]
By BTL Staff LonestarQ reports that sixty-three Texas legislators signed a court brief last week to uphold the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The ban was struck down in February. The brief, which calls on [...]
By BTL Staff LonestarQ reports that sixty-three Texas legislators signed a court brief last week to uphold the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The ban was struck down in February. The brief, which calls on [...]
BTL Staff Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is fighting a court ruling that would allow for marriage equality in Utah. QSaltLake reported on Aug. 13 that Facebook made a $10,000 donation to Utah Attorney [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Gay-owned business, Melt Espresso & Gelato, has opened in Midtown, adding to the continuing growth of Detroit as a center for LGBT prosperity and culture. Aaron Haithcock, originally from Texas, opened [...]
By BTL Staff Advocate.com reports that a new Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network study found that LGBT youth faced three times as much cyber bullying than their non-LGBT peers. The findings, which note that [...]
BTL Staff CHICAGO - With nearly 410,000 members the American Bar Association (ABA) is one of the largest voluntary professional membership organizations around the world. Earlier this week the ABA adopted Resolution 114B stating that [...]
By BTL Staff A new documentary, "The Bears of Beirut," is part of a new Indiegogo campaign focusing on the lives of gay refugees from Syria on route to Lebanon and the two gay men [...]
BTL Staff CALIFORNIA - The California Senate is considering a bill this week that would make birth certificates more LGBT parent friendly, the East Bay Express reports. AB 1951, would require the Cali. Department of [...]
BTL Staff FLORIDA - Aug. 11th Douglas MacKinnon, former aide to President Reagan, filed an article with The Tampa Tribune, saying that Disney is indoctrinating children with its "pro-gay" agenda. MacKinnon contended the company is [...]
BTL Staff TEXAS - President of Texas Values, a large anti-gay group in Texas, Jonathan Saenz is known for his opposition of gay rights, his anti-abortion stance and his defense for conservatives to have the [...]
BTL Staff The American Bar Association Endorses LGBT Non-Discrimination Protections California Considers Gender Neutral Birth Certificate Language Reagan Aide Says Disney Has Gay Agenda Texas Values President Loses Wife
AJ Trager WASHINGTON D.C. - The Gay and Lesbian Victory Institute announced on Aug. 14th the appointment of Ben Panico as a Victory Congressional Fellow for the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. This appointment makes Panico [...]
While the debate rages on as to whether a gay gene exists or not (even though we know it does), I'm pretty sure it's scientific fact that the LGBT community is genetically predisposed to being [...]
Across 1 His grandmother had a Woody 5 Labium 9 NCAA home of the Bruins 13 Casino call 14 Gay-friendly Barrett 15 Coward of "Private Lives" 16 Series ender 17 Broadway lyricist Gershwin and others [...]
By Bridgette M. Redman George and Helene Butler, played by Suzanne Marie Stewart and Stephen N. Moore, barely taste being empty nesters before their oldest son, played by T.J. Besler(center), returns back home. Photo: Tibbits [...]
Rev. Beth Rakestraw, the senior minister of Divine Peace Metropolitan Community Church, spoke to the crowd about history being made. See photo galleries online. BTL photos: Jason A. Michael By Jason A. Michael WARREN [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service The three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals seemed to signal pretty clearly where they're headed on the six marriage equality lawsuits they heard arguments in [...]
AJ Trager CINCINNATI - Hours before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals was to hear testimony from Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Tennessee hundreds gathered outside the Potter Stewart Federal Courthouse in the heart of downtown. [...]
By AJ Trager NATIONAL - The same week the 6th Circuit Court heard testimony for marriage equality, three different states requested that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) review federal court appeals, to [...]
By BTL Staff NEW YORK - The Tyler Clementi Foundation, based in New York City, has named Sean Kosofsky as its first full-time executive director. TCF was formed in 2012 to honor the memory of [...]
BTL STAFF A new documentary from OHO Media titled "Transmormon" highlights a young trans woman's self-realization while intimately introducing viewers to her family, her faith and her journey. The film follows 25-year-old Eri Hayward through [...]
Have you been feeling a bit under the weather lately? Maybe your head feels like it's been used as a soccer ball, your throat is sore, your back aches and you're all fevery. Maybe you're [...]
Mort Crowley's "Boys In the Band" opened Off-Broadway almost 50 years ago. I bought a copy of the play in Chicago in 1968 and read dialog aloud while driving back to Detroit with my then [...]
A Schauer/Totten/Peters leadership team would work towards enacting basic civil rights protections in employment, housing, public accommodations and family rights including second parent adoption and hospital visitation. Last week, two juxtaposed events starkly exposed [...]
AJ Trager Group organized on Aug. 4th protesting the petitioners on the corner of 15 Mile and Utica. STERLING HEIGHTS - The Sterling Heights Non-Discrimination Ordinance that was passed earlier this year in June, [...]
BTL Staff KANSAS - The Westboro Baptist Church, famously known for picketing and protesting the funerals of United States army members, has released a statement that it plans on protesting the funeral of beloved actor [...]
BTL Staff KANSAS - The Westboro Baptist Church, famously known for picketing and protesting the funerals of United States army members, has released a statement that it plans on protesting the funeral of beloved actor [...]
