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, [...]
Q&A: Zachary Quinto Calls Upon LGBT Actors to ‘Be Who They Are,’ Says The World Is Ready For a Gay James Bond
"Oh, Jesus." Zachary Quinto is aptly responding to the fact that, yes, despite establishing himself as an Emmy-nominated actor with versatility, out-of-this-world talent and some of the best eyebrows in the biz, he once starred [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Clea DuVall in the director's chair Lesbian fan favorite Clea DuVall, star of "Argo," "American Horror Story" and, back in the day, the queer indie cult hit "But I'm A Cheerleader," [...]
On A First Name Basis
Across 1 Bowie's "___ Oddity" 6 Lucci in "All My Children" 10 NCAA home of the Bruins 14 Emma Stone plays a beard in this movie 15 Words after the race 16 Polished surface, for [...]
Ann Arbor’s Penny Seats Brings The ‘Pee’ With Production Of ‘Urinetown’
"Urinetown: The Musical!," the Tony-award-winning hit from 2001, will have its last performances by Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Theatre Company this weekend. Set in an admittedly absurd dystopian future where one must pay to pee, [...]
First Comes Law, Then Comes Marriage
BY AJ TRAGER It all started 15 years ago, when April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse met at a music festival in 1999. DeBoer came out with some friends, and Rowse was on-duty as an event [...]
West Michigan Activist To Begin Trans Advocacy Project
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT - West Michigan activist and trans advocate Amy Hunter has joined the ACLU of Michigan and begun her work with the Trans Advocacy Project, or Advocacy University. Hunter has done advocacy [...]
2016 Wedding Expo Moves To MotorCity Casino
By BTL Staff DETROIT - The 2016 BTL Ultimate LGBT Wedding and Anniversary Expo will be moving to the MotorCity Casino Hotel March 20, 2016. The event will be spread out over the huge ballroom [...]
Love Out Of The Closet
Caption: James Whipple and Carl Weiler were married on July 26. (BTL photo: Jason A. Michael) FERNDALE - Carl Weiler and James Whipple, both 73, got married in the middle of a Sunday morning service [...]
Saginaw Valley State University Adds Nondiscrimination Policy
BY BTL STAFF SAGINAW - Saginaw Valley State University has added gender identity protections and genetic information protections to the university's nondiscrimination policy. Transgender individuals and individuals with a family history of genetic health conditions [...]
Jewish Community Center To Hold LGBT Discussion On Aging
BY BTL STAFF ANN ARBOR - Jewish Family Services will present their second discussion on LGBT aging at 7 p.m. on Aug. 19 at the Jewish Community Center of Ann Arbor. "The Role of Exercise [...]
Trans Woman Of Color Murdered On Detroit West Side
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT - A 20-year-old trans female of color was found murdered Aug. 8 near Six Mile and Woodward. Equality Michigan reported Amber Monroe, a trans Wayne State University student, was found shot [...]
First GOP Debates: 17 Candidates, One ‘Humane’ Response On LGBT Issues
By Lisa Keen Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul singled out Houston's lesbian mayor for criticism, saying she had tried to "invade the church to enforce (her) own opinion on marriage." Candidate Bobby Jindal said he'd [...]
Creep of the Week: Todd Courser
Michigan State Reps. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, and Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, two of the most right-wing and extreme members of the Legislature, have been doing it for quite some time now. Not surprisingly, Courser and Gamrat [...]
Parting Glances: Gay Divorcees, Anyone?
Human nature being what it is - and sometimes mostly what it isn't - those who marry in haste, straight or gay, usually repent at leisure by visiting an attorney to file for a divorce. [...]
Positive Thoughts: HIV Is Not Your Enemy
By Myles Helfand Please don't be afraid of HIV. It doesn't deserve it, and you deserve better. Don't get me wrong: I'm not anti-fear. I've got a whole mess of fears myself - of failure, [...]
Much More Work After Marriage Equality Decision
By Angie Perone Angie Perone More than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark marriage equality decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, much work remains for full LGBT equality. The decision itself represents a giant step [...]
Local Trans Person Of Color Found Murdered
BTL STAFF Photo courtesy of Equality Michigan. DETROIT - Equality Michigan has learned that the body of a 25-year-old trans person was found brutally murdered in a field in Detroit on July 14. Ashton [...]