What does Sarah Paulson remember about the first time she kissed a girl? "Nothing that I'm going to tell you!" she teases, laughing as if to say "nice try." Not that the actress' entire life [...]
BY AJ TRAGER WATERFORD - After many years together, Indiana farm girl and Between the Lines sales rep Ann Cox and Deb Dysert, also known as Reverend Dysert from the Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit, [...]
Canadian singer-songwriter Allie X has quickly been making her mark on U.S. pop charts since Katy Perry tweeted her obsession with the single "Catch" over the spring. Born Alexandra Ashley Hughes in Toronto, the singer [...]
By Romeo San Vicente 'King Cobra' will bring you porn, murder and James Franco James Franco, in his seemingly never-ending quest to confer gayness upon himself via association, is producing what is sure to be [...]
My Own Private Idaho Two years before a drug overdose ended River Phoenix's life in 1993, the dreamboat poeticized a tortured gay street hustler with gutting sorrow in out director Gus Van Sant's groundbreaking queer-cinema [...]
Across 1 Where men might sweat together 5 "The Silence of the ___" 10 Bygone pump name 14 Type of sword 15 Turn inside out 16 "Ed Wood" star Johnny 17 Doctor Zhivago 18 Where [...]
BY BTL STAFF Lez Zeppelin, the New York City-based all-girl band, has gained worldwide critical acclaim for the musicianship, passion and gender-bending audacity they bring to the music of Led Zeppelin. Founded in 2004 by [...]
BY AJ TRAGER Back row: Jacki Anderson plaintiffs council from Proskauer Rose; Tina Seitz, plaintiff; Dan Korobkin; Mike Derksen, plaintiffs council from Proskauer Rose; Michael J. Steinberg, legal director ACLU of Michigan; and Rebecca Veal [...]
BY AJ Trager Michigan voters came out to the polls Nov. 3 to vote on a number of proposals and elected official positions. Based on the results of the vote, big change is set to [...]
DETROIT - The long awaited Charles Pugh trial - for sexual grooming, as the mainstream media calls it - finally took place last week. Though Pugh, quite noticeably, was absent from the proceedings. Now living [...]
BY AJ TRAGER PONTIAC - In an unforgettable and long-awaited day in their family history, Jayne and April DeBoer formally adopted all five of their children Nov. 12 in Oakland County Circuit Court. "Today is [...]
BY BTL STAFF LANSING - The state House Appropriations Committee voted directly on party lines Nov. 5 in favor of Attorney General Bill Schuette's Legislative Transfer Request 2015-8, which will transfer reimbursement funds to Schuette's [...]
MADISON HEIGHTS - Sometime on Halloween night, police say a killer entered the home of Fernando Gonzales, strangled him and then set the house on fire. Madison Heights Deputy Police Chief Corey Haines told the [...]
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON D.C. - The HRC Foundation and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids released a new brief Oct. 29 titled "Preventing Substance Abuse Among LGBTQ Teens" as a guide to help parents, educators and [...]
There are those who are your run of the mill anti-LGBT folks, and then there are the foaming at the mouth, screamin' to the heavens, shoutin' at the devil anti-LGBT folks like Colorado pastor Kevin [...]
The human brain is often called "the three pound universe." It contains a hundred billion neurons, allowing for more connections among these busy, busy, busy transmitters than there are twinkling stars in our Milky Way. [...]
By Michael Einheuser Who knew that the political wisdom of former President Ronald Reagan would be relevant to the LGBT political agenda in Michigan? Reagan popularized his 11th Commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of [...]
By Jay Maddock "No Men In Women's Bathrooms" was on T-shirts and posters and brochures that the opposition used during the campaign to keep Houston an inclusive city for all its residents. And these five [...]
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Last year, Time Magazine said we had reached the "Transgender tipping point." Since then, Olympic hero Caitlyn Jenner has joined other high-profile transgender celebrities such as Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Laura [...]
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