LANSING -- Voting along party lines, the Michigan Senate approved a three bill package this afternoon to allow adoption agencies in the state to refuse to adopt or place foster children in homes which do [...]
A West Michigan business owner who made headlines in April for declaring he would refuse to provide mechanic's services to openly gay persons is planning a June 11 event at Jenison Public Schools Center for [...]
Los Angeles - Wedding bells will be ringing this summer for many in the LGBT community and in singer Garrett Miller's first single off of his new album, "Blond Jesus." Celebrations will get started off [...]
By Sarah Bricker-Hunt These Rich White Ladies aren't white and are unlike most so-called ladies you're likely to meet. Bronx natives Tokyo Diiva and Scotty Rebel are loud and proud, and they have a special [...]
You don't have to part with your Madonna. You can keep your Diana Ross, your other divas and all the queer classics that stoke your Pride playlist. But is your rainbow losing its luster? Is [...]
Across 1 Start of a quote from "The Harvey Milk Interviews: In His Own Words" 7 More of the quote 13 As a bottom limit 15 Green fruit 16 Open, to Billie Jean 17 Working [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Years before American shows would dare to "go there," the "Kids in the Hall" were skewering homophobia, dressing in drag and lampooning the stereotypes of gay men, feminist women and more. [...]
By John Quinn So what do we know about "The Bikinis, a new musical beach party!" other than its title is in need of judicious editing? If we know it's in production at Meadow Brook [...]
The King & Queens Ball 8 p.m. June 6 Chene Park 2600 Atwater St. in Detroit For tickets visit http://ticketmaster.com She is large and in charge, chunky yet funky. Yes, the one and only Latrice [...]
By ED English Where in the world is Carmen Electra? The model-TV personality-sex symbol-singer's recent hit "Around The World" says it all. And so does her Instagram feed. One minute, she's bikini-clad for photo shoots [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Hot off Season 7 of the Logo TV's "RuPaul's Drag Race" phenomenon, Darienne Lake of Season 6 spoke with Between the Lines about her upcoming gig at Motor City Pride June [...]
Thelma Houston A Mississippi native, Houston's fame hit when she teamed up with Motown Records. The single "Don't Leave Me This Way" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B Singles and Dance Music charts [...]
The King & Queens Ball 8 p.m. June 6 Chene Park 2600 Atwater St. in Detroit For tickets visit http://ticketmaster.com She is large and in charge, chunky yet funky. Yes, the one and only Latrice [...]
By ED English An outreach coordinator for Planned Parenthood by day and a war paint-clad musician by night, Flint native Tunde Olaniran bridges social justice with gender-bending beats. "I try to talk about things that [...]
Michigan for Marriage is currently planning events across the state to be held on Decision Day this month. The day the Supreme Court rules on marriage will be historic. The Right Reverend Wendell N. Gibbs, [...]
BY AJ TRAGER KALAMAZOO - A Western Michigan University Ph.D. student is seeking participants for dissertation research on transgender people's experiences. Codie Stone, working towards a doctorate in psychology, is conducting research in the different [...]
BY BTL STAFF YPSILANTI - The Washtenaw County Sheriff's department believes that an Ypsilanti man who was assaulted and robbed May 25 could have been targeted because he is gay. According to the Ann Arbor [...]
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE - Through torrential downpour and small pockets of sunshine, Ferndale Pride launched Michigan's Pride season. Thousands braved the weather last weekend and [...]
State House Reps. Jeremy Moss and Jon Hoadley assumed office in January. BTL photo: Rita Deibler LANSING - Every Michigander is given 525,600 minutes to experience the mitten state each year. Some use that [...]
FERNDALE - About 80 people braved the rains and came out for the seventh annual Transgender Day of Empowerment on Sunday. The conference, which was sponsored by the Gender-Identity Network Alliance (formerly Transgender Detroit), took [...]
BY BTL STAFF KALAMAZOO - Kalamazoo Pride begins June 12, a two-day pride event celebrating the LGBT community and the many steps taken towards full equality. Kalamazoo Pride will showcase affirming and inclusive organizations, vendors [...]
BY AJ TRAGER LANSING - Freedom Michigan has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the religious freedom restoration acts that could directly impact the LGBT community. RFRA Hurts was launched to raise awareness [...]
Photo Caption: Johnny Jenkins (right) and his partner Frederick Douglas have started a gourmet dessert business called Creme Detroipolis. (BTL photo: Jason A. Michael) DETROIT - He's been a leader in Metro Detroit and, indeed, [...]
Scientists ended a multi-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, 18 months early because it showed those who started anti-HIV therapies reduced the risk of death or development of AIDS by half. The [...]
"Caitlyn, @Caitlyn_Jenner thanku for being a part of all of our lives & using your platform to change people's minds." -- Lady Gaga, via Twitter "To tell Caitlyn's story with care is to demand justice [...]
BY BTL STAFF LOS ANGELES - Advances in same-sex marriage impact family members to different degrees depending on how relevant those advances are to their own lives, according to a new report by researchers at [...]
Alabama's Chief Justice Roy Moore has something to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, and it's going to be hard to hear. Now, if you're in the habit of listening to just about anything Moore says, [...]
As a teenager I learned the lay of the land from word-of-mouth sharing from those who had navigated Detroit's watering holes years before me. I did however once venture -- daringly -- on my own [...]
By Dana Rudolph LGBTQ Pride Month is upon us. I like to think of this time of year, however, as Parenting Season, the span between Mother's Day and Father's Day. It can be a challenging [...]
