Snyder: Michigan Will Recognize 300 Same-Sex Marriages
BY AJ TRAGER LANSING - Gov. Snyder issued a surprise statement Wednesday, a day earlier than the 5 p.m., Feb. 5 deadline he had to order an appeal of the decision by a federal district [...]
Q&A: John Waters On Kink Freaks, James Franco, His Collection Of A**hole Art & Why He May Retire From Film
Photo: Greg Gorman John Waters has taken many deviant turns during his influential career as a cult icon who's constructed a legacy out of the poop-eating, mom-murdering outrageousness of his filmography. But he hasn't [...]
The Perfect Match
By Lawrence Ferber Photo: IFC Films In the new indie film "Match," now available via VOD, Patrick Stewart plays a queer Julliard dance instructor, Tobias, who meets with a couple, played by Matthew Lillard [...]
Wet Hot American, Magneto, J-Hud, ‘Downsizing’
By Romeo San Vicente Thanks for the 'Wet Hot American' sitcom, Netflix In 2001's absurdist, summer-camp-themed cult comedy "Wet Hot American Summer," the counselors - a huge cast of future stars - vow to reunite [...]
Hear Me Out: Meghan Trainor, Belle and Sebastian
Meghan Trainor, 'Title' It's true: We weren't ready for this jelly. But Meghan Trainor plopped her booty down anyway and made a seat for herself with "All About That Bass," 2014's doo-wop polemic that had [...]
Ecce Homophobe
Across 1 Rainbow maker 6 Drag queen Justin 10 Lickety-split 14 Kilmer simile phrase 15 Locker room emanation 16 Gore Vidal work, with "At" 17 Had in mind 18 Where to find a top on [...]
UM Student’s Innovative Car-Bike Hybrid Featured At Detroit Auto Show
Cameron Van Dyke's "Zeppelin" car-bike hybrid There were many new concept cars at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this year, but none quite like the Future Cycles vehicles built by Cameron [...]
Feeling The Folk In Ann Arbor
By Shelby Clark Petkus Ani DiFranco performs Jan. 31 at Hill Auditorium. Photo courtesy of Fleming Artists The renowned Ann Arbor Folk Festival comes to Hill Auditorium this weekend for its 38th year. The [...]
Nagging Questions Behind 6th Circuit Marriage Cases
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service There is at least one small nagging question looming over the happy news that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the appeals of same-sex couples challenging laws in four [...]
Elliott-Larsen: How Michigan Is Falling Behind
BY AJ TRAGER State Sen. Rebekah Warren (L), Greg Varnum, director of external relations at Equality Michigan (C) and Naomi Goldberg, leader of research analysis and research support at the Movement Advancement Project (R), [...]
Southfield Passes Non-Discrimination Ordinance
BY AJ TRAGER Southfield City Council Meeting on Monday, Jan. 26 (BTL photo/AJ Trager) SOUTHFIELD - Southfield City Council unanimously voted Jan. 26 to pass a city-wide non-discrimination ordinance that would add gender identity [...]
Discrimination Continues In States With Marriage Equality
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON - A new report by the Human Rights Campaign, in partnership with the Equality Federation, reveals that equal treatment remains out of reach for LGBT Americans in most states, including Michigan. [...]
Michigan’s Musical Lesbian Love Story
BY AJ TRAGER ANN ARBOR - A University of Michigan professor has begun the editing phase of his full length feature film. The movie, filmed, directed, written and produced all in metro Detroit, tells a [...]
Between Ourselves: Maddie Adams
BY AJ TRAGER DEARBORN HEIGHTS - Maddie Adams, 22, is a regular volunteer at Affirmations, answering phones and assisting members of the staff. She has been interested in LGBT activism for many years, including working [...]
Is The Michigan Tea Party Movement About To Erupt In A Civil War?
Well if the posts on social media are any indication, the long simmering battle for control of the movement being waged by social conservatives and economic conservatives may very well be erupting into a full-fledged [...]
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 [...]
Conference Will Discuss Safe Schools For LGBT People
BY BTL STAFF ROCHESTER - With a goal to create more supportive and inclusive educational environments for LGBT individuals, the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Initiative of Oakland University's School of Education and Human [...]
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 [...]
Creep of the Week: Sally Kern
Mental illness is a serious, unfairly stigmatized issue in this country. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in four Americans deal with some kind of mental illness yearly and many receive no [...]
Parting Glances: Days Of Wine And Roses
"It's a pity that youth is wasted on the young," said George Bernard Shaw, whose play "Pygmalion" was given a fresh start and a heart pacer as the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady." Shaw -- [...]
Schuette’s Cowardly Plea To Discriminate
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's op-ed in Sunday's Detroit Free Press attempted to defend his decision to continue fighting marriage equality all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. He argued it is his duty, [...]