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HIV Criminal Laws and Bias Feature of GVSU Lectures
Bias and crime. The two are hot topics, but how do they combine in the arena of HIV? That's what two lectures at Grand Valley State University's Allendale Campus will explore on April 13. The [...]
The Frivolist: Government Cheese: 9 Gay Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund
Getting a well-deserved kickback from the IRS this year? Spend your tax refund gay-ly with these fey ways to enjoy that new stash of cash. 1. Spend the weekend at a 'family'-style campground Your idea [...]
How Jess T. Dugan Is Transforming Minds with Photos of Transgender Trailblazers
There's a photograph of Jess T. Dugan from 2005 with bandages over where her breasts used to be. She's standing nude beside her mother and the two are pillars. The photo is a powerful declaration [...]
Hear Me Out: Gwen Stefani, Bonnie Raitt
Gwen Stefani, 'This Is What the Truth Feels Like' Poor Gwen Stefani, all heartbroken on "Used to Love You," the launch single from her long-delayed album that set the stage for what seemed like a [...]
Amazon, But Not Dot Com
Across 1 With 28-Across, TV series with explicit lesbian content that NBC hopes to reboot 5 With 62-Across, actress of this puzzle's theme 10 With 64-Across, actress of this puzzle's theme 14 Club for Spencer-Devlin [...]
State Senator Wants to Ban Trans Students From Using Bathrooms of Their Choice
BY AJ TRAGER LANSING - A Republican lawmaker from the Upper Peninsula wants to ban trans students from using bathrooms in accordance with their gender. State Sen. Tom Casperson says once the Michigan Legislature reconvenes [...]
Commemorating the 20th Day of Silence
BY AJ TRAGER Students from around the world will take a vow of silence April 15 in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior by illustrating the silencing [...]
Volunteering on The National Trans Lifeline
BY AJ TRAGER Descriptions of suicide could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. YPSILANTI - Kevin Werner, 35, has been an LGBT activist and advocate for 20 years, working with gay-straight alliances, Affirmations, Jewish [...]
Meeting at the Fax Machine
BY AJ TRAGER HIGHLAND - "We got overwhelmed with the planning," Brenda told BTL when discussing her March 20 marriage to Conne. They've been together for over a decade and recently planned a very small [...]
LGBT Bookstore in Ann Arbor to Hold Fundraiser
Common Language Bookstore, one of the last remaining LGBT and feminist-identified bookstores in both the United States and Canada, is hosting a fundraiser billed as "The Last Bookstore Standing." The reception and silent auction will [...]
West Michigan Trans Activist to be Keynote Speaker at MI NOW 2016
DEARBORN - Mira Krishnan, current board member of Equality Michigan and co-chair for the American Association Committee for Transgender People and Gender Diversity, will deliver the keynote address in an upcoming equality conference. The 2016 [...]
Leading Experts To Answer Key Questions, Share Protocol on Trans Youth Healthcare
WEST BLOOMFIELD -- Temple Israel, a Reform Jewish synagogue founded in 1941, will open its doors April 14 for a panel discussion on medical and mental health care for trans and gender nonconforming teens. University [...]
Lesbian Couple Sentenced to 20 Years in Kuwait Prison Released Following Appeal
KUWAIT - Monique Coverson and Larissa Joseph, the lesbian couple who were detained and sentenced to 20-25 years to be served in a Kuwait prison, were released April 4. According to a post dated April [...]
New Federal Housing Policy Aims to Eliminate Discrimination Against LGBTQ People With A Criminal Record
Washington, DC On April 4, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a new federal policy that aims to eliminate housing discrimination against people with a criminal history, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender [...]
Creep of the Week: Dan Forest
Did you hear the one about how North Carolina is a great place for women and girls? Because North Carolina just passed HB2, the most discriminatory anti-LGBT legislation in the country. To protect the ladies! [...]
Parting Glances: If You See Me, Please Honk
Back in the days when closets were leased for a lifetime, it was SOP to go by a nickname. Some SOPs I recall are Little Bobby, Little Pat, Estralita, Marshmallow, T.D. (Tall Dick), Savoy, B.J. [...]
Digging Deep, Pulling Together and Doing Whatever it Takes
The win for marriage equality was our high point, but we knew it would not be smooth sailing ahead with this victory. We knew there would remain opposition. We knew there would be push back, [...]
The State of LGBT Voters in Wisconsin After the Primary
By Lisa Keen Tuesday's hotly contested Wisconsin primary produced some unusual political background noise for both Democrats and Republicans. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders was compared to a Wisconsin statewide candidate who has said the feminist [...]