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 [...]
Photo: Luke Gilford Mike Hadreas is tapping his "really long" nails on a table. "Can you hear that?" he asks. The act seems insignificant, but for the Seattle-based musician - better known as Perfume [...]
By BTL Staff MICHIGAN - A Michigan group launched a new website last week aimed at helping the transgender community with economic empowerment. The new website, sponsored by the Michigan Trans Economic Development Initiatives (MITEDI), [...]
On Tuesday, The Huffington Post published an expose exploring the relationship between a non- profit "Christian" charity and Republican Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land and her family. The World Mission non-profit — which has a [...]
On Tuesday, The Huffington Post published an expose exploring the relationship between a non-profit "Christian" charity and Republican Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land and her family. The World Mission non-profit - which has [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus After its earlier success this year, Affirmations will again host a series of relationship skills classes along with HAVEN and Turning Point. Themed around health and wellness, the classes will have [...]
Across 1 "Six Feet Under" creator Ball 5 Sounds of relief 9 Sophie B. Hawkins' "As ___ Me Down" 13 Seasoning for Rick Rodgers 14 Lagging behind 15 Quote as a reference 16 " ___ [...]
By John Quinn Harper (Meredith Deighton) and Prior (Bailey Boudreau) share a close moment together in The Ringwald Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's two-part masterpiece, "Angels in America." Photo: Brandy Joe Plambeck. "Putting the [...]
By Bridgette M. Redman The Great Escape Stage Company is taking on a complicated musical with "Grey Gardens." "Grey Gardens" centers around two real people, though the autobiographical elements are ever servants to the plot [...]
By BTL Staff Wilde Awards founder Don Calamia presenting an award at the 2011 Wilde Awards. BTL Photo Andrew Potter It will indeed be one "Wilde" night when Michigan's professional theater community comes together [...]
By AJ Trager Angie Martell. BTL Photos: AJ Trager CHELSEA - Following a path that has taken her from working in civil rights in the big metropolis of New York City to owning dozens [...]
By AJ Trager State Rep. Sam Singh (D-69th District) LANSING - Two bills were introduced into the Michigan House and Senate Sept. 10 that would amend the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual [...]
By AJ Trager BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Two weeks after she was let go, Michigan residents held a second protest Sunday outside Marian High School for the termination [...]
By AJ Trager One of the seven Gold Sponsors of the event, Delta, has been involved for years but became a corporate sponsor in 2009. ROYAL OAK - Hundreds met for the 23rd Annual [...]
By Jason A. Michae Full Truth's four surviving pastors pose for a photo after the 25th anniversary celebration Sept. 7. Pictured are (from left) Rev. Darlene Franklin, current pastor Rev. Ronchele Andres, Bishop Allen Spencer [...]
By BTL STAFF Equality Michigan and Connect2Protect - Detroit have launched an Indiegogo campaign called the Safer Sign Bathroom Initiative to increase the number of gender neutral bathrooms in Detroit. If successful in raising its [...]
By BTL Staff Congregation T'chiyah will celebrate National Coming Out Day and Sukkot on Saturday, Oct. 11. The Reconstructionist Jewish, inclusive congregation will host the event which includes a service from 10 a.m. to noon, [...]
I was working at a discount records shop in downtown Detroit in 1959, the year two ill-fated contenders - Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon - campaigned for the 1960 presidency. [...]
By M. Dru Levasseur, Esq., Transgender Rights Project Director for Lambda Legal Dear Ask Lambda Legal, I have put off going to the doctor's office for a long time out of fear of mistreatment because [...]
By BTL Staff Governor Rick Snyder and the GOP legislative leadership abandoned the LGBT community last week when they could not muster even one co-sponsor of an amendment to the state's civil rights bill. All [...]
By BTL Staff Now that the governor's race is heating up, people are making their voices heard on Facebook. Governor Synder has been the direct target for angry Michiganders, while Mark Schauer (running for Governor) [...]
By BTL Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. - HIV Treatment Works, a communication campaign focused exclusively on encouraging treatment and care for people living with HIV, was launched Sept. 17 by the Centers for Disease Control and [...]
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me Even as her waning health led to her final bow this past July, thespian fireball Elaine Stritch remained an open book as vibrant and vital as ever. Consider it a gift [...]
Ah, money. Or, as we like to call it in America, "Free Speech." Somehow there just never seems to be enough to go around. This is especially true if you're poor. Sure, "speech" is "free," [...]
DETROIT - A large, celebratory crowd gathered at the College for Creative Studies for Voices, the annual benefit for the Ruth Ellis Center. With an auction, donations and corporate [...]
By BTL Staff The Michigan Humane Society (MHS) and the Detroit Zoological Society are hosting their fall 2014 "Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo" event this weekend. The adoption event has placed over 20,000 [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Openly gay author Benoit Denizet-Lewis brings his observational writing to the world of pets with his recently published memoir, "Travels With Casey." "Travels With Casey" by Benoit Denizet-Lewis Denizet-Lewis begins his [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Hunter the Hero The Michigan Humane Society is celebrating its Ninth Annual Mega March for Animals this fall, raising funds to support homeless animals like "Hunter the Hero." Hunter, a [...]
Compiled By Shelby Clark Petkus Sept. 18-30 Wellness Clinic Presenting Organization: Tail Wagger's 1990 Tail Wagger's 1990 Wellness Center, 28402 Five Mile Road, Livonia http://www.tailwaggers1990.org Various times. New center offers spaying, neutering and more. Sept. [...]
