By Amy Lynn Smith Antonio Johnson-Seals used to say he never wanted to get married. In fact, even though he had to pursue his now-husband, Rev. Jeffrey Seals, before he would agree to go out [...]
By Lisa Keen President Obama announced today that he is nominating Merrick Garland, a 63-year-old white male chief judge of the federal appeals court in Washington DC, to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on [...]
By Lisa Keen Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton had to scramble this week to correct a misstatement about Nancy Reagan's contribution to the AIDS epidemic. But there are very few signs that her LGBT support [...]
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COMPILED BY SHELBY CLARK PETKUS The Detroit Zoo hosts this semi-annual event in partnership with the Michigan Humane Society. Since the event's inception in 1993, more than 21,000 dogs, cats and rabbits have been placed [...]
BY AJ TRAGER Despite the difficult nature of her job, Dr. Courtney Graham says that this is the least burnt out shes been since working in veterinary medicine. Its not easy, but it is rewarding [...]
BY AJ TRAGER In efforts to end the killing of healthy and treatable homeless cats and dogs in Michigan, 40 percent of the counties in the state practice the "No Kill" equation model for animal [...]
In April of 2012, a Michigan State University medical student accepted a plea deal for killing at least 12 Italian greyhound puppies. The puppies, contemporary reports said, were ordered from out of state puppy mills [...]
LANSING -- Each year the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's Animal Industry Division distributes thousands of donated dollars to animal shelters in Michigan through Animal Welfare Fund grants. This year, the fund will [...]
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has changed testing regulations for personal lubricant to require that all products undergo animal testing. As of Dec. 31, 2015 all personal lubricants [...]
Equality Michigan announced the appointment of Leah Taraskiewicz as the Interim Director of Victims Services. For the last three years, Taraskiewicz has served as a victims advocate, working closely with Yvonne Siferd, the longstanding, previous [...]
Between The Lines launched The Ultimate LGBT Wedding & Anniversary Expo six years ago not necessarily to throw a party, but to advance the cause of LGBT equality. As it turns out, they did both. [...]
DETROIT/FLINT, Mich. -- In an effort to provide long-term support for Flint children and families affected by the water crisis in Flint, WDIV-TV, the NBC affiliate in Detroit, will host "Flint Water Crisis: 4 Our [...]
The new executive leadership team of Unified HIV Health and Beyond includes Jimena Loveluck, vice president of community research and innovation; William VanHemert, president and CEO; and Angelique Tomsic, vice president of programs and operations. [...]
BY AJ TRAGER PARCHMENT, Mich. -- Every evening Rev. Mike Tupper puts on a thick hat, a pair of gloves and insulated pants and crawls into two sleeping bags nestled inside a winter tent. He's [...]
A recent episode of "This American Life" featured a gay teenager who was totally gay for Donald Trump. This kid's parents were totally opposed to him being gay and he cited his number one issue [...]
There's a scene in the popular film-musical "Cabaret" where several blond, German, Aryan youths seated at an outdoor cafe, prompted by Nazi zeal, leap up one by one, and contagiously sing, "Tomorrow the world belongs [...]
We're deep into this election season. Candidates on both sides are vying not only for votes but for those all-important delegates needed to be named the presidential candidates for their respective parties. One name I [...]
