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Leona Lewis, Free & Unfiltered: On Her ‘Gay Husbands,’ ‘Lost’ Pop Stars & How Her Gay Uncle Taught Her To Be Herself
Photo: Catie Laffoon Leona Lewis is having a Mariah Carey moment. She's singing, mimicking the ascending whistle notes that close out Carey's early-'90s hit "Emotions." It's not much - just a few notes, sung [...]
Batty Bwoy’ Author To Appear At Common Language
BY KEITH ORR In Jamaica, being gay is a death sentence. "Boom bye bye inna batty bwoy head" (gun shot to gay men) has replaced the country's motto "Out of many, one people." The title [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Maggie Smith is living in a 'Van' "The Lady in the Van" is quite the departure for Maggie Smith. Lately, she's become more well known than ever for her appearances in [...]
Steve Grand Headlines Michigan Pride White Party
By Shelby Clark Petkus Gay pop/country star Steve Grand will kick off Michigan Pride's White Party Aug. 28 with a special concert. The 25-year-old singer and songwriter hails from Lemont, Illinois, right outside of Chicago. [...]
Free the Bacon!
Across 1 Love seat, e.g. 5 "Desire Under the ___ " 9 2015 award for Laverne Cox 13 His brother laid him in his grave 14 Deity to Debussy 15 Arsenic's old partner 16 2000 [...]
The OutField: Tracking Anna Aagenes’ Activism
By Dan Woog Anna Aagenes took a girl to her junior prom. Still, she did not feel comfortable being fully out as a bisexual then, especially to her high school track teammates. It was not [...]
Ford Arts, Beats & Eats Will Satisfy All Tastes
ROYAL OAK - The 18th annual Ford Arts, Beats & Eats presented by Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort will once again offer unparalleled healthy and delicious edible options. Healthy food choices return while many new [...]
Exclusive Interview: Judge Friedman Discusses DeBoer v. Snyder Trial
Federal Judge Bernard Friedman with Jayne and April after officiating their wedding Aug. 22. The couple hold up there marriage license, the legal document they pursued in order to adopt one anothers children. Annie ONeill [...]
DeBoer-Rowse Children Share Vows At Wedding
BY AJ TRAGER SOUTHFIELD - After 15 years of devoted love, changing diapers, balancing two overnight shifts and challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage, April DeBoer [...]
Ann Arbor’s Historic LGBT Bar Celebrates 20th Anniversary
BY BTL STAFF Tracy Mack will perform at the /aut/Bar's 20th anniversary celebration Saturday. ANN ARBOR - The historic Kerrytown bar, /aut/Bar, will celebrate its 20th Anniversary Aug. 29 and has a whole day of [...]
An Accidental Ally: Barb Byrum
Minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marriage was legal for same-gender couples in the entire country, Barb Byrum had a couple before her who wanted to be married. The 37-year-old clerk hadn't even [...]
State House Business Office Probe Finds Wrongdoing By Gamrat, Courser
Tea party darlings and self-admitted adulterers Reps. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, and Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, have been cited for "misconduct" and "misuse of taxpayer resources" in a draft report from the House Business Office handed over [...]
Space For Grace Offering ‘Agnostic Approach’ To Exploring Spiritual Sexual Selves
Spiral, the normally booming dance club located in Lansing's Old Town, is bringing more than drag shows and drink specials to LGBT people. Kick Back Sunday, sponsored by Space for Grace, is a new nondenominational [...]
State Dems Introduce Bills To Overturn Adoption Discrimination
BY BTL STAFF Recently passed bills that allow adoption and foster care agencies to deny services based on 'religious beliefs or moral convictions' are not only discriminatory and outdated, but keep thousands of children needlessly [...]
Planet Fitness Seeks To Dismiss Trans Locker Room Policy Lawsuit
BY BTL STAFF MIDLAND - Planet Fitness is asking for a dismissal of a lawsuit involving the company's trans-friendly locker room policy, claiming it promotes discrimination against transgender people. Yvette Cormier, a 48-year-old cis woman [...]
Ruth Ellis Center, FCA US Organize 5K Run/Walk
BY BTL STAFF AUBURN HILLS - The Ruth Ellis Center and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance at FCA US have partnered together to organize a 5K walk/run Aug. 29 to raise funds that will be [...]
Congrats to April and Jayne!
On behalf of all of us at BTL Congratulations April DeBoer & Jayne Rowse and sons Nolan and Jacob DeBoer-Rowse and daughters Rylee and Ryanne DeBoer-Rowse And Please join all of us at BTL in [...]
Illinois Enacts Gay Conversion Therapy Ban For Young People
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS ILLINOIS - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Aug. 20 banning therapists from trying to change a young person's sexuality. Under the new law, those under 18 years old can get counseling [...]
NCTE Policy Advisor Becomes First Openly Trans White House Official
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON D.C. - National Center for Transgender Equality staff member Raffi Freedman-Gurspan has been appointed as an outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. [...]
Williams Institute, Target Partner To Conduct Research On LGBT Law And Public Policy
BY BTL STAFF LOS ANGELES - The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law announced Aug. 19 that Target has signed on as the institute's newest premier corporate partner. Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Williams [...]
Creep of the Week: Campaign for Houston
While marriage equality is now the law of the land in the U.S., there are still plenty of places where it is still perfectly legal to discriminate against LGBT people in all kinds of fun [...]
Parting Glances: Billboards For Caitlyn J
Two months ago it was a Caitlyn Jenner's transgender media triumph presented by Vanity Fair magazine. High fashion photos - public, private, family commentary, details of important M-to-F, F-to-M harbingers, interlaced with a concise review [...]
‘I Will Love You Forever’
The DeBoer-Rowse wedding Saturday night was simply magical. The excitement and energy was contagious as each guest arrived, grinning and enthusiastically supportive of the remarkable family that was about to be legally joined. People journeyed [...]
Love Answers The Question Of Marriage Equality
BY Frank Turner I must admit when the fight for marriage equality first took form, I took up arms on the opposing side. As a former Pentecostal, I was born (again) into a Christian denomination [...]