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, [...]
Fun Home Contest to Benefit Ruth Ellis Center
DETROIT - Between The Lines has launched a contest to win a fantastic Fun Home theater package that includes a crowd funding campaign to benefit the Ruth Ellis Center, the Detroit-based youth social services agency [...]
EXCLUSIVE: A Candid Meryl Streep Opens Up About Being ‘In Love’ with Gay People & Her Iconic LGBT Roles
Meryl Streep in "Florence Foster Jenkins." Photo: Paramount Meryl Streep is laughing her signature laugh. You know it: Sometimes light and airy, sometimes a surge of boisterous euphoria that carries well into the next [...]
Revolutionary Change for Therapist Joe Kort
BY AJ TRAGER ROYAL OAK - Therapist, coach and author Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW, helped many individuals cope and manage issues relating to sex addiction for over 20 years. Kort completed the second edition of [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Latifah is taking a 'Girls Trip' If we have one complaint about Queen Latifah's career, it's that everything she does isn't "Set It Off." Not only is it our favorite film [...]
Is Being Gay in Your Genes
Across 1 Straight, to mixologists 5 Lindsay of "Liz & Dick" 10 Cut 14 Composer Thomas 15 Commandment word about coveting thy neighbor's ass 16 Whom Lincoln showed malice toward, in a speech 17 Enterprise [...]
Candlelight Vigil Opens 21st Annual Detroit Black Gay Pride Celebration
DETROIT - The 21st installment of Hotter Than July, Detroit's Black Gay Pride celebration, began July 26 with the annual candlelight vigil in Palmer Park. Nearly 75 people attended the service, which took place near [...]
Austin, Ahmed Partner to Rebuild Michigan Public Education System
Education and inclusion are the most important challenges facing Michigan today, according to State Board of Education President John Austin (D-Ann Arbor) and his running mate Ismael "Ish" Ahmed. "Nothing is more important to our [...]
Detroit Discusses LGBT Workplace Equality at Out and Equal Event
BY AJ TRAGER Bill Huffaker, Amanda Shelton, Kevin Heard, Marlin Page, Nikki Pardo and Amy Hunter presenting at the opening presentation for the Out and Equal Midwest Learning Series. BTL Photo: AJ Trager DETROIT - [...]
Tony Clemente, Early Pastor of MCC Detroit, Dies at 82
By Tim Retzloff Anthony Clemente, the first formally installed minister for the Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit and a longtime substance abuse counselor in the metro area, died July 19, 2016 at his home in [...]
Keeping the Closet Door Closed 20 Years Later
The name Bob Gross has meaning in the greater Lansing community. For some it was his stellar career as a high school sports reporter for the Lansing State Journal. For the LGBT community it is [...]
Michigan Boasts Best LGBT Lawyer Under 40
By BTL Staff Each year, the LGBT Bar Association recognizes LGBT professionals under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves in their field and have demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBTQ equality. Staff attorney [...]
Trans Activist Creates New ‘Clothing Swap’ Program for Trans Community
When Jaimie Wilson first began transitioning from female to male, shopping for clothes was an uncomfortable experience. "It was really intimidating for me to go shopping for clothes that I felt comfortable in," Wilson said. [...]
Leader in Adolescent Sexual Health Honored for Helping Build GSAs
BY BTL STAFF EAST LANSING - The Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health, the statewide leaders on adolescent sexual health, was honored at the 2016 Lake Effect Pride event for their work in building Gay [...]
OUTfest Marks National Coming Out Day
By BTL Staff The Jim Toy Community Center will host OUTfest, their 22nd annual pride celebration of the LGBT community and its accomplishments, Aug. 5-7 in Ann Arbor's Kerrytown District and Braun Court. This three-day [...]
LGBT Vietnam Vet Advocates for Gun Control
During Mike Felker's appearance on the PBS series, Veterans Coming Home, he made it clear it's "not easy being a crazed, queer, pacifist, Vietnam vet." And that, he said, sums up what it's been for [...]
Creep of the Week: Scott Lively
Full disclosure: I did not watch the Republican National Convention. I just don't hate myself enough. But I have watched clips online. And my belief that Donald Trump is a brainless sociopath has only been [...]
Parting Glances: Remembering Jeff (#2 of 3)
I waited 'til the last Christmas carol was sung, the last bit of New year's confetti was thrown, and the last champagne cork was popped before seeing "The Return of the King," part three of [...]
Transmissions: Breaking conventions
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith It was one of those rare moments of kismet. I had just come downstairs and turned on the television. On it was an attractive young woman with brown hair curled away [...]
Notable Aug. 2 Michigan Primary Results
BY AJ Trager Come November, Michigan could have three openly gay representatives in the state House. LGBT candidate for the Democratic nomination for State Representative in District 50, Tim Sneller, has won the primary election. [...]