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 [...]
Wanda Sykes isn't letting the recent Republican takeover get her down. In fact, considering all the funny fodder it will undoubtedly inspire over the next couple of years, she's all right with the right. "It's [...]
By Keith Orr Author Felice Picano In 1980 and 1981, seven gay writers met in New York. They were as much a support group as a writing "school." They were attempting to write serious [...]
BY AJ TRAGER April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse at Affirmations Nov. 6th for a press release, the day the 6th Circuit Court posted its decision on same-sex marriage. BTL Photo: AJ Trager 6TH CIRCUIT [...]
If anyone epitomized a "moment in time," it was Whitney Houston. At her peak, she unleashed her unmistakable, hit-making voice to seize each one, each song, like it was her last. And then sadly, in [...]
LANSING - Despite public statements by its leader in Michigan, AT&T says it will only support a fully inclusive bill that protects based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. "ATT will only support [...]
By Lisa Keen Republican candidates won enough U.S. Senate seats Tuesday night to take over the majority in both chambers of Congress, but in an even more stunning victory, Republicans took over the governor's offices [...]
By Lisa Keen Photo: Maura Healey was elected Massachusetts attorney general. (Photo courtesy of Healey Campaign) Lesbian attorney Maura Healey made history last Tuesday night, winning election as Massachusetts attorney general and becoming the [...]
Photo: JTMcMillin Tchaikovsky & Friends 8 p.m. Nov. 15 Michigan Theater 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor http://www.a2so.com Anton Nel, the internationally acclaimed piano virtuoso and former head of the piano department at the [...]
By John Quinn Dan Johnson and Wayne David Parker are hysterically funny in the world premiere of "Buzz" at the Detroit Repertory Theatre. Photo: Bruce Millan For good luck at a wedding, the bride [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Collage work by Detroit artist, Teresa Petersen. The 16th Annual Ridge Fine Art & Handmade Wares Show will bring buyable art to Ferndale for one day only this month. The [...]
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON, DC - The Williams Institute and NORC at the University of Chicago surveyed countries from around the world and found that acceptance of homosexuality has risen over the past 20 years [...]
Tito Gutierrez, former Affirmations supporter and board member, died peacefully at his home in Arlington, Virginia of lymphoma on Nov. 3. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador on Feb. 15, 1944, he lived in Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela [...]
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 last Thursday afternoon ruled that Michigan's ban [...]
Rep. Tim Greimel (D-Auburn Hills) Political Hors D'Oeuvres 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 [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion and the ACLU of Michigan will present a community conversation on the proposed amendment to the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights bill this month. The amendment aims [...]
BY BTL STAFF MICHIGAN - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan is seeking support for its advocacy in changing State policy regarding gender markers on State IDs. For several years the group has [...]
I was driving home after picking up my son from school when I heard the news that the 6th Circuit Court had upheld the anti-gay marriage bans in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. It felt [...]
For every plus action, there's an unequal and contrary minus reaction. It's called the Castor Oil Law of Physics. Case in point. Word comes from the Washington, D.C. based Family Ex-Cathedra Council that a Thanksgiving [...]
BY GINA CALCAGNO Since DeBoer v Snyder was first filed on Jan. 23, 2012, the landscape of marriage equality in the United States has changed significantly. At that time, six states and the District of [...]
By Jay Kaplan What a disheartening week last week seemed for LGBT equality and civil rights. In Michigan, one-third of all eligible voters voted in the 2014 election and selected and retained both policy makers [...]
BY AJ TRAGER MICHIGAN - Community and LGBT organizations from across the state have come together to create a new campaign aimed at holding legislators accountable for passage of an all inclusive bill to amend [...]
LANSING — Republicans in the state House announced Wednesday they would be pushing a non- inclusive amendment to Elliott-Larsen and legislation aimed at protecting religious freedom. Rep. Frank Foster (R-Petosky) will introduce legislation to amend [...]
LANSING - Republicans in the state House announced Wednesday they would be pushing a non-inclusive amendment to Elliott-Larsen and legislation aimed at protecting religious freedom. Rep. Frank Foster (R-Petosky) will introduce legislation to amend the [...]
LANSING - Republicans in the state House announced Wednesday they would be pushing a non-inclusive amendment to Elliott-Larsen and legislation aimed at protecting religious freedom. Rep. Frank Foster (R-Petosky) will introduce legislation to amend the [...]
LANSING — A law signed in Dec. 2011 to prohibit local units of government from providing health benefits for unmarried partners has been struck down by a federal court because it Òunlawfully discriminates against same-sex [...]
LANSING - A law signed in December 2011 to prohibit local units of government from providing health benefits for unmarried partners has been struck down by a federal court because it "unlawfully discriminates against same-sex [...]
Before the whole world knew her as âThe Divine Miss M,â Bette Milder was ours. In the early â70s, bawdy, belt-y Bette was performing for the NYC bathhouse boys, and donât think sheâs forgotten it, [...]
Before the whole world knew her as "The Divine Miss M," Bette Milder was ours. In the early '70s, bawdy, belt-y Bette was performing for the NYC bathhouse boys, and don't think she's forgotten it, [...]
BY BTL STAFF MICHIGAN - In the next few weeks, Michigan For Marriage will host two community conversations to talk about the current state of the DeBoer v Snyder trial as well as what we [...]
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