As the world continues to learn more about coronavirus and its spread, it's vital to stay up-to-date on the latest developments. However, it's also important to make sure that the information being distributed is from credible sources. To that end, Between The Lines has compiled, [...]
KKK Enters the Presidential Fray
By Lisa Keen The Republican presidential race took a particularly nasty turn this week when frontrunner Donald Trump inexplicably balked at disavowing the support of the Ku Klux Klan and a former KKK leader David [...]
Recap: Super Tuesday Primary
By Lisa Keen In the wake of the biggest week so far in the 2016 presidential contest, anecdotal evidence suggests that LGBT Democrats are coalescing behind former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and LGBT Republicans [...]
Former Michigan Lawmakers Charged
LANSING — Former Republican lawmakers Cindy Gamrat (R-Plainwell) and Todd Courser (R-Lapeer) have been charged with crimes stemming from the couple's sex and email scandal. Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Republican, has charged Courser with [...]
The Frivolist: Best Pitcher Showcase 2016: Oscar-Inspired Cocktails to Get the Party Started
Thirsty for Oscar? Watch the 88th Academy Awards go down in history - and hashtags (#becausesomebodyshadworkdone) - with these quenching cocktail recipes inspired by this year's nominees and Hollywood's biggest night. Red Carpet Ready 4 [...]
Screen Queen: Grandma, The Wiz Live!
Grandma Cool if we just let Lily Tomlin play every spunky lesbian grandma? Yeah? Thought so. The iconic comedian-actress is such a fire hose of sass and bottled-up sadness in the little godsend "Grandma" that [...]
Piercing Remark
Across 1 "Boys Don't Cry" character 5 Langston Hughes' "Life Is ___" 9 Poet Angelou and architect Lin 14 Cabbage, to Cocteau 15 Sooner city 16 Former NFL player Tuaolo 17 Porn star Long ___ [...]
Robin Bradford’s ‘Low Hanging Fruit’ makes its Midwest Premiere
The Theatre Company of the University of Detroit Mercy and Matrix Theatre Company recently announced their first joint production, Robin Bradford's "Low Hanging Fruit." The production is the Midwest premiere of the work. San Francisco [...]
LGBT-Friendly Businesses Anticipate Wedding Expo
DETROIT -- Last year was all about hope. At this year's Ultimate LGBT Wedding & Anniversary Expo on March 20 in Detroit, it's full speed ahead for LGBT couples planning their weddings and other life [...]
Russian Duma Rejects Bill Criminalizing Gay ‘Coming Out’
Russia's lower house of parliament has rejected draft legislation that called for fines and arrests of people who publicly express their homosexuality. The so-called "coming out" bill, initiated by lawmakers from the Communist Party, called [...]
Sports Charity Comes to Ann Arbor, Launches Online Tournament Fundraiser
BY BTL STAFF Brackets For Good's online tournament launches in Ann Arbor Feb. 26. Indianapolis-based Brackets For Good pairs with corporate and nonprofit sponsors to host online, bracket-style fundraising tournaments in philanthropic communities around the [...]
The 2016 Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT - Eleven members of the Metro Detroit workforce have gathered together in 2016 to work on providing LGBT friendly networking and employment opportunities for the region as well as additional certifications [...]
Introducing the Flint City Riveters
BY AJ TRAGER FLINT - In an effort to raise fairness and provide more chances for people to get involved in the sport, Louise Ogadinma and three others decided to start their own all-girls football [...]
Lesbian Gay Community Network of Western Michigan becomes the Grand Rapids Pride Center
BY BTL STAFF Grand Rapids Pride Center, an LGBTQ resource center, announces this week that the Lesbian Gay Community Network of Western Michigan has officially changed its name to the Grand Rapids Pride Center. The [...]
Upcoming Interfaith Summit Looks at Racial Discrimination and Economic Inequality
ANN ARBOR - An upcoming interfaith summit held on March 6 will look at how racial discrimination and economic inequality affect the larger society. "Connect and Act: Building the Movement for Economic and Racial Justice," [...]
New LGBT Health Center to Open in the Fall
DETROIT - Health Emergency Lifeline Programs (HELP) has announced they are developing a community-based health center with a dedicated focus on meeting the needs of the LGBT community in Metropolitan Detroit. The new 24,000-square-foot facility, [...]
Lesbian Couple, Former Detroiters, Imprisoned in Kuwait
Monique Coverson, a former Detroiter, spent seven years in the Army, most of it stationed in Kuwait. After active duty, Coverson and her partner Larissa Joseph returned to Kuwait to work as military contractors. On [...]
West Michigan Pastor Sleeps Outside All Winter in Protest for LGBT Equality
LAWRENCE -- A pastor from Parchment has been sleeping outside for months because he says the church's doors are not open to everyone. Rev. Mike Tupper of Parchment United Methodist Church, near Kalamazoo, started sleeping [...]
Metro Detroit Softball League Launches Newly Designed Website
DETROIT -- Metro Detroit Softball League (MDSL) officially launched their newly designed website on Wednesday, Feb. 17 to prepare for the upcoming 2016 summer softball season beginning on May 1. The website will allow new [...]
Name Change Presentation at Affirmations
BY BTL STAFF FERNDALE - The Queer Legal Project will present its first ever Name Change Clinic on March 5 at Affirmations. The Name Change Clinic will provide attendees with all the skills and resources [...]
Queering Your Taxes
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT -- April 18 is tax day, and many LGBT individuals from around the country will find this year's tax return a little different from previous years. Last year, married LGBT couples [...]
GNA Introduces the Trans Day of Artivism
BY AJ TRAGER Logo created by Dan Haerle. FERNDALE - A new and exciting day of celebration has been planned to showcase the lives and artistic expression of the trans community through an all [...]
Retired Judge David Gernant Has Eyes on 80th District Seat
As former State Rep. Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, was facing expulsion from the state House, retired Oregon Judge David Gernant decided it was time to throw his hat in the ring. He'd grown up in southwest [...]
Livonia Mom Hosts Art Therapy Workshop for Trans Youth
LIVONIA - The mother of a transgender son and owner of Mindful Art Center in Livonia will provide a workshop Feb. 28 for trans youth. Kelly Darke is a Grosse Pointe Park native who received [...]
Presidential Primary Analysis: South Carolina and Nevada
By Lisa Keen The Christianity of various Republican presidential candidates became a focus in the South Carolina primary, implicating not only marriage but whether gays should be banned from immigrating to the U.S. Meanwhile, in [...]
Creep of the Week: Manny Pacquiao
Let's pretend that it's your job to get punched in the head over and over and over again by muscular men who train for hours every day with the specific goal of hitting you harder. [...]
Parting Glances: My Black History CT Remembrance
When Detroit-born, Cass Tech graduate Bernard Johnson died, age 60 in 1997, the New York Times carried a quarter-page obit celebrating his life as "a Renaissance man in dance." Little bigger than a metronome minute [...]
EDITORIAL: Presidential Election is about the Supreme Court
The U.S. presidential election this year is about the United States Supreme Court. Make no doubt about that. Yes, there are issues from income inequality to foreign policy at play as well; but those concerns [...]
Michigan Notable Book Awards are Discriminatory
BY LEV RAPHAEL Every year since 2004 the Library of Michigan has publicized as many as 20 Notable Michigan books "reflective of Michigan's diverse ethnic, historical, literary and cultural experience." But that diversity has a [...]