BY AP JACKSON - A federal judge has overturned Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage, but is putting his order on hold for two weeks so the state can appeal. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves issued [...]
LANSING - Amber is looking forward to the new year, but she is also fearful of what 2015 will bring her. She plans to transition to living her life as she was meant -- as [...]
When a show makes its mark on society, it's more than just TV - it's history. In 2014, we met Maura, the protagonist of the brazen, boundary-breaking "Transparent," a dramedy centered on a 70-something male-to-female's [...]
Photo by Eric Schwabel. Mr. LA Leather 2014, Eric Paul Leue, is swinging through Michigan to discuss pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as an HIV intervention. He will participate in panel discussions in Grand Rapids on [...]
Across 1 Use your lips unfaithfully 5 Endora portrayer 10 Biters of Marc Antony's girlfriend 14 "I" of Socrates 15 Belief summary 16 One way to cook fruit 17 Crude dude 18 Bitch and moan [...]
By Amy J. Parrent Inna Los stars in Michigan Opera Theatre's "Madame Butterfly." Photo: John Grigaitis In the Michigan Opera Theatre program handed out at "Madame Butterfly," there is an interview with 93-year-old John [...]
By Martin F. Kohn Danielle Nader and Adam Joseph Lopez in "The Motherfucker With the Hat." Photo: 4TheatrSake There's an old folk song that begins, "The other night when I got home as drunk [...]
By John Quinn Tricia Turek as Gwen, Emily Rogers as Catherine, and Kelly Rose Voigt as Avery in Matrix Theatre Company's "Rapture, Blister, Burn" by Gina Gionfriddo. Photo: Megan Buckley-Ball Matrix Theatre has invested [...]
By Amy J. Parrent Jake's daughter Molly at 21 (played by Egla Kishta), Jake (Bob Hotchkiss) and Jake's daughter Molly at 12 (Charlotte Weisserman). Photo: Melissa Tremblay My late aunt Joyce, who'd raised four [...]
By John Quinn Con (Jonathan Davidson) makes an offering to Nina (Katie Terpstra) in Aaron Posner's Stupid Fucking Bird at Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre. Photo: Brandy Joe Plambeck. "Stupid Fucking Bird" is a play by [...]
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer James R. Kuhl & Dani Cochrane in "The Rainmaker." Photo: N. Richard Nash Once upon a time, on an arid stretch of the American West, there was a girl who wasn't [...]
A museum-quality traveling exhibit on transgender experiences dubbed "Pioneering Voices: Portraits of Transgender People" has found a temporary home at Congregational Church of Birmingham this month. Through first-person accounts, interviews and positive images, the stories [...]
What do you get a gay who has everything? Take your pick from these ideas, perfect for LGBT foodies, techies, explorers and more. Zooop Adult Onesies Lazy winter weekends are meant for lounging around the [...]
FOR THE NOSTALGIA Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Complete Series For queers of every kind, Pee-wee's Playhouse was a place to hang without feeling weird about being weird. Subverting heteronormativity with its groundbreaking portrayal of a wildly [...]
BY AJ TRAGER The ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit in April, Caspar v Snyder. The eight couples named as plaintiffs in the case appear above. Recently re-elected Attorney General BIll Schuette wants these marriages [...]
LANSING -- The lame-duck machinations to amend the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) continue with two clear sides firming up in the fight. One group, led by Democrats and state and national LGBT equality organizations, [...]
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 BTL STAFF MICHIGAN - A broad, bipartisan coalition of organizations, businesses, lawmakers, grassroots activists, members of the LGBT community and concerned residents from across the state have joined together to launch a new statewide [...]
BY BTL STAFF The 6th Circuit ruling on Nov. 6 left Michigan LGBT and allied residents in a state of shock. With emotions ranging from despair to rage, same-sex marriage proponents took to BTL's Facebook [...]
BY AJ TRAGER MICHIGAN - Though the holiday season is usually associated with hot chocolate, Santa and other festivities, many families in metro Detroit are unable to celebrate because of overwhelming medical bills, damages from [...]
In Michigan, where I live, it is perfectly legal to fire someone for being gay. Or for being lesbian, bisexual or transgender, for that matter. For years, LGBT people and allies have been trying to [...]
If one person single-handedly pushed this country into a War of Independence from England, it is patriot and pamphleteer Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809). His book "Common Sense" is a clarion call to open rebellion. [...]
By Susan Sommer Dear Ask Lambda Legal: I'm a married U.S. Army veteran and living in Arkansas. We're wondering about spousal benefits for same-sex partners. I thought my partner wasn't eligible but have heard that [...]
Out-going Speaker of the House Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) and openly gay President of AT&T Michigan Jim Murray have been pushing for an exclusionary amendment to Michigan's civil rights law -- the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. [...]
BY JAY KAPLAN Last week, a Republican-sponsored bill was introduced that would amend our state's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination against some members of the LGBT community. The proposed bill covers sexual orientation [...]
BY JENNIFER MIRACLE-BEST To Those Who Have Concerned Themselves with Other People's Right to Marry: I'm a fairly reasonable person. In fact, I would imagine that most of the people who are close to me [...]
By Mark LaChey As many of you know, I am the chair of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies (LGBT&A) Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party, having been elected in February 2013. As formulated [...]
By BTL Staff BETHESDA, Md. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Marriott International, Inc. was recently named among America's top corporations for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, by earning a perfect 100% score on the Human [...]
BY AJ TRAGER NATIONAL - On Nov. 28, 1998, transgender woman of color Rita Hester was murdered in Allston, Massachusetts. Sixteen years later the LGBT community continues to internationally honor Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) [...]
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