A Boehner for Marriage

BTL Staff

Published: March 2, 2011 | Last Updated: September 12, 2023

Topics: Opinions

After Detroit Child Sex Abuse Arrests, Advocates Urge Focus on Survivors and Prevention

Editor's note: This story contains discussion of child sexual abuse. If you or someone you know needs support, confidential help is available 24/7 through the [...]

By Sarah Bricker Hunt

Adam Hollier Returns to Senate Race With Trans Women of Color as His North Star

In a bid to return to the State Senate, one candidate said he's making equity and justice for trans women of color his “North Star.” Adam Hollier, a [...]

By Nick Fulton

Members of the Intergeneration Queer Conversation Book Club planning committee meet in the Upper Peninsula (left to right: Kaitlyn Bamm, Jake Clifton, Marna Franson, Carrie Fiocchi). Courtesy photo

Building (Rainbow) Bridges Across Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Midway through our Zoom interview, Carrie Fiocchi's screen freezes. She's calling from a local library in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the internet there has [...]

By Sarah Bricker Hunt

The Relentless Drive Behind LGBTQ+ Tech Innovation in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor SPARK supports entrepreneurs and startups throughout Washtenaw County with mentorship, funding and accelerator programs. This is part four of our [...]

By Sarah Bricker Hunt

Fired for Officiating a Same-Sex Wedding, Calvin Professor’s Case Reaches Michigan Supreme Court

After Joseph Kuilema, now a professor of social work at Grand Valley State University, was fired in 2022 from his post at the private Christian college Calvin [...]

By Katherine Dailey

How The Ringwald's 'Somewhere' Echoes 1959 Displacement in an Era of ICE Raids

In 1959, a thriving Puerto Rican neighborhood in New York City's San Juan Hill faced demolition to make way for Lincoln Center. The residents were given no [...]

By Sarah Bricker Hunt