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Straights From The Heart
Across 1 Gay-friendly Hutcherson of "The Hunger Games" 5 'Enry's fair lady 10 Gay-friendly singer of the Jonas Brothers 14 Invitation to a top? 15 Rock's "Pillow Talk" costar 16 North Sea feeder 17 Baudelaire's [...]
Peppermint Creek Takes On LGBT Rights, Aging In Couple’s Story
By Bridgette Redman A lot can happen in 65 years - both in the life of a couple and in the world at large. Lansing's Peppermint Creek Theatre Company launches the U.S. premiere of a [...]
Agema Censured By National GOP, Refuses To Resign
Political Hors D'oeuvres Embattled GOP National Committeeman from Michigan Dave Agema is under fire from his own party -- again. This time Agema is in hot water for re-posting a testament from a public defender. [...]
Michigan Court Of Appeals Smacks Former Anti-gay Assistant Attorney General Down For Homophobic Bullying
Former Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell seen above stalking UofM student body president Chris Armstrong. BTL file photo As if a $4.5 million civil judgment hanging over his head wasn't bad enough, Andrew Shirvell, [...]
Same-Sex Marriage Goes To The Supreme Court
By AJ Trager April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse with their lawyer Carole M Stanyar. WASHINGTON D.C. - The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has granted review of four petitions from each state [...]
U.S. Syphilis Rates Increased By 10 Percent In 2013
The final numbers for syphilis infections in the U.S. during 2013 were released in December 2014, and they aren't good news -- particularly for men who have sex with men. Just over 17,000 people were [...]
Controversy Over UMS Award To Russian Orchestra
BY AJ TRAGER ANN ARBOR - Internationally known Russian conductor Valery Gergiev returns to Ann Arbor for two performances with the Mariinsky Orchestra and to receive, in collaboration with the Orchestra, the 2015 UMS Distinguished [...]
Equality Michigan Accepting Applications For Internships
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT - The statewide advocacy and anti-violence organization serving the LGBT community is looking to fill internship positions. Students in any field of study can apply to be an intern for Equality [...]
Ferndale Pride Seeks Sponsors And Vendors
BY BTL STAFF Ferndale Pride has just released a press release announcing their plans for this year's event. Downtown Ferndale will host its annual Ferndale Pride for the LGBTQA community on Saturday, May 30 along [...]
Attention Michigan LGBT Career Seekers
BY BTL STAFF DEARBORN - The University of Michigan-Dearborn, in collaboration with various LGBT sponsors, is hosting an upcoming LGBTQ Career Fair to help connect young LGBT professionals with businesses from around the state. LGBT [...]
Filmmaker To Speak On LGBT, Black Intersectionality
BY BTL STAFF Award-winning documentary filmmaker and scholar, Yoruba Richen, will be speaking in Ann Arbor as part of an event co-sponsored by the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA). [...]
Warren To Speak At Upcoming ELCRA Panel
BY BTL STAFF YPSILANTI - As part of an upcoming event for Eastern Michigan University's Equality Research Center, State Senator Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) will speak about pending legislation in the Michigan Legislature that will [...]
Become A Vendor At LGBT Wedding Expo
By BTL Staff SOUTHFIELD - It's not too late to reserve a table for the the fifth annual Ultimate LGBT Wedding and Anniversary Expo taking place March 21, hosted by the publishers of Between The [...]
C.B. Embry Jr.
Creep of the Week I don't like public restrooms. There's just something really, well, icky about sharing a space with strangers where everybody does their grossest business. I don't want to hear the woman in [...]
Art History Gets In Drag
Parting Glances One of the most sensational art heists in history took place Aug. 11, 1911. It was spontaneous rather than planned. The theft -- the most famous picture in the world -- Leonardo Da [...]
The Movement, Martin And Marriage
Movement is about change. Sometimes the causes change, the tactics change -- even the leadership changes -- but the constant in all of our movements is our quest to become more human: to change our [...]
Out Of Touch
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Transmissions I doubt she'd be the one to admit it, but my mother enjoys celebrity gossip. When I was growing up, it was quite common to see her toss a tabloid [...]