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Supreme Court Declines New LGBT-Related Cases
BTL Staff The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will not take up two new cases related to LGBT rights. One was seeking to turn back LGBT rights in a lawsuit related to "ex-gay" therapy, [...]
The Frivolist: 6 Gay Places to Kick Off the Best. Summer. Ever.
Skip Palm Springs, forget Fire Island and put P-Town on hold. This year, you're headed to a new LGBT-friendly destination for an unexpected getaway with all the perks to which you're privy. Time to get [...]
A Taste Of Ginger Minj
By Jerome Stuart Nichols Ginger Minj hosts Drag Queen Bingo May 7-10 Five15 515 S. Washington, Royal Oak http://www.five15.net 248-515-2551 Season seven of "RuPaul's Drag Race" has a while to go before crowning a new [...]
Bookmarks: National Poetry Month
By Keith Orr Editor's Note: As we wrap up National Poetry Month, Keith Orr (owner of Ann Arbor's Common Language Bookstore) offers insight into the importance of poetry while recommending great works to both those [...]
Lady Sings The Blues
Across 1 Rev. Perry 5 George Michael's old band 9 Herbert's "Fortune and Men's ___ " 13 New York college 14 Hoover hookup that sucks 15 Words after so 16 McKellen's Magneto movie 17 What's [...]
Ferndale’s Ringwald Theatre Seeks Troupes For Gay Play Series
FERNDALE - The Ringwald Theatre is sounding a call for local troupes to be a part of their Sixth Annual Gay Play Series (GPS). The Detroit-area's only GLBT short play festival is striving to provide [...]
Pro And Anti-LGBT Activists Hit Capitol Steps
LANSING -- As the Tuesday Supreme Court hearings neared, anti-gay activists vehemently opposed to marriage equality were ramping up in preparation for any ruling which would allow same-sex marriage to become the law of the [...]
MiRFRA Heard Before Senate Judiciary Committee
BY BTL STAFF LANSING -- The controversial Michigan Religious Freedom Restoration Act (MiRFRA) -- introduced as SB 0004 by GOP Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake -- was heard before the Senate Judiciary committee April 28, [...]
Michigan ACLU Discuses SCOTUS Tea Leaves
BY AJ TRAGER WASHINGTON D.C. - Mary Bonauto of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders and Doug Hallward-Driemeier of Ropes & Gray LLP made their arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a two and [...]
Creep of the Week: Pat Robertson
Back in the late 90s on "Saturday Night Live," Will Ferrell played Neil Diamond in a spoof of VH1 Storytellers. After Diamond has told increasingly incriminating stories related to his hit songs while singing the [...]
Parting Glances: Inner Office Memorandum 2050
Well, there was Jay Hovah, CEO, minding his own damn corporate -- military/industrial complex -- business when along comes a cataclysmic stock market crash (Red, White, Blue Chip Shares wiped out) and, wouldn't you know [...]
My ‘Ferguson Novel’
By Lev Raphael I once introduced a best-selling thriller writer at a reading here in Michigan and mentioned -- among other things -- that he was a finalist for some award. When he got to [...]
MWMF: 40 Year Journey Of Transformation And Inspiration On ‘The Land’
I'm always surprised by the reactions of people when I tell them I have been (more than once) to the Michigan Women's Music Festival. Most often the response is either, "You went?" "You camped?" or, [...]
Jenner: Haven’t We Been Here Before?
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Transmissions This will come as no surprise to you, unless you happen to currently reside under a sizable chunk of stone: on "20/20" on ABC, Reporter Diane Sawyer sat down with [...]
Opening My Heart and Doors to You
Dr. Laurel A. Sills, Licensed Psychologist (Copyrighted April 14, 2015) For those of you who may never have heard of me before, I am a gay-supporting, straight Psychologist who has advocated for the rights of [...]
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Opening My Heart and Doors to You Apr, 2015
Dine Out In Ferndale To Save Michigan Lives
Dining Out for Life, the international fundraiser that raises money for AIDS service organizations, takes place April 30 and will benefit the Michigan AIDS Coalition. ActionAIDS in Philadelphia established Dining Out for Life in 1990. [...]