LANSING - The state legislature is about to roll into the wild west of the legislative session - the lame duck. It's the period between the November election and the seating of the new legislature [...]
LANSING - The decades long fight to amend Michigan's civil rights act - The Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act - to include protections for the LGBT community may hinge on the inclusion of gender identity [...]
Andy Cohen isn't used to sitting in the hot seat. As host of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live," and also executive producer of "The Real Housewives," Cohen spends his nights schmoozing with the likes of [...]
BY BTL STAFF Veteran standing with LGBT Pride flag at 6th Circuit Rally in Ohio, Aug. 6. BTL Photo: AJ Trager WASHINGTON. D.C. - On the eve of Veterans Day, the American Military Partner [...]
BY BTL STAFF NATIONAL - Late October, TheTransGenTimes.com (TGT), based out of California, launched as centralized news source for the trans community. Pulling together related content in a Huffington Post style newspaper, TGT provides readers [...]
Even before making the streets of New York City her own private dance floor for "Hideaway," Kiesza was courting the queers. The lead single off the 25-year-old's major-label debut, "Sound of a Woman," has certainly [...]
By BTL Staff LGBT-supportive vacation spot, the Wickwood Inn, was recently named one of Food & Wine Magazine's 25 Best American bed and breakfasts. The award, issued this month, follows its "2014 Certificate of Excellence," [...]
LANSING - Adding months, perhaps years, for same-sex couples to receive recognition from the state of Michigan for their marriages, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals late Thursday afternoon ruled that Michigan's ban on [...]
By John Quinn I was looking for a treat All Hallows' Eve, since the weather was playing the meanest trick of the night. Fortunately, Planet Ant Theatre debuted a frightfully funny new comedy, "The Dogman [...]
By Judith Cookis Rubens Toddlers and preschoolers aren't exactly a sit-still bunch, and expecting rapt attention at the theater is asking a lot. So it's nice when a children's show provides ample opportunity for kids [...]
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer How do you tell a story as big as the world? In "Turtle Island," Detroit's PuppetART Theatre incorporates Native American mythology into a parable aimed at showing young viewers how humans [...]
There's a new and exciting option on the holiday gift-giving horizon this season when the Guild of Artists and Artisans, the producers of the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair, introduce the new Holiday Art Fair [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Though the temperatures have cooled enough to put many different outside markets to rest, Ann Arbor will get a special one this winter. The Saline Antiques and Vintage Market brings an [...]
BY AJ TRAGER Michigan Equalitys Sommer Foster and Gina Calcagno from Michigan For Marriage, discuss the possible scenarios on the horizon once the 6th Circuit Federal Court ruling is in regarding same-sex marriage.The ruling is [...]
The Area Agency on Aging 1-B's (AAA1-B) Medicare Medicaid Assistance Program (MMAP) is partnering with Affirmations to offer LGBT Medicare beneficiaries free information and assistance on Medicare and Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage plans [...]
BY BTL STAFF BIRMINGHAM - This upcoming weekend five churches will gather together for an AIDS Remembrance and Awareness worship service. On Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. the Global Face of HIV/AIDS will be presented [...]
BTL STAFF FERNDALE - Affirmations Community Center announced last week that WBB+McCormack will assist in the next phase of the search for a new executive director. David Garcia served as Affirmations executive director for two [...]
By BTL Staff The HIV/AIDS Resource Center (HARC) will hold its 11th Annual Wine Cellar event this November. The event, which features a raffle, silent auction and wine tasting in Ann Arbor, benefits HARC and [...]
The Motor City Pride Planning Committee announced its community meetings schedule Tuesday. The meetings are being held to review the 2014 festival and to gather ideas the 2015 Festival and Parade scheduled for June 6 [...]
BY BTL STAFF NATIONAL - The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs released their 2013 report on intimate partner violence (IPV) and it shows a continuing increase in IPV towards LGBT people. The team collected 2,697 [...]
NEW YORK - GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) released its biennial National School Climate Survey report Oct. 22, which shows how ongoing hostile school climates impact the safety and mental health of [...]
I think we all know that Starbucks is a little, well, gay. I mean, they sell drinks like the Gingerbread Latte, Peppermint Mocha, and the Frappuccino (which is the gayest coffee drink name ever). Not [...]
January 3, 2050 Dear Diary: Another same-sex couple has been "relocated." My neighbors two doors down. The boys who did a wonderful job of gentrifying that old house on Wells Street. Didn't really get to [...]
By Amy Hunter BAY CITY - Michigan has been without an openly LGBTQ legislator in Lansing for almost seven years. That will change in 2015 when Jon Hoadley and Jeremy Moss take their seats in [...]
By AJ Trager Jeremy Moss, center, with friends Jeffrey Beyer, Ian Edwards, Jenny Suidan and Andy Meisner the Oakland County Treasurer and former State Rep. for Ferndale, at their celebration party on Nov. 4. BTL [...]
Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer at Affirmations the evening of Day of the Decision where the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The court upheld that [...]
Across 1 Matthew Warchus film about strange bedfellows 6 Weeps with abandon 10 Org. of guys who are knock-outs? 13 " ___ Eclipse" 14 Goal for Sheryl Swoopes 15 Like a pale face 16 "It's [...]
