By BTL Staff From right, State Rep. Andy Schor (D-Lansing) with State Sen. Curtis Hertel (D-Meridian Township) during a marriage equality rally on the Capitol steps Monday night. Hertel, along with all Democratic legislators are [...]
Legally lesbian? Well, not exactly. To the delight of their queer-lady fans, Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara may kiss up on each other, but its all just part of their "Hot Pursuit." In the film, [...]
Legally... lesbian? Well, not exactly. To the delight of their queer-lady fans, Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara may kiss up on each other, but it's all just part of their "Hot Pursuit." In the film, [...]
By Lisa Keen Attorney Mary Bonauto, who argued Question 1 for plaintiffs, speaks to media immediately following the U.S. Supreme Court hearings Tuesday. Photo: Gretchen Frederick The very first question from the U.S. Supreme [...]
By Sen. Curtis Hertel, Jr. and Sen. Rick Jones Pro: Protecting Freedom Of Religious Expression Is Not Discrimination By Sen. Rick Jones The proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act is about protecting one of America's founding [...]
James Toy, of the University of Michigan and a longtime LGBT advocate reflects on the meaning of the historic marriage equality hearings at the U.S. Supreme Court. Between The Lines caught up with Toy at [...]
BY AJ TRAGER Michiganders Frank Colasonti,Jr. with his husband James Ryder outside the U.S. Supreme Court Monday. They have been camped out in line, #17 and #18, and hope to secure a seat inside the [...]
By Christopher Treacy Frida Kahlo may have been concerned with what people thought of her artwork, but she didn't much care what they thought of her. Perhaps one reason for this is because the two [...]
By Romeo San Vicente 'Grace Jones - The Musical Of My Life' comes to the BBC Gay icon Grace Jones has spent decades doing exactly as she pleases, always with a somewhat menacing smile on [...]
Sufjan Stevens, 'Carrie & Lowell' Grief guides Sufjan Stevens' muse on "Carrie & Lowell." It's a remarkably wrenching release from the indie darling. "The evil it spread like a fever ahead / It was night [...]
Across 1 Race site in Auden's land 6 Express pleasure orally 10 "Rat Bohemia" author Schulman 15 Dutch resort isle 16 Painter Bonheur 17 Board material 18 What they call discrimination in Indiana 21 Test [...]
Michigan Theater is partnering with Wine Enthusiast Magazine to offer a special film series focused on the world of wine on Wednesdays at 7 p.m., April 29-May 27. Both wine and film are full sensory [...]
Political Hors D'oeuvres Gamrat Barred From State Republican House Caucus Indefinitely Poor State Rep. Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell. She's just trying to represent her constituents, you know? To accomplish that, she tweeted from a closed meeting [...]
BY AJ TRAGER Panelists (L-R) Lisa Ruby, Jay Kaplan, Angie Martell and S. Kerene Moore discussing the future of LGBT issues post-SCOTUS on April 15 at the University of Michigan Law School. BTL Photo: AJ [...]
Ypsilanti -- Eastern Michigan University's Equality Research Center will host its "Equality Research to Action Conference 2015," the first LGBT research conference bringing academics and advocates together to advance equality. The conference will take place [...]
BY BTL STAFF HART -- National LGBT organizations that had signed their names to a petition drafted by Equality Michigan calling for a stop to trans-exclusionary practices at Michfest, a week long summer arts and [...]
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT -- In the 1960s, Marvin Marks worked as an accountant in the metro Detroit area. By the late 70s he was an out, gay, Jewish Detroiter meeting with a gay Catholic [...]
BY BTL STAFF A Marriage Equality Candlelight Vigil will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 27 on the Michigan Capitol steps, located at 100 N. Capitol Ave. in Lansing. It will be an opportunity to [...]
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON -- A new case study is being sent by the Human Rights Campaign to Michigan lawmakers urging them to reject anti-LGBT bills like the religious freedom bill in Indiana that would [...]
BY BTL STAFF FLINT -- In honor of the historic day when the U.S. Supreme Court will hear same-sex arguments from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Flint will hold a [...]
By Lisa Keen Jim Obergefell, center, speaks to members of the media as he joins the Human Rights Campaign to deliver what they say are 207,551 copies of the Peoples Brief that calls for full [...]
BY BTL STAFF ROCHESTER -- A metro Detroit college will soon add an LGBT studies minor to its list of provided course study. Oakland University will add a new LGBT studies minor program for Fall [...]
Think of the last time you've gotten an invitation to a wedding and thought to yourself, "Ugh. These people. I totally don't think they should be getting married, and if I could stop it I [...]
There were lots of kids in the apartment complex I grew up in at 444 Peterboro, ZIPPER code 48202. And, although -- through the careless grace of God --I was born an only child, I [...]
By Evan Wolfson Evan Wolfson and Mary Bonauto. Photo courtesy Evan Wolfson The freedom to marry is back at the Supreme Court, our momentum is irrefutable and I couldn't be prouder of the team [...]
By Dana Rudolph PQ: It comes as no surprise to me that most of the marriage plaintiffs now before the Supreme Court are parents. Marriage equality advocates have worked hard to transform "think of the [...]
A Michigan Senate Committee has approved, on a party line vote, a three bill package opponents say would codify discrimination by adoption agencies. The committee -- Family, Seniors and Human Services -- voted the three [...]
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