Jeffrey Montgomery, LGBTQ Leader Dies at 63
Jeffrey Montgomery (May 9, 1953 - July 19, 2016) Photo: Ron Miotke The man who took personal tragedy and turned it into a "brilliant" career fighting for the rights of the LGBT community has [...]
Trump supporter: Armed Club-goer Could have Stopped Fla. Massacre
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS, mlavers@washblade.com Cameron Childers, a student at Case Western Reserve University who is originally from Texas, wore a white t-shirt that had the hashtags #BlackTransLivesMatter and #BlackLivesMatters written on it. Childers criticized [...]
BREAKING: Jeffrey Montgomery, Triangle Foundation Founder, Has Died
Jeff Montgomery and his brother walking in the 2016 Detroit Pride Parade. BTL Photo: AJ Trager Jeffrey Montgomery, founder of the Triangle Foundation - the predecessor organization to Equality Michigan - has died. Stephanie [...]
Log Cabin Republican President Denounces Most Anti-LGBT GOP Platform In History
DNC Clips, ABC News ABC News catches Log Cabin Republican President Gregory Angelo to discuss the 2016 GOP platform.
Day One: At GOP Convention, Speakers Undertake LGBT Attacks, Outreach
BY CHRIS JOHNSON Rudolph Giuliani speaking Monday night at the RNC. Washington Blade Photo: Michael Key CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Over the course of one night at the Republican National Convention, two different speakers Monday [...]
GOP Delegates Ratify Platform, Express Support for Anti-LGBT Language
Chris Johnson, Washington Blade Reporter Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette speaks at RNC Convention Monday. Photo: Washington Blade Michael Key Delegates at the Republican National Convention ratified Monday afternoon with little opposition a party [...]
Trump Names Pence As Running Mate
BY LISA KEEN INDIANA - If Indiana Governor Mike Pence has one weakness in the eyes of the conservative Republican Party base, it's that he's too soft on LGBT people. That seemed to be the [...]
Summer Style Sheet: Shorts, Shades & Sunny Swag
Let color-blocked brightness, tropical prints and kaleidoscope statement accessories - plus a few spots of leather - help elevate your boardwalk swag this summer of '16. 'Pineappleade' Gold Leather Slip-Ons Unsuspecting hand grenades masquerading as [...]
Common Language Bookstore Book Launch
ANN ARBOR - Petra Kuppers will be appearing at Common Language Bookstore for a book launch party on July 20 at 6 p.m. The aut BAR will provide wine, beverages and light hors d'ouevres. Kuppers [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Laura Linney and Armistead Maupin pitching brand new 'Tales of The City' Laura Linney is committed to playing Mary Ann Singleton. When other ongoing film/TV series might recast due to scheduling [...]
Famous Homophobes
Across 1 Hazard for Sheehan 5 E with a queer orientation 10 Barely makes, with "out" 14 Inventor Elias 15 "___ you loud and clear!" 16 Stuff stuffed under G-strings 17 Male mating call? 18 [...]
The OutField: Jeremy Brener’s Inspirational High School Journey
By Dan Woog Growing up in Houston as the son of a multi-sport athlete, it felt natural for Jeremy Brener to play sports. He enjoyed them all, especially soccer and basketball. He coached younger kids [...]
Great Lakes Folk Festival Celebrates Culture, Tradition And Community
The roots, rhythms and the richness of music, dance, arts and culture come to downtown East Lansing for the Michigan State University Museum's annual Great Lakes Folk Festival, Aug. 12-14. GLFF offers a one-of-a-kind mix [...]
UN Creates Envoy Position Dedicated to Worldwide LGBTQ Safety and Equality
From Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council announced the creation of the first-ever UN position dedicated to combating violence and discrimination against LGBTQ people worldwide today. The effort to establish the independent expert [...]
Schuette Joins Coalition Challenging Federal LGBT Youth Guidance In Schools
BY AJ TRAGER LANSING - Attorney General Bill Schuette, long believed to be a Republican candidate for governor in 2018, joined a coalition of 10 states July 8 fighting the U.S. Department of Education and [...]
Beaten and Robbed
Aaron Christopher Spyker "This is how I'm going to die." That was all I could think as I lay face down, my hands cuffed behind my back while the two men rained blows down on [...]
Kickstarter Campaign Raises Over $11K to Renovate New LGBT Detroit Building
DETROIT - It's a milestone for Detroit's black LGBT community. LGBT Detroit recently purchased a building of its own on Greenfield Road on the city's west side. The 3,100 square foot building is nearly three [...]
Equitable Parenthood Still Penalizing LGBT Parents
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT - A unanimous vote July 5 by the Michigan Court of Appeals found that a lesbian co-parent lacked standing to seek parenting time or custody rights over the biological child of [...]
Pugh Extradited, Headed Home to Detroit to Face Molestation Charges
NEW YORK - Former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh appeared in court last Thursday and, waiving extradition, was ordered back to Detroit to face criminal sexual conduct charges. The charges stem from what authorities [...]
GOP Convention Preview: What LGBT Viewers Can Watch For
By Lisa Keen Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is an unattractive political choice for many voters because of his unabashed hostility toward Muslims, Mexicans, and media scrutiny. But, oddly enough, he is still the most [...]
GOP Platform Fight over LGBT Issues Fails
By Lisa Keen There were two dramatic players in the Republican Party's platform committee meeting Monday, July 11: Anne Dickerson and Rachel Hoff. Dickerson repeatedly chided the committee for taking hostile swipes at the LGBT [...]
DoD Makes History, Ends Discriminatory Ban on Transgender People Serving Openly in the U.S. Military
From Press Release WASHINGTON - Today the Department of Defense (DOD) ended the ban on transgender Americans serving openly in the military. The historic decision means that the U.S. will join 18 other nations, including [...]
Creep Of The Week: Raul Labrador
With the massacre of men and women at a gay club in Orlando barely behind us, one could perhaps be forgiven for thinking that this horrific hate crime had inspired some soul searching for members [...]
Parting Glances: A Parade to Affirm 49 Times
CHICAGO: This is my tenth trip to the Windy City to take part in its Annual Pride Parade gathering. Since I first started to visit the city in 1959, I've seen its LGBT rainbow community [...]
Transmissions: Running The Numbers
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith Roughly twenty years ago, in the mid 1990s, I was managing the first public transgender community space on the then-nascent Internet. While the service we were located on, America Online, was [...]
Viewpoint: After Orlando
By Jenny Suidan Just before Pride in 2004, I received a phone call from Between The Lines, telling me that I had been selected as a rising star for being an ally to the LGBT [...]
Viewpoint: Fluidity for All
by Heather Aymer The dichotomy of either/or, male this, female that, is so built into our society we readily assume it a natural course, a categorical imperative designed expressly, therefore, immutable. It's a lie. Yeah, [...]