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, [...]
Second Trans Woman Of Color Shot In Detroit This Week
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT - A trans woman of color has sustained minor injuries after being shot Aug. 11 in Detroit. A trans woman of color was hospitalized this morning after sustaining injuries in her [...]
Q&A: The Bird and The Bee On How They’re ‘Amazed’ By The Gays, Casual Sex, Their Secret Tribute LP & Not Being Lovers
Greg Kurstin and Inara George, collectively known as the Bird and the Bee, are standing at the doorway of Webster Hall in New York City, where they're about to take the stage. Kurstin, 46, raves [...]
Anti-Gay State Lawmakers Caught In Sex Scandal, Refuse To Resign
In this Jan. 14, 2015 photo, Rep. Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, and Rep Todd Courser, R-Lapeer wave to reporters in the House of Representatives in Lansing. A Michigan House leader on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015 requested [...]
Anti-Gay Politicians To Be Investigated By State House For Affair And Cover-Up
Despite having introduced legislation to "protect traditional marriage," State Rep. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, was also struggling to hide his own marital infidelity with Plainwell Republican lawmaker Cindy Gamrat, according to an explosive new report from [...]
The Frivolist: Downtime Detox
We're just about halfway through summer, and chances are you've worn yourself out - even though you don't dare show it. Secret's safe, playboys (and girls). But here are a few healthy ways to recoup [...]
Mombian: LGBTQ-Inclusive Sex Ed Book For Kids Affirms And Empowers
By Dana Rudolph "Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings and YOU (Seven Stories Press)" continues a groundbreaking, LGBTQ-inclusive series for young people on human sexuality -- and should have many cheering [...]
Top-sy Turvy
Across 1 Sitcom with a cross-dressing corporal 5 Wonder Woman weapon 10 Moved one's ass 14 Food on the floor, maybe 15 Waters of the sound? 16 Where pirates moor 17 Web info source 18 [...]
Wharton Center Brings The Magic Of ‘Cinderella’ To Lansing
LANSING - Rodgers + Hammerstein's "Cinderella," the 2013 Tony Award winning Broadway musical from the creators of "South Pacific" and "The Sound of Music," is the first MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center [...]
Two Of A Kind: Bree Gant And Blair Watts
By Ed English Artists and partners Bree Gant and Blair Watts are aliens in their own right. "And then you forget that you are an alien," explains Gant, 26, "Because now you have so many [...]
Michigan’s cost in defending marriage ban
If the legal team that represented April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse prevails, the state of Michigan will be on the line to pay them nearly $2 million in fees. The legal team filed a motion [...]
Agema’s Sex Education Folly
Former Michigan State Representative and GOP National Committeeman Dave Agema wants the national governing body to approve a resolution calling for "truth in sex education." The resolution would require schools that teach about LGBT people [...]
Feds Release Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy
The federal government announced last week that it will push for universal access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as well as full viral suppression of all persons living with HIV by 2020. Health officials in Michigan [...]
Michigan Pride To Feature Gay Country Star, CeCe Peniston And More
BY BTL STAFF LANSING - Michigan Pride 2015 will be held Aug. 28-29 in Lansing. This year will be the 26th Annual Michigan Pride celebration and will consist of a parade that will travel through [...]
‘Same-Sex-Attracted’ Catholic Group Falls Far Short Of Welcome, Fortunate Families Detroit Says
BY BTL STAFF PLYMOUTH - Fortunate Families Detroit, a group of Roman Catholic parents and allies of LGBTQ people, will hold a Prayer Walk from 7:30-9 a.m. on Aug. 11 at the Inn at St. [...]
MotorBall 2015 A Huge Success
By BTL Staff MotorBall, a Geared for Life event that returned for its second year on June 6 under Michigan AIDS Coalition management, raised a record amount for the agency. Over 750 people danced at [...]
Transgender Pride In The Park Will Feature Founders’ Wedding Reception
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE - Transgender Michigan will host the 2015 celebration of Transgender Pride in the Park at noon on Aug. 8 in Ferndale's Donald Red Geary Park. Transgender Pride in the Park is [...]
Republican Presidential Debate Preview
By Lisa Keen Studies have shown that only about one-third of LGBT Americans vote Republican, but there's realistic chance a Republican will win the White House in 2016, so LGBT people need to pay attention [...]
After Caitlyn Jenner, A New World For Transgender Students — And A New Civil Rights Battleground
BY Naomi Nix This is one in a series of articles surveying the complexities of gender identity, the evolving political debate surrounding the transgender rights of today's youth, and the ways in which these issues [...]
Creep of the Week: Priests for Life
Warning! A three-headed beast is on the loose, and it's coming for the children. Specifically the unborn. I know what you're thinking: "Nice try, but monsters aren't real." Ah, don't be so quick to dismiss, [...]
Parting Glances: Five Thousand States Of No Return
My favorite coming out story concerns a computer hacker -- actually a brilliant graphic designer of science texts -- named Dennis. We chanced to meet at Motor City Pride after many, many years. I knew [...]
Would You Like To Take A Survey?
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith On Aug. 19, the National Center for Transgender Equality will launch a nation-wide survey on the lives of transgender people. This is their second such survey, and is billing this as [...]
2015 HIV World Conference Report
By Dr. Paul Benson The Eighth International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment & Prevention convened in Vancouver, Canada July 19-22. Throughout the corridors the excitement of delegates became obvious after hearing the [...]
Q&A: Director Xavier Dolan On Why You Shouldn’t Call His New Film A ‘Gay Thriller,’ Directing Kathy Bates & Susan Sarandon
Photo: Shayne Laverdiere Xavier Dolan is fulminating against the gay tag that typically accompanies his revered art films. Though indies such as "Laurence Anyways," "I Killed My Mother" and "Mommy" have earned Dolan substantial [...]