Photo: Nino Munoz A single tweet changed Ricky Martin's life, and then it changed the world. When the internationally famed Puerto Rican heartthrob came out in 2010, declaring himself on Twitter "a fortunate homosexual [...]
BY BTL STAFF FERNDALE - After a year of searching, Affirmations will hire Darrious Hilmon to be the next executive director of the LGBT community center. Darrious Hilmon Affirmations announced Hilmon will take over as [...]
BY AP and BTL Staff Report BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - On Friday the U.S. Supreme Court did not grant a stay on a lower court's ruling that deemed unconstitutional Alabama's ban on marriage equality. It led [...]
In this age of fleeting swipe-right relationships, consider yourself lucky if you've got someone to call your own this Valentine's Day. To show him or her how much you care, ditch the big production and [...]
By BTL Staff Dancing, music, delicious food and a party atmosphere will greet the hundreds of people coming out to the 2015 Ultimate LGBT Wedding and Anniversary Expo March 21. The Expo promises to be [...]
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By Shelby Clark Petkus Ferndale plays host to a "cause for some paws" this weekend with a special Valentine's Day-themed event. Pug Rescue Network (PRN) and Midwest Boston Terrier Rescue (MWBTR) will host the event [...]
It's always a good time to celebrate love. Especially on Valentine's Day, and especially with wild animal sex. The Detroit Zoo's "Love Gone Wild" is one of many options for LGBTs looking to do that [...]
In the quiet week between Christmas and New Year's Eve, the city of Gaylord, Michigan reached out to the local newspaper with a public health issue of concern. As a result of an early investigation [...]
BY BTL STAFF METRO DETROIT - The Name Change Project, which provides legal name change services to transgender people, has arrived in Michigan. In 10 other counties from around the country, the Name Change Project [...]
BY AJ TRAGER (L-R) Rachel Crandall, Marcy Martinie, Susan Crocker and Char Davenport running the TGMI booth at West Michigan Pride 2014. MICHIGAN - Transgender Michigan (TGMI) was established in 1997, providing the state [...]
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE - The legal team for the DeBoer-Rowse family has begun training and preparing for their upcoming trial and needs financial support. April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse are plaintiffs in the Michigan [...]
BY AJ Trager Members of the 2015 Out Loud Chorus posed for their January performance. New member night will be held Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Ann Arbor. All [...]
BY BTL STAFF SAGINAW - Actress, writer, producer and trans advocate, Laverne Cox, will be at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) to deliver a one hour lecture on her life. Many know Cox from her [...]
BY BTL STAFF LANSING - Michigan House Representative Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, introduced House Bill 4133 Jan. 29 that would allow second-parent adoption in the state of Michigan and would remove legal hurdles for unmarried [...]
The Oakland County Michigan Health Division and OLHSA: A Community Action Agency are hosting free STI and rapid HIV testing for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Feb. 7. The agencies are looking to help the [...]
Good news, Jews. Former Arkansas Governor and Fox TeeVee host Mike Huckabee isn't going to force you to sell "bacon-wrapped shrimp" in your delis when he becomes President of the United States of Christmerica. He [...]
From time to time I keep a dream journal. Last year I recorded over 50 dreams, which is pretty good considering that dreams are like exotic butterflies: unless netted quickly, they flutter and vanish back [...]
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith This January, President Barack Obama ascended to the speaker's rostrum in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to deliver the 2015 State of the Union address to the [...]
History by definition is the branch of knowledge dealing with past events. Dig a little deeper and many dictionaries expand the definition to include the "continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a [...]
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