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, [...]
LGBT Advocate’s ‘Memories of a Penitent Heart’ Seeks Truth About the HIV-Positive Gay Uncle Her Family Shunned
Cecilia Aldarondo's uncle Miguel died of AIDS-related illness in the mid-1980s when she was 6. She barely knew him, and then he was gone. Moreover, Miguel's truth was obliterated. His life as a gay man? [...]
North Carolina Fight Escalates Dramatically
By Lisa Keen The controversy over North Carolina's anti-LGBT "bathroom law" escalated dramatically this week, dominating much of the national media's attention. The U.S. Department of Justice threw down the gauntlet Friday, threatening to cut [...]
Saugatuck’s Women’s Weekend Becomes Go Girl Saugatuck!
LGBT-friendly Saugatuck and its famed retreat, the Dunes Resort, has renamed its Saugatuck Women's Weekend to "Go Girl Saugatuck." "We've always produced great women-themed events for lesbians at our resort. It's time to keep the [...]
Canvas Cans
Across 1 t.A.T.u. or R.E.M. 5 Eat out 10 Violates an old military rule 14 Anthropology, to Margaret Mead 15 Desi's daughter 16 Nickelodeon explorer 17 This artist's work was recently stolen from the Springfield [...]
Arts-Loving Attorney Brings New Fierstein Play to Detroit
By Amy J. Parrent Jay Kaplan is like an entertainment and equality superhero. By day he's an advocate (in all senses of the word) for LGBT rights, at night an advocate for and promoter of [...]
Traveling to a Home Around the World
BY AJ TRAGER When Ken Russell, a London native, spent a summer in San Francisco a little over a decade ago, the experience of exploring the city and spending time with a talented drag queen [...]
Making Detroit Feel More Like Home
BY AJ TRAGER Founder of the Heidelberg Project Tyree Guyton (center) with some of the many volunteers who donate their time and energy to cleaning up Heidelberg Street. Photo by Geronimo Patton. DETROIT - [...]
Gayborhoods
By Emell Derra Adolphus John Corvino and Mark Lock have been proud residents of Sherwood Forest since 2002. BTL photo: Andrew Potter For Kari Kildow, the city of Ferndale has come to mean family. [...]
National Gay Media Association Condemns Bangladeshi Editor’s Killing
Liz Baudler BANGLADESH - The National Gay Media Association April 27 joins with the world community in condemning the senseless and brutal killing April 26 of Xulhaz Mannan, the editor of Roopbaan, an LGBTI publication [...]
Elder Gay Man Killed Over Alleged Unwanted Sexual Advance
GROSSE POINTE FARMS -- A 49-year-old handyman from Warren has been charged in the stabbing of a 69-year-old interior designer from Grosse Pointe Farms. Daniel Clancy, 69, passed away April 27 from injuries received during [...]
Pugh Starts Paying Damages to Former Student
DETROIT - Three years after Charles Pugh, a former Fox 2 news anchor and Detroit City Councilman, fled Detroit in the middle of the night running from a sex scandal, he finally dropped his appeal [...]
State Board of Education to Hold Final Public Meeting on LGBT Guidelines
BY BTL STAFF LANSING - The State Board of Education Office of School Support Services will hold its final meeting May 10 for parents, youth and community members to make public comment on a proposed [...]
Transgender Michigan Offers Training for Mental Health Professionals
FERNDALE - Longtime psychotherapist and executive director of Transgender Michigan Rachel Crandall will host a clinical training May 10 for mental health professionals working with transgender clients. Participants in the training will learn how to [...]
Faith Leaders Send Open Letter to State Legislature in Support of LGBT Students
BY BTL STAFF Over 100 Michigan faith leaders from across multiple denominations have signed an open letter to Michigan lawmakers announcing their support of a proposed set of guidelines authored by the state board of [...]
MCC-D Pastor to Receive Doctorate Degree
FERNDALE - Reverend Roland Stringfellow, pastor of Metropolitan Community Church-Detroit for the past two years, will soon be adding the word "doctor" to his title. On May 22, he will graduate from the Pacific School [...]
Detroit Couple Talks DIY Wedding, Getting Through Darkness and More
BY AJ TRAGER INDIAN VILLAGE - Not many folks plan a wedding for a Tuesday evening, but for newlyweds Jermaine Moore and Matirio Matters, the rainy day of April 5 was the only one they [...]
New Study Shows No Differences in Family Relationships or Child Health Outcomes between Same-sex and Different-sex Parent Households
LOS ANGELES -- Households with same-sex parents show no differences from those with different-sex parents with regard to spouse or partner relationships, parent-child relationships, or children's general health, emotional difficulties, coping and learning behavior, according [...]
Creep of the Week: Ted Cruz’s Face
Ted Cruz is creepy. That's not only a widely held opinion, it's scientific fact. George Washington University neurology professor Dr. Richard E. Cytowic wrote in Psychology Today, "It's hard to look at Ted Cruz's face." [...]
Parting Glances: BTL and Me (Among Other Things)
I started writing my Parting Glances column in 1999. Its premise was simple enough: choose an important LGB -- and occasionally T -- historical event that actually changed things for us, or challenged us to [...]
Viewpoint: It’s a Stacked Deck, but We’ve Got That Woman Card Up Our Sleeve
Life started out simple, or so it seemed. There were two boxes -- female/girl and male/boy. It was all supposed to be simple from there. We would walk down that female/girl path from that first [...]