ANN ARBOR - Michigan League of Conservation Voters today unveiled scores for Michigan's Congressional Delegation that were released as part of the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) 2015 National Environmental Scorecard. The scorecard includes the [...]
Unjust: How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People Published Feb. 23 A new report from the independent Movement Advancement Project in Washington DC is shining a light on the plight of LGBT [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Denzel hires Tony Kushner for 'Fences' Denzel Washington is directing the film adaptation of the late August Wilson's 1985 play, "Fences." This makes sense, as the 2010 Broadway revival starring Washington [...]
Sia, 'This Is Acting' Before she rebranded herself as a behind-the-scenes scribe for mainstream pop giants, Sia reveled in authenticity. Every feeling was pure - and even if it didn't reflect her life, you believed [...]
Across 1 Broadway prompter's job 6 Chicken hawk and falcon 11 "Evita" composer ___ Lloyd Webber 13 Seek a Hail Mary 14 She plays Martha, a hotel maid in "Addicted to Fresno" 16 The New [...]
Uncle Peck (Josh Allor of Mount Clemens) uses "driving lessons" to start an inappropriate relationship with his niece Li'l Bit (Rachel Keown of St. Clair Shores). ROYAL OAK - "The purpose of drama is [...]
AUBURN HILLS - The Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with the Pistons to promote Motor City Sundays on March 6. Motor City Sundays give fans and the Pistons a chance to [...]
The Dirty Show, Detroit's annual erotic art show, has one more weekend left before visitors must wait until next February for the risque festivities. The show kicked off its 17th year this past weekend with [...]
"Did you know that it is still legal to fire employees for being LGBTQ in over half of U.S. states?" That's the tagline for the Holocaust Memorial Center's upcoming event, "Congrats on your gay marriage! [...]
Panelists discuss homelessnes as moderator and Ruth Ellis Center Executive Director Jerry Peterson, third from left, guides the discussion. Photo: Ann Markey Local musician Max Pegasus made a difference in the lives of his [...]
The now suspended campaign to amend the Michigan constitution to provide civil rights protections for women and the LGBT community had just over $1 million in cash on hand earlier this month when it filed [...]
"Justice Scalia served on the Supreme Court for nearly 30 years of our history fighting to make a case for LGBT equality and, during that time, we had several strong disagreements," Davidson said. "Despite his [...]
As a kid, I loved Log Cabin pancake syrup. Not only that, but I thought real maple syrup was gross. Then I grew up. And I no longer believed the dumb things I believed when [...]
Our benighted Michigan Legislature has in its bedroom, busybody, biblically invasive wisdom recently diddled over wording keeping anal sex -- with or without lubrication or condom usage -- a felony meriting 15 years in prison. [...]
Jerry Peterson Ruth Ellis Center Executive Director Jerry Peterson. BTL File Photo. A silent crisis is growing among us. During a period of unprecedented advances in rights and acceptance for some LGBTQ folks across [...]
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith In May of 2014, "Orange is the New Black" star, Laverne Cox, adorned the cover of Time magazine. Next to her was the phrase "The Transgender Tipping Point." The cover itself [...]
Photo: Vince Truspin Has Lady Gaga touched your butt lately? It's a box Cheyenne Jackson can happily check off after his recent run on "American Horror Story: Hotel," playing a bisexual fashion designer who, [...]
By BTL Staff from press release Washington, DC — On Feb. 17 Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Zubik v. Burwell and six related cases urging the Court to [...]
By BTL Staff from press release JACKSON, Miss. - On Thursday the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Mississippi, decried the decision by Mississippi lawmakers to move forward with H.B. 1523. Dubbed the "Religious Liberty Accommodations Act," [...]
