Entertainment Bitter Girl: Election Yearn BTL Staff Published: October 7, 2010 | Last Updated: September 12, 2023 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Entertainment Advertisement Topics: Entertainment About the Contributor BTL Staff Between The Lines has been publishing LGBTQ-related content in Southeast Michigan since the early '90s. This year marks the publication's 27th anniversary. Read More Queer Things to Do Rage with Lambrini Girls, Attend Ruth Ellis Center Gala, Go Up North for Pride, Help Shape the Next Hotter Than July Get Noisy With Queer Punks, Take Pride Up North, Network Before BreakfastWho said September can't be fun? Well, probably your ninth grade algebra teacher, [...]Read more about Rage with Lambrini Girls, Attend Ruth Ellis Center Gala, Go Up North for Pride, Help Shape the Next Hotter Than July By Kelli Dunham Art A Queer Detroit Artist Finds Her Place in Rural Michigan The first time I set up a table at the local farmers market, people barely made eye contact, let alone opened their wallets. I was a tattooed, masc, blue-haired [...]Read more about A Queer Detroit Artist Finds Her Place in Rural Michigan By Brooke Brewster Madonna Madonna Is a Queer Icon. I Finally Get It. I have a confession to make. Up until recently, I didn't really understand why everyone loved Madonna so much. I didn't think the Michigan native was [...]Read more about Madonna Is a Queer Icon. I Finally Get It. By Keith Langston Dolly Parton Remembering Dolly Parton and Her LGBTQ+ Allyship: ‘Why Wouldn't I Stand Up for Everybody?' Here's the thing nobody's obituary is going to lead with, so I will: Dolly Parton picked up the phone for queer press. Not just the glossies with the [...]Read more about Remembering Dolly Parton and Her LGBTQ+ Allyship: ‘Why Wouldn't I Stand Up for Everybody?' By Chris Azzopardi Theater After Hamtramck Pride Flag Ban, Local Theater Shows LGBTQ+ Support Through Performance In early June, Hamtramck’s City Council banned the Pride Flag from being flown on public property, a move that has prompted a wave of backlash across the [...]Read more about After Hamtramck Pride Flag Ban, Local Theater Shows LGBTQ+ Support Through Performance By Drew Saunders Michigan Do We Still Need Gay Bars? This Author’s Book Tackles Why They’re Dying — and Why We Shouldn’t Let Them When The Woodward caught fire and subsequently closed in 2022, Metro Detroit lost not only a central gathering place for LGBTQ+ residents, but a crucial site of [...]Read more about Do We Still Need Gay Bars? This Author’s Book Tackles Why They’re Dying — and Why We Shouldn’t Let Them By Aaron Foley Independent LGBTQ+ journalism, powered by readers. Support Now Support