As the world continues to learn more about coronavirus and its spread, it's vital to stay up-to-date on the latest developments. However, it's also important to make sure that the information being distributed is from credible sources. To that end, Between The Lines has compiled, [...]
Q&A: Andrew Rannells Talks ‘Dangerous’ Road To ‘Girls,’ His Hope For TV True Love – And A ‘Book Of Mormon’ Revival?!
Photo: Mark Schaffer / HBO Andrew Rannells won't soon be living down the handjob he gave to a boy in a bathroom. Thanks to Lena Dunham and the other writers turning out sharp social [...]
Self-Proclaimed ‘Butch Queen,’ Cakes Da Killa, Talks Pop-Rap That ‘Melts In Your Mouth’
By ED English While it's become a standard to lead the genre of pop-rap with ass and attitude - think Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea - relative newcomer Cakes Da Killa brings up his rear [...]
Tchaikovsky Uncovered: The Secret Gay Life Of A Legend
By Christopher Treacy Not only was revered Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky gay, he also wasn't ashamed. At least, not nearly as much as historians and biographers had always led us to believe. That Tchaikovsky [...]
All Hail Fifth Harmony! Plus: Michelle Chamuel, B-52s’ Kate Pierson
Fifth Harmony, 'Reflection' Raise your glass to girl-group power. It's returning thanks to music-maven Simon Cowell, who understands the need to resurrect this abandoned, gay-celebrated American tradition, where female voices unite for the purposes of [...]
You Can See Right Through Her
Across 1 Bunch of stallions 5 People in flaming pants? 10 Seeks answers 14 Lube ingredient 15 Ganges country 16 Like a virgin 17 Character of 27-Across 20 U.K. member 21 Prominent cock 22 Slinger's [...]
Teen Angst Comes To Royal Oak Stage
By BTL Staff "Spring Awakening," the edgy, pop/rock musical that took Broadway by storm and captured the 2007 Tony Award for Best Musical, sizzles with immediacy today thanks to the raw and electrifying pop score. [...]
‘Home Sweet Home’ To Benefit Homeless LGBTQ Youth In Washtenaw County
Who doesn't love wine, chocolate and cheese? Ozone House will host the 2nd annual "Home Sweet Home" at Vinology on Feb. 18 to support LGBTQ youth. Tickets are $75 and available online. Proceeds go directly [...]
Flint Exhibit To Feature Transgender Stories
BY BTL STAFF FLINT - "Pioneering Voices: Portraits of Transgender People," a traveling art exhibit including photographs and interviews with trans people of all ages, their partners and their children, is coming to Metro Detroit. [...]
Michigan Laws Contributing To Statewide Brain Drain
AJ TRAGER MICHIGAN - Public opinion on LGBT rights in Michigan has shifted over the years and as grassroots groups do more community outreach, members of the LGBT community are beginning to see a shift [...]
Establishing LGBT Relationships: A Look Into The Regional Detroit LGBT Chamber Of Commerce
AJ TRAGER CEO of DRLGBTCC James Felton Keith introducing the chamber board members to over 120 attendees at the first Michigan Membership Mixer meeting of the 2015 year. The event was sponsored by General Motors [...]
Syphilis In The News
In 2013, the CDC reported that U.S. cases of syphilis had increased 10 percent. Three quarters of those cases were among men who have sex with men (MSM) -- which directly accounted for the significant [...]
U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Jury Findings In Shirvell Case
Former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell seen stalking Chris Armstrong. BTL File Photo 2010 The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 2 that a federal jury correctly found former Michigan Assistant [...]
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 [...]
New Study Reflects Harm On LGBT Employees Due To Lack Of Employment Protections
By BTL Staff MICHIGAN - A new report from the Williams Institute at UCLA confirms that 184,000 LGBT workers in the state are vulnerable to employment discrimination absent explicit statewide legal protections. Adding sexual orientation [...]
Creep of the Week: Linda Harvey
After years of arguing that being gay is not a choice and that gay people can't magically become straight via a wish and a prayer, I now have to admit that I was wrong. On [...]
‘Little Bigger Than A Metronome Minute’
When Detroit-born, Cass Tech graduate Bernard Johnson died of pneumonia in January 1997 at age 60, the New York Times carried a quarter-page obit celebrating his life as "a Renaissance man in dance." Little bigger [...]
Wedding Bells For Michigan Grow Louder
This June the U.S. Supreme Court will finally decide whether to extend full marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, and it will be Michigan's DeBoer v. Snyder case that will help determine the outcome. Anticipation, [...]
Stating The Obvious
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 [...]
Trans Leadership Training In West Michigan
BY BTL STAFF KALAMAZOO - February 12 is the last day to sign up for a free two-day training seminar for trans activist leaders in Michigan. Spread out over two weekends, participants will learn about [...]
Michigan LGBTQA Career Fair Coming March 5
DEARBORN - Corporate leaders increasingly recognize that a diverse workforce provides them with a competitive edge. These leaders and their corporate recruiters want LGBT people to join their talent pool. Connecting corporate recruiters with Michigan's [...]