Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the State of Michigan after a plan to kidnap her and other Michigan government officials was thwarted by state and federal law enforcement agencies. She started by saying thank you to law enforcement and FBI agents who participated in stopping this [...]
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS mlavers@washblade.com PHILADELPHIA -- The Democratic National Committee's LGBT Caucus on Tuesday honored U.S. Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) for his support of transgender rights. A number of the 28 openly trans delegates [...]
By CHRIS JOHNSON Michigan delegation on the floor of the DNC in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Photo: Washington Blade, Michael Key PHILADELPHIA - The second night of the Democratic National Convention was a high-point in [...]
The candlelight vigil/opening service included a drumming session. BTL photo: Jason A. Michael DETROIT - The 21st installment of Hotter Than July, Detroit's Black Gay Pride celebration, began Tuesday, July 26 with the annual [...]
By CHRIS JOHNSON Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), center, serves as the chair of the Democratic National Convention. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) PHILADELPHIA -- Fanned by nearly 100-degree heat, tensions ran high during [...]
By LOU CHIBBARO JR. Dozens of email messages sent and received by at least four openly gay officials with the Democratic National Committee were among more than 19,000 private DNC email messages released last Friday [...]
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS Photo courtesy of Washington Blade photographer Michael Lavers. PHILADELPHIA -- Supporters of Bernie Sanders were among the thousands of people who protested in Philadelphia on the first day of the [...]
By CHRIS JOHNSON PHILADELPHIA -- Democrats ratified a party platform late Monday called the most LGBT-inclusive in history and a unifying document after a bitter primary. As convention chair Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) presided, delegates [...]
By CHRIS JOHNSON PHILADELPHIA -- Democrats ratified a party platform late Monday called the most LGBT-inclusive in history and a unifying document after a bitter primary. As convention chair Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) presided, delegates [...]
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS, mlavers@washblade.com PHILADELPHIA -- Sarah McBride this week will become the first openly transgender person to speak at a major party convention. McBride -- who is the national press secretary for the [...]
BTL STAFF DETROIT -The Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce and Out & Equal, a national LGBT advocacy group, have joined together to present the first installment of the Midwest Learning Series "Beyond Policies and [...]
BTL STAFF DETROIT - The Trans Sistas of Color Project - Detroit will host its first annual "REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN ANGELS" BBQ at Palmer Park at the Blue Spruce Tree near the Fountain. The event [...]
By Lisa Keen Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine being introduced by Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Miami Saturday. Many political observers have described U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine as a moderate, but his record on [...]
Photo: HBO It was goodbye for now as the cast and crew of HBO's modern-queer dramedy, "Looking," stood in the rising San Francisco sun tearfully hugging. Just like in the film's final scene, "we [...]
By CHRIS JOHNSON Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 21, 2016. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key For the first time in 16 years, an openly gay speaker [...]
By Romeo San Vicente HBO checks 'The Trans List' Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the director of "The Out List" and "The Black List," has returned with his latest interview-based documentary, "The Trans List," which focuses on the [...]
Across 1 1997 song of Ultra Nate 5 For this, for Caesar 10 Water-to-wine town 14 Spencer-Devlin's sport 15 Word after "pinky" 16 Some have it to grind 17 Word with gratification or abuse 18 [...]
By Amy Lynn Smith Amy Hunter, a transgender woman who is spearheading the ACLU of Michiganas Transgender Advocacy Project. BTL photo: Andrew Potter For transgender rights, 2016 is turning out to be both the [...]
DETROIT - It's that time of year again. Hotter Than July, aka Detroit Black Gay Pride, is scheduled for next week. Events run Tuesday, July 26 - Sunday, July 31. The week kicks off with [...]
MIDLAND - June is over but LGBT Michigan is not done celebrating pride. Perceptions, the community center for the Great Lakes Bay region will present its 6th annual Pride festival July 23 in the Veteran's [...]
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT - A new project has started in southeast Michigan working directly with city officials to investigate hate crimes against the LGBT community. Fair Michigan, the relatively-new nonprofit organization whose literature describes [...]
By Lisa Keen Both the Republican and Democratic national conventions are marked this year by something tantalizingly new. For the GOP, it's a nominee essentially untethered from the party yet carried along to the top [...]
BY CHRIS JOHNSON Protestors outside the RNC Convention in Cleveland, Ohio Monday. Photo: Washington Blade: By Michael Key. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Over the course of one night at the Republican National Convention, two different [...]
By Michael K. Lavers mlavers@washblade.com CLEVELAND -- More than 3,000 people attended an AIDS Healthcare Foundation concert at Cleveland State University that took place on the eve of the Republican National Convention. Gospel R&B duo [...]
By Michael K. Lavers South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn, center, Monday, July 18 at a town hall in Cleveland held on voting rights. Photo: Michael Key Washington Blade mlavers@washblade.com CLEVELAND -- South Carolina Congressman [...]
Was anyone really surprised that Donald Trump picked Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his co-captain for the most terrifying boat ride since the Titanic? Pence may be best known for signing Indiana's "just say no [...]
I went to my first gay bar, the Silver Slipper, a dyke bar on Grand River, near downtown Detroit. Just 19, I used borrowed ID, escorted authoritatively by two 'stone butches': Speedy and Draino. Lesbians [...]
By Jay Kaplan Last week's decision in the ACLU's equitable parent case, Lake v Putnam, was definitely a step backward for LGBT rights in Michigan. A panel of three Michigan Court of Appeal judges issued [...]
By Charin Davenport, Coleen Young, Rebecca Jayne Veal, Lisa A. Goyette, Ginger Clifton, Sara Jacobs, Jayne Locke At some point during the typical school day, virtually every teacher is going to give at least one [...]
BY CHRIS JOHNSON Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key CLEVELAND - Amid attacks impugning Hillary Clinton's character and calls for [...]
CHRIS JOHNSON Gov. Mike Pense (R-Ind.) speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 20, 2016. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key CLEVELAND -- The third night of the Republican National [...]
MICHAEL K. LAVERS CLEVELAND -- The co-chair of the Republican Party's platform committee was among those who spoke at a Family Research Council luncheon that took place in Cleveland on Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx [...]
BY CHRIS JOHNSON Milo Yiannopoulos speaks at the Wake Up! party in Cleveland on July 19, 2016. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key CLEVELAND -- Rallying attendees before posters of scantily clad young men [...]
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS Washington Blade Photo by MIchael Key CLEVELAND -- The first openly gay member of the Republican Party's platform committee on Tuesday said she does not "plan to leave" the GOP. [...]
BY CHRIS JOHNSON From left, Montel Williams, Margaret Hoover and Caitlyn Jenner speak at the 'Big Tent Brunch' at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on July 20, 2016. Photo courtesy American Unity Fund [...]
BY CHRIS JOHNSON CLEVELAND -- The third night of the Republican National Convention featured unprecedented LGBT inclusion from speakers on stage, but that embrace was undercut by omission of anti-LGBT histories and hints of support [...]
BY CHRIS JOHNSON CLEVELAND -- Delegates at the Republican National Convention ratified Monday afternoon with little opposition a party platform considered to have the most anti-LGBT language in history. As Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chair [...]
