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Adam Lambert Reveals He Dressed ‘Outlandishly’ Because He Was ‘Overcompensating,’ Talks Lack Of Gay Artists
Photo: David Roemer Stripped of that glossy sheen, those painted nails and the purple mane that he famously flaunted on his 2009 post-"American Idol" debut, "For Your Entertainment," Adam Lambert's latest album cover isn't [...]
Did Snyder Trade Signature On Anti-Gay Adoption Bills For Deal On Road Funding?
LANSING - A source with a large national LGBT organization, speaking to Between The Lines on background, says Gov. Rick Snyder traded his signature on anti-gay adoptions bills - dubbed RFRA-style bills by the ACLU [...]
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The Frivolist: Summer Gadget Guide 2015
Your summer vacation gets easier and breezier with these innovative thingamajigs that make kicking back and relaxing cool and convenient. iBT3 Splash-Proof Speaker Pump up your jams by the pool or at the beach with [...]
Lost & Found
By Christopher Treacy Indigo Girls 8 p.m. June 19 Power Center 121 Fletcher St, Ann Arbor a2sf.org "One Lost Day," the 13th studio release of original material from the Indigo Girls, bursts with renewal and [...]
Favorite Gay Things About Mad Max
Across 1 Staff leader for Copland? 6 Plug extension 9 Egyptian vipers 13 Eurasian range 14 Diana of "The Avengers" 16 Madonna, in a creche 17 She plays Aunty Entity in "Mad Max" 19 Like [...]
In Anticipation Of Marriage Equality, Motor City Pride Brings Community Together
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT - Michigan is a very divided state. But with less than a month before the U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision on nationwide marriage equality, thousands spent their weekend downtown in [...]
Together We Stand: Grand Rapids Pride Preview
GRAND RAPIDS - The 27th Annual Greater Grand Rapids Pride, "Together We Stand: Divided We Fall," will be held in Calder Plaza June 20. Last year the Grand Rapids LGBT organization, The Network, returned as [...]
Fiat, Major Sponsor Of Motor City Pride, Hosts Discussion With LGBT Community Leaders
Gregory Hawkins, chair of FCAs Gay and Lesbian Alliance, speaks at the Fiat media discussion Sunday while fellow panelists Darrious Hilmon, executive director of Affirmations, and Dave Wait, chair of Motor City Pride, look on. [...]
Michigan Trans Activists Respond To The Debut Of Caitlyn Jenner
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Bruce Jenner won a gold medal in the decathlon and, in the process, set a new world record. This week Jenner set yet another new record. After announcing [...]
Ingham County Clerk Seeking Couples Wanting To Be Married After Supreme Court Decision
Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, one of four county clerks to marry same-sex couples last year, is "cautiously optimistic" the Supreme Court will issue a ruling in favor of marriage equality this month. To prepare, [...]
Fed Agencies Release Guide On LGBT Discrimination
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON, D.C. - Four federal government agencies with roles in ensuring fairness in the federal workplace released a guide June 4 on the rights and processes available to applicants and employees who [...]
HRC And Whitman-Walker Health Partner To Make Sexual Health A Priority For LGBT
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON - The HRC Foundation, in collaboration with Whitman-Walker Heath, released an updated guide to practicing safer sex June 8 that includes essential tips to minimize the spread of HIV and other [...]
Williams Institute Finds Erasing Gender Wage Gap Would Reduce LGBT Poverty
BY BTL Staff LOS ANGELES - A new Williams Institute Study shows that eliminating the gender wage gap would reduce LGBT poverty and help same-sex couples while the sexual orientation wage gap would help men [...]
Supreme Court: Why The Abercrombie Decision Matters
By Lisa Keen Jon Davidson It is a rare occasion when LGBT legal activists find themselves on the same side of a case as the conservative Christian Legal Society and the National Association of [...]
Creep of the Week: Mike Huckabee
I confess. Once upon a time I thought Mike Huckabee seemed like a nice guy. Granted I disagreed with him on just about every issue imaginable. I thought he was misinformed, kind of crazy, totally [...]
Parting Glances: Encounter With Someone ‘Special’
It's been 60 years since I last saw the young man who sits across from me. He has, at 19, what a friend calls "the poetry of youth." An eager freshness that's a joy at [...]
Transmissions: Cover To Cover
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith The cover is overall stark, but arresting. The model, with flowing brown tresses, is sitting somewhat uncomfortably on a barely visible stool, looking directly at the camera. She is wearing a [...]
Snyder Signs Adoption Discrimination Bills
LANSING -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a controversial three bill legislative package which would allow faith-based adoption and foster agencies paid public dollars to refuse service to adoptive or foster parents based on [...]