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 [...]
By Lisa Keen Antonin Scalia, the U.S. Supreme Court justice most hostile to equal rights for LGBT people, has died, and a threat by Republicans in Congress to block President Obama from naming his replacement [...]
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT - In a swift move that helps set the stage for the upcoming year, Equality Michigan and Equality Michigan Action Network, the advocacy arm of the LGBT advocacy and anti-violence organization, [...]
Valentine's Day can mean a pretty penny out of pocket for many couples. Jewelry, flowers and a fancy dinner at the hottest resto in town add up quickly, but in a lot of ways these [...]
Jack O. Summers isn't a fan of religion - but he is a fan of making fun of it. The local artist, who will have his work exhibited at The Dirty Show from Feb. 12-20 [...]
By Keith Orr We associate two times of the year with love: Valentine's Day and spring. Usually we are in the midst of a deep freeze on Valentine's Day. Yet as I write this in [...]
DETROIT -- It's the celebration of a lifetime. Now that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, the Ultimate LGBT Wedding & Anniversary Expo on March 20, 2016, is going to be bigger, better and more meaningful [...]
FERNDALE - An upcoming class and presentation at Affirmations in Ferndale will showcase gentle somatic movement with somatic movement educator, Joel Haines. Through movement and stretching catered to the capabilities of each individual, Haines will [...]
DETROIT - Co-Owner of Blumz by JRDesigns, Jerome Raska, was recently elected as the new president of the Michigan Floral Association. Raska has over 30 years of experience in the floral industry but is most [...]
BY AJ TRAGER ANN ARBOR - Jaimie Wilson, 20, performed at Motor City Pride last year and is about to try out for season 10 of "The Voice." He's a return contender for the show [...]
Author Michael Eric Dyson spoke at the Southfield Public Library Feb. 6 promoting his new book, "The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America." The event was sponsored by local independent [...]
BY BTL STAFF KALAMAZOO - The Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center handed out the 2016 REACH awards to six individuals and/or organizations who have excelled in their work as an LGBT activist or ally. Winners [...]
By Amy Lynn Smith VALENTINE'S It was love at first sight for Max Brown and Doug Sipsma. They met in 1999 when they were both visiting Chicago. They struck up a conversation in a store, [...]
BY AJ TRAGER It has been six months since the U.S. Supreme court handed the LGBT community a historic marriage equality victory. However, despite the joy and celebration that followed, many people still consider LGBT [...]
Shortly after the city of Flint shifted its water source from Detroit-provided water to water drawn from the notoriously polluted Flint River, clients at Wellness Services, Inc. in Flint began to complain. The water smelled. [...]
The state's Chief Medical Executive Officer may be in the position in violation of state law. Dr. Eden Wells was appointed to the post in April of 2015. The state's Public Health Code requires that [...]
MONTPELIR, Vermont - A Mennonite pastor convicted of helping a former Vermont woman flee the country rather than share custody of her child with her former same-sex partner has been ordered to prison. On Monday, [...]
On Feb. 8, Marco Rubio was asked a very important question by New Hampshire resident Timothy Kierstead, a man who said he'd been married for a "long time." "Why do you want to put me [...]
The mind boggling possibility of recording dreams will soon be a reality predicts a British monthly science magazine, How It's Made. The nano technology/brain scanning techniques are now such that translating neural impulses from brain [...]
BY AMY HUNTER The Transgender Advocacy Project was conceived from a very simple premise: Transgender people's voices are critical to moving the entire equality movement forward in a post-marriage equality America. And it's working. Next [...]
By Brian McNaught Whether or not my good friend, Paul Shanley, dies in prison, the global sex scandal in the Catholic Church, and in other denominations, will never be over until the Church changes its [...]
There are two very distinctive sides to me. On the one side, I need to have a plan with everything thought out. I need to weigh all the pros and cons and have a backup [...]
