Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the State of Michigan after a plan to kidnap her and other Michigan government officials was thwarted by state and federal law enforcement agencies. She started by saying thank you to law enforcement and FBI agents who participated in stopping this [...]
Hailed '90s alt-rock band Garbage filled the Royal Oak Music Theatre almost to capacity Monday as they performed for the first time in the city. The Wisconsin-based band, with Scottish lead singer Shirley Manson, had [...]
Before the ghoulish parties kick off and trick-or-treaters roam the night, curl up with your own special cuddle monster for these scary TV-and-movie marathons sure to give a fright. FearFest, AMC Now's your chance to [...]
Across 1 Olympic award for Ireen W,st 6 Supporter of Julia Morgan? 10 They were under Hoover 14 Advil rival 15 Global rights org. 16 Drumbeat start 17 They're green when you pluck them 18 [...]
Internet sensation Taylor Davis brought her viral violin songs and videos to Ferndale last week. The YouTuber is most known for her "nerdy" covers of video game, anime and movie music, as well as for [...]
By Emell Derra Adolphus Lambda Car Club member Troy Congdon comes from a family of General Motors workers. He joined the Car Club in 2009 and owns a 1967 classic Buick. The car, he says, [...]
Ford Motor Company GLOBE board chairman Bill Peters and former chairman Greg Stone. Peters joined Ford Motor Company two and a half years ago and works as a senior IT project manager in the application [...]
BY AJ TRAGER Hodges Subarus new location at 21205 Woodward Ave. in Ferndale. The company has been advertising with Between The Lines for 20 years and is committed to maintaing a relationship with the LGBT [...]
It wasn't too long ago that the right-wing American Family Association -- known for getting its membership to boycott groups, organizations and products -- targeted Ford Motor Company for running 2005 Land Rover and Jaguar [...]
BY AJ TRAGER Betty Olding and Jenny Schumacher met in 1972 and have been together for 43 years. They were finally married on Sept. 26 by Detroit Reverend Deb Dysert of the Metropolitan Community Church [...]
BY AJ Trager LANSING - A lesbian power couple who have worked hard to improve LGBT equality in the state, Gina Calcagno and Nicolette Siragusa, have finally tied the knot. "We are thrilled that we [...]
After almost 19 years together, Donald Chisholm and Steven Moore of Pontiac were married on Wednesday, July 1. They would like to enthusiastically thank Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown, who officiated the ceremony, and her [...]
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT - The state of Michigan are paying nearly $2 million to the lawyers who fought for marriage equality in the state. Gov. Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette spent nearly three [...]
DETROIT - Former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh has returned to the news over the past week as the start date for his civil trial nears. Pugh's trial was originally slated to begin this [...]
BY BTL STAFF The National Parks Conservation Association, in partnership with the Saugatuck Center for the Arts and the Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society, will host a special program as part of the Center's ongoing "Intriguing [...]
ANN ARBOR - Jim Toy Community Center board member Jason Morgan has announced that he will run for the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners seat that will be vacated by Yousef Rabhi in 2016. Morgan [...]
BY AJ TRAGER ROYAL OAK - Four days before the Lions face off against the Minnesota Vikings, national comedy star Jennie McNulty is scheduled to perform a Pride Tailgate Comedy Show 8 p.m. Oct. 21 [...]
BY BTL STAFF Presidential hopeful, author and retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson has a history of making offensive statements about the LGBT community and other minority groups. His opposition to same-sex marriage is well [...]
I may be a grown up, but I read a lot of young adult fiction aimed at LGBT teens. Wait. I shouldn't use the term "aimed at" less I fuel the fire behind Eric Metaxas's [...]
I went to my first gay bar, the Silver Slipper, a dyke bar on Grand River, near downtown Detroit. Just 19, I used borrowed ID, escorted authoritatively by two 'stone butches': Speedy and Draino. Lesbians [...]
BY JAY KAPLAN I'm upset -- no, I'm angry as hell -- at certain members of our LGBT community. I'm outraged at those would-be partners in a same-sex relationship who, once the relationship sours, not [...]
Imagine attending a family reunion and discovering that your family consists of some of the greatest creative minds alive who not only share your passions and your interests but come ready to share, encourage and [...]
BY GWEN SMITH Once again, the issue of transgender people in bathrooms has reared its ugly head. In Houston, Texas, Proposition 1 seeks a veto referendum on the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, aka HERO. The [...]
