Michigan Senate Does Not Vote On Harmful Legislation
BY AJ Trager Michigan residents hold signs up during the Ferndale Rally held on Dec. 18. BTL Photo: AJ Trager LANSING - The Michigan lame duck session came to a close early Friday morning [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Kate McKinnon. Photo: Debby Wong 'SNL' star Kate McKinnon is coming to a theater near you We were wondering when the Kate McKinnon bullet train would leave the station and speed [...]
Hear Me Out: Mary J. Blige, Carrie Underwood
Mary J. Blige, 'The London Sessions' Nobody was sensing Mary J. Blige needed a change more than Mary J. Blige. To reinvent her sound, which she says was going "stagnant," the "No More Drama" singer [...]
Actor With Dexter-ity
Across 1 Deer, or without a dear 5 Verdon, who played Lola 9 "Hollywood Squares" choice 14 ___ Alto, California 15 Estimate ending 16 Intense desires 17 Doug Mattis leap 18 Male escort 19 Hamlet's [...]
Curtain Goes Down On Curtain Calls
Retiring editor Donald V. Calamia celebrating his recent 60th birthday. Photo: J. Williams Back in the summer of 2001 when co-publishers Jan Stevenson and Susan Horowitz placed a small ad in the newspaper seeking [...]
‘Wicked’ Still Casts A Powerful Spell
By Jenn McKee "Wicked" continues at the Detroit Opera House through Jan. 4. Photo: Joan Marcus "Wicked" has long been typecast as "a girl thing," but while watching the newest touring production of the [...]
Beck Bubbles As Avonlea’s Anne
By Bridgette M. Redman "Anne of Green Gables" continues at What A Do Theatre through Dec. 20. Photo: WAD When you have a strong asset, you're going to use it. Especially when that asset [...]
In Dreamy ‘Snow Queen,’ Storytellers Reign
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer PuppetART's "Snow Queen" continues through Jan. 31, 2015. Photo: Detroit Puppet Theatre Winter doesn't officially begin until late December, but Michigan weather usually arrives early to that particular party. So [...]
Fend Off Winter Freeze With Sing Out Detroit
By Shelby Clark Petkus Photo:Music Director Todd Ballou LGBT concerts aren't over for the season just yet! Sing Out Detroit, southeast Michigan's LGBT and allied chorus, will perform their holiday show, "FA-LA-LA FROZEN," in [...]
A Remembrance: Robert Clark
I couldn't tell you the exact moment I met Robert Clark, but the bond was immediate. We were drawn together by our shared commitment to LGBTQ equality in general, but especially for the African American [...]
New LGBT Tobacco Disparity Report For Michigan Released
BY AJ TRAGER Members from the Michigan Department of Community Health, Perceptions, the Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center, KICK, LGBT HealthLink, Affirmations and The Network gathered for the official release of the report on [...]
Representation: Trans Activism In Michigan Lame Duck
BY AJ TRAGER SAGINAW - Over the past decade she has fought for her life, added her name to become an elected official and now fights to be a Michigan citizen with full rights. Charin [...]
Study: Only 16 Percent Of Men Who Have Sex With Men Report Using Condoms ‘Always’
A new study by CDC researcher Dawn Smith has found that only 16 percent of men who have sex with men reported consistent condom use during the study period. That same study was used to [...]
New Data Shows U.S. Benefiting From Same-Sex Marriage
BY BTL STAFF LOS ANGELES - The Williams Institute, in partnership with Credit Suisse, has released a new, interactive resource exploring the amount of money state economies have to gain by allowing same-sex couples to [...]
NYC Approves Ordinance On Trans Birth Certificates
BY BTL STAFF NEW YORK - A New York City Council approved an ordinance last week eliminating barriers for transgender people seeking to change the gender marker on their birth certificates. Only 59 percent of [...]
Creep of the Week: Craig James
People who think two guys kissing or two women same-sexing is really icky and makes Jesus cry don't typically say that gays and lesbians should be killed. Prayed for? Check. Sent to an ex-gay camp [...]
Parting Glances: When Fairy Tales Cross
There are paths that by strange chances on Christmas Eve mix up in time, space, thought, crazy activation. Some fact. Some fantasy. Who knows? So it happened once upon a near but distant whimsical time [...]
Ask Lambda Legal – HIV and Employment Discrimination
By Scott Schoettes, HIV Project Director for Lambda Legal Q: I have been working at the same company for a few years, and am generally happy there. I recently tested positive for HIV and was [...]
Mich-issippi Burning: Marriage Equality, Anti-Gay Animus and Majoritarian Politics
By Peter J. Hammer JURIST Guest Columnist Peter J. Hammer, of Wayne State University Law School, discusses the socioeconomic disparities that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals experience in Michigan. In an increasing number of [...]
Missing Person Found In Metro Detroit
BY AJ TRAGER UPDATE as of Dec. 24 Ralko was found dead in his vehicle in the Meijer parking lot at 13 mile and Mound on Dec. 23., according to Louis Galasso, Warren police deputy [...]