BTL Staff ENGLAND - The Queen of England herself, Queen Elizabeth II granted a Royal pardon for internationally acclaimed British codebreaker and computer scientist Alan Turing. Turing took his own life in 1954 after being [...]
BTL Staff ENGLAND - Members of the longest running soap opera, Coronation Street, a British soap opera about the working class residents of the self titled street, have come out in support of the LGBT [...]
BTL Staff VIRGINIA - An anti-gay group announced that it will fast for 40 days between Aug. 27 and Oct 5 to combat same-sex marriage. The Virginia Family Foundation has coordinated a fast to influence [...]
BTL Staff ST. PAUL, Minn. - After initially turning away a young same-sex couple, a Minnesota lodge has agreed to pick up the tab for the wedding and reception. Cole Frey, 20, and Adam Block, [...]
BTL Staff PHILIDELPHIA - The nation's oldest gay bookstore will reopen next month in Philly after closing in May due to financial problems. Philly AIDS Thrift says it is taking over the shop previously called [...]
BTL Staff BERLIN - After more than 13 years in office, Klaus Wowereit announced he will be resigning on Dec. 11 of this year. He is Berlin's first openly gay mayor and helped turn the [...]
By BTL Staff WDET reports that many Michigan colleges, universities and schools have officially endorsed the passing of protections for LGBT people in the state. Organizations representing these various groups join more than 50 business [...]
Who is Jennifer Hudson? It's a question she knows you've asked - and one she's ready to answer with "JHUD," the "American Idol"-turned-"Dreamgirls" sensation's third studio album out Sept. 23. During our candid interview, the [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Detroit is known for a variety of foods: Coney Dogs, square pizza and Better Made chips. Detroit barbecue hasn't made its mark on the national consciousness yet, but Detroit's Rub BBQ [...]
RUSSIA - Alina Davis, 23, and Allison Brooks, 19, were both donning wedding dresses when they walked into the Moscow registry office asking for a marriage license. Davis describes herself as androgyne, not fitting into [...]
BTL Staff Warning: The following story contains graphic descriptions of torture and abuse. LOS ANGELES - Public records released Aug 18. indicated the traumatic torture and death of a young 8-year-old boy who was allegedly [...]
BTL Staff ARKANSAS - The City Council of Fayetteville, Arkansas will consider a new non-discrimination ordinance protecting the rights of LGBT against discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation, [...]
BTL Staff FLORIDA - U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle, a Clinton Appointee, ruled that Florida's statewide ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and said that plaintiffs who filed suit against the state are eligible for [...]
By BTL Staff UPDATE Detroit Police have arrested the suspected shooter involved in the violent crimes near Palmer Park in August. Two of the victims are transgender. The gender identity of the individual who lost [...]
BTL Staff Florida Federal Judge Rules For Same-Sex Marriage Russia Forced To Allow Same-Sex Wedding TLC Star Says Transgender People Are Child Predators Boy Killed By Mother For Playing With Dolls
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 [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Affirmations and Comerica Park present this year's Equality Ride at 10 a.m. Aug. 23 at William G. Milliken State Park in Detroit. Formerly the "Shore to Shore Equality Ride" across Michigan, [...]
By AJ Trager 'Salve Regina: A Coming of Gay Story' 8 p.m. Aug. 22 Ringwald Theatre 22742 Woodward Ave,, Ferndale http://www.TheRingwald.com FERNDALE - It was Toni Morrison, famous Nobel Peace Prize 1993 winner and author, [...]
By Jerome Stuart Nichols Michigan Pride Entertainment Schedule 2:30-3:30 p.m. Drag Show with Host Delicios 3:45-4:30 p.m. Kate Peterson of Nervous but Excited 4:30-5:45 p.m. Ronnie Nyles Band 5:45-6 p.m. Volunteer of the Year Award/Announcements [...]
By Romeo San Vicente That Katharine Hepburn biopic is finally happening The fact that we had to have a J. Edgar Hoover movie before someone got around to a biopic about Katharine Hepburn is ridiculous, [...]
Across 1 Blow to the buttocks 5 "A Boy Named Sue" singer Johnny 9 "The Audacity of Hope" author 14 Hilary Swank's ex Chad 15 For-skin cream ingredient 16 Like Alexander Pope? 17 It makes [...]
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer Go Comedy! presents its first original comedy featuring puppets! "Fuzzballs" plays at the Ferndale improv theater Thursday nights at 10 p.m. through Sept. 11. Photo: SMyers If Tommy LeRoy isn't [...]
By Sue Merrell "Beehive," which runs through Aug. 31, closes the season at Mason Street Warehouse. Photo: MSW "Beehive" at Mason Street Warehouse is buzzing with much more than the music of the '60s. [...]
By John Quinn Maggie O'Reilly, Julia Schroeder, Vince Sabatini, Alara Ceri, Charlie Newhart and Dan Brittain in "Hollywood Positive" at Go Comedy! Photo: SMyers Imagine the plight of the legendary soul who asked a [...]
BY AP CANTON, OH - An Ohio church marking its 100th anniversary this year on Sunday installed its first openly gay pastor who came out two years ago and says he wants everyone in the [...]
London - British star of the American Christian rock scene, Vicky Beeching came out as gay Aug. 13 in an interview with the U.K. newspaper, the Independent. She is a popular writer and singer of [...]
By BTL Staff The Williams Institute reports that an estimated $53.2 million in spending could come to Michigan's economy from the legalization of same-sex marriage. A new study authored by Williams Distinguished Scholar, M.V. Lee [...]
FERNDALE - On Thursday, Aug. 21, mental health providers around in the metro Detroit area will gain access to the latest professional training to assist in providing quality care to LGBT clients. Affirmations Community Center [...]
By BTL Staff Attendees at this year's Motor City Pride on Saturday June 7 capped off the evening at Motor Ball, a revival of an event last held in Detroit in 2005. More than 500 [...]
1972 - In March, East [...]
Here's a little history lesson: Title IX passed 35 years ago and mandates that males and females be treated equally in education programs that get federal funding. And it solved sex discrimination across the land, [...]
By Ryan Stabler With the recent death of Hall-of-Fame baseball player Tony Gwynn due to tobacco-related oral cancer, the public is talking more about the harms associated with tobacco use. While iconically tied to baseball, [...]
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1965 historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., for Negro voter rights changed the South forever. (Or, did it?) Few know that another King - William Rufus DeVane King - gave [...]
AJ Trager DETROIT - Federal Judge A. Mark Goldsmith, of the Eastern District of Michigan, heard testimony from ACLU of Michigan Cooperating Attorney and University of Michigan Constitutional law professor, Julian Mortenson, representing eight same-sex [...]
AJ Trager DETROIT - Federal Judge Mark A. Goldsmith, of the Eastern District of Michigan, heard testimony on Aug. 21 from ACLU of Michigan Cooperating Attorney and University of Michigan Constitutional law professor, Julian Mortenson, [...]
