BY AJ TRAGER Isabelle Fessler, 13, and her mom testifying before the state Board of Education. Fessler has been bullied relentlessly in her own public school for wearing a rainbow button. Fessler is not a [...]
BY AJ TRAGER LANSING - Many writers struggle with protecting their protagonists too much, which leads to poor character development and a stifled plot. Jody Valley is not that writer. Valley's sequel to "A Venomous [...]
Across 1 Instrument with several G-strings 5 Toon Le Pew 9 Long, hard one of construction workers 14 Israeli author Oz 15 Star quality 16 Fosse field 17 Able to bend over 18 "The Unicorn" [...]
By Dan Woog Separated by only 11 miles - and both proudly sporting the color blue - Duke University and the University of North Carolina enjoy perhaps the most intense college athletic rivalry in the [...]
BY BTL STAFF Summer isn't too far around the corner, so it's time to start planning summer activities -- and there's no better place to look than Michigan State University's 56th Annual Summer Circle. The [...]
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Departments of Justice and Education released joint guidance May 13 to help provide educators the information they need to ensure that all students, including transgender students, can [...]
MIDLAND - As a response to much talked about legislation by state Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, that would require Michigan students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their assigned gender at birth, Dow [...]
BY AJ TRAGER ANN ARBOR - LGBT rights activist Ronni Sanlo, Ed.D., will return to Ann Arbor May 26 for a screening of "Letter to Anita," a memoir of Sanlo's life featuring Hollywood star Meredith [...]
PONTIAC - Oakland County Clerk and Register of Deeds Lisa Brown announced she is running for re-election in 2016 to continue her work in increasing government efficiency and protecting citizens from fraud. Brown has also [...]
SOUTHFIELD - SAGE of Metro Detroit was presented with The Volunteer/Community Leadership Award by the Area Agency on Aging 1-B (AAA 1-B) at its Annual Community Meeting being held at Lyon Oaks Golf & Banquet [...]
LANSING -- Within minutes of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriages in all 50 states last year, Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum was performing the first post-ruling marriage in American history. The [...]
By Amber E. Hopkins-Jenkins The president of the United States was not the only lawyer who grew up in Hawaii at Rutgers' commencement this past Sunday. Like President Obama, Michael Ganoot, who will graduate from [...]
If you've never listened to Caffeinated Thoughts Radio, let me get you up to speed. It sounds a lot like one of those drive time morning shows with the chattering hosts who think they are [...]
Not too long ago while browsing a cluttered, non-LGBT Ann Arbor bookstore, I spent $20 for a used paperback: #3 of Richard Lamparski's 11 volume series "Whatever became of...?" Now collector items. My purchase originally [...]
BY DANA RUDOLPH May is National Museum Month, and LGBTQ families have a growing source of support in museums -- including ones aimed at children -- that have been reaching out to welcome all kinds [...]
Spoiler Alert! If you are reading this, you are in the Op-Ed section. If you visit the Online Etymology Dictionary, you will read that this section of a "newspaper opposite the editorial page is usually [...]
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