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, [...]
Queen Pardons Gay WWII Code Breaker
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 [...]
Longest Running Soap Opera Shows LGBT Support
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 [...]
Virginia Family Foundation Protests Gay Marriage With Fake Fast
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 [...]
Couple Wins Wedding Venue Dispute
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, [...]
Landmark Bookstore In Philly To Reopen
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 [...]
Berlin Mayor Announces Resignation
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 [...]
Michigan Education Groups Call For LGBT Rights
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 [...]
Q&A: Jennifer Hudson On Lesbian Rumors & Drag Queen Attitude: ‘I Don’t Care What You Think’
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 [...]
Rub One Out In Detroit
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 Forced To Allow Same-Sex Wedding
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 [...]
Boy Killed By Mother For Playing With Dolls
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 [...]
TLC Star Says Transgender People Are Child Predators
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, [...]
Florida Federal Judge Rules For Same-Sex Marriage
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 [...]
UPDATE: LGBT Murder Suspect In Metro Detroit Caught
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 [...]
News You Should Know August 22, 2014
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
New Documentary Focuses On Syrian And Lebanese Bears
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 [...]
Equality Ride Winds Through Wayne, Washtenaw
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, [...]
A Coming Of Gay Story
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, [...]
The Holy Trinity
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 [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
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, [...]
Blu Collar Worker
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 [...]
Googly-eyed Ambitions Yield Fuzzy Returns
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 [...]
Decade Of Changes Buzzes Through Music Revue
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. [...]
Hurray For Hollywood?
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 [...]
100-year-old Ohio Church Installs Gay Pastor
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 [...]
Worship Songwriter Vicky Beeching Comes Out As Gay
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 [...]
Extending Marriage To Same-Sex Couples Could Bring Millions To State
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 [...]
Mental Health Providers Access Latest Training On LGBT Clinical Issues
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 [...]
Motor Ball And Geared For Life Move To MAC
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 [...]
Michigan: A Brief Timeline of LGBT Milestones In the Capital City
1972 - In March, East [...]
Creep of the Week: Brent Ellis
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, [...]
Letter: Tobacco Use And Prevention In LGBT Community Needs More Attention
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, [...]
Parting Glances: White House S/henanigans
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 [...]
“Right To Stay” Married Heard In Caspar v Snyder
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 [...]
Arguments For Right To Stay Married Heard In Caspar v Snyder
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, [...]