The Ingham County Health Department vaccinated staff and clientele at two local homeless shelters last week for hepatitis A following possible exposure and an increase in hepatitis A cases in the county. Three Ingham County [...]

MARK THIESMEYER, MS, MPH, RD Mark Thiesmeyer, MS, MPH, RD The stereotype of gay men being obsessed with our appearance aside, it's a sad fact that LGBTQ people as a whole are at greater [...]

BY DREW HOWARD A program purposed with addressing cancer-related needs in Metro Detroit has received additional funding that will go toward researching cancer disparities within the LGBTQ community. Launched in 2016 by Dr. Hayley S. [...]

BY NATASHA WILSON AND JENNIFER SCHWARTZ Women's health has gained greater awareness in the last 20 years, in part due to political debate over reproductive rights, and growing understanding of women's experiences accessing healthcare. For [...]

BY PATRICK YANKEE The opening of Corktown Health Center (CHC) as Michigan's first nonprofit focused on delivering health care services to the LGBTQ community is an incredible milestone for Metropolitan Detroit and founding organization, Health [...]

Abdul El-Sayed Gretchen Whitmer LANSING - Calling Michigan's HIV-specific felony law "discriminatory" and "wrong to criminalize sickness," the two declared candidates for the governor's office say it's time to reform the law. "I'm a [...]

SAGE, which stands for Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders, has been around for nearly 30 years. Based in New York, it is the country's largest and oldest organization dedicated to [...]

BY BTL STAFF Healthcare professional and health information management professionals can help create a healthcare environment that is non-judgmental and welcoming to patients of all backgrounds. The American Health Information Management Association's newest practice brief, [...]

BY BTL STAFF It is estimated that 1.4 million U.S. adults identify as transgender, according to an analysis based on new federal and state data. With such an empowering increase of LGBTQ inclusion, CipherHealth has [...]

BY BTL STAFF The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is celebrating the seventh anniversary of the enactment of Obamacare with a call to action urging members of Congress to stop Trumpcare, the so-called American [...]

HELPs staff has grown in the last 30 years from just a handful of dedicated individuals to around 30 people, who will provide culturally-competent care to LGBTQ patients. A clinical dietitian at the Corktown [...]

Dr. William Powers, DO, is well ahead of many practitioners in the state of Michigan when it comes to understanding and supporting LGBTQ healthcare issues. Specifically, he is addressing the biggest deficit - comprehensive care [...]

BY BTL STAFF There is an established link between levels of homophobic discrimination and depression, substance abuse and HIV vulnerability in gay men, according to a September article published by the Taylor & Francis Group. [...]

BY AJ TRAGER In an effort to end nicotine and tobacco addiction for LGBT Michigan residents, LGBT community centers across the state have teamed up to provide a multitude of programs and cessation techniques to [...]

BY AJ TRAGER ROCHESTER HILLS - Fifteen years ago when Robert Hellar joined the Metro Detroit Softball League (MDSL), the 10-team league was largely a group for men -- gay men to be precise -- [...]

BY AJ TRAGER LIVONIA - Tim Ross loves tennis. He started playing the sport when he was in fifth grade and has continued to follow his passion for the sport, not only in his routine [...]

Hosted by the National Coalition for LGBT Health, an April 20 webinar will discuss the numerous stigmas impacting the delivery of healthcare for transgender individuals. Presenters for the hour long webinar beginning at 2 p.m. [...]

BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT - The Fenway Institute and the Center for American Progress recently lobbied the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will soon begin addressing the disparities affecting LGBT people in [...]

BY AJ TRAGER Kunto Howard, 24, project coordinator for "Breaking The Cycle," a program of LGBT Detroit, is working to help people stop smoking. Howard says smoking rates are significantly higher in the LGBT population. [...]

By Emell Derra Adolphus "I Love it, even with the injuries," says team member Tashia Pickett. BTL photos: Alexander Godin When you're watching the girls of the Detroit Pride football team, you won't see [...]

BY AJ TRAGER Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW, works as a sexual therapist in Royal Oak. He is known in the therapist community for his work with sex therapy and sexual identity issues, including out-of-control sexual [...]

By Christopher Treacy It felt like I was circling the drain. I got stuck in a vicious cycle, allowing some evil mechanism within me to destroy everything I tried to achieve while it simultaneously lied [...]

By Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. I was hooked up to this and that, and in my heart and mind I was dying of AIDS. I still didnt talk about it. I hit rock bottom, and [...]

BY AJ TRAGER The anti-smoking character CiggyButtz stands where all other cigarettes must outside of the nonsmoking San Francisco LGBT Community Center. The Center received an award for leadership in rejecting tobacco industry funding during [...]

By AJ Trager MICHIGAN - The second round of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is about to begin in Michigan, and the campaign "Get Covered America" is working hard to get the [...]

By Shelby Clark Petkus Online comics have existed roughly as long as the internet, and as a result of more freedom and accessibility to different groups of people, comics can now cater to everything from [...]

Michael Johnson, a PhD student at Medical University of South Carolina, is seeking input from lesbian and bisexual women on a study involving cervical cancer and screenings. Johnson, who's been involved with LGBT advocacy and [...]

By BTL Staff A new report released Oct. 6, "Out and Visible: The Experiences and Attitudes of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults, Ages, 45-75," shows high concern among older LGBT people about [...]

Sniffles and flu are not the only afflictions of winter. Many people find that the dark and cold days can impact their mood. In fact, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects approximately 10 million Americans, and [...]

Millions of Americans endure the pain of chronic inflammation, and even when pain is not apparent, millions more run the risk of serious diseases triggered by chronic inflammation. "Almost all chronic diseases - from arthritis [...]

By BTL Staff Advocate.com reports that a new Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network study found that LGBT youth faced three times as much cyber bullying than their non-LGBT peers. The findings, which note that [...]

Enrollment opportunities and campaigns encouraging people to sign up for insurance coverage on the Healthcare Exchange are everywhere, but for LGBT individuals it can be a daunting task. "Many LGBT individuals and their families have [...]

By Shelby Clark The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) recently compiled multiple findings on eating disorders in the LGBTQ community. With 20 million women and 10 million men affected by eating disorders in the U.S., [...]

By Emell Derra Adolphus From the sidelines, the Michigan Panthers flag football players appear to be an identical group, indistinguishable in their fluorescent orange jerseys. But out on the turf, in the thick of game, [...]

By Jerome Stuart Nichols Photos: Lucy Edwards LONDON - Yoga is a centuries-old discipline that promises to help people find permanent inner peace. Voguing is a decades old dance that promises to help people [...]

By Dr. W.K. Dobracki, DDS Everyone likes to get noticed. Looking sexy makes us feel better and more confident. We all spend great amounts of time and effort on bettering ourselves. Whether it's mastering new [...]

Metro Detroit Vollyball League plays every Wednesday in Warren. Ready to get your volleyball on? Metro Detroit Volleyball League, organized through Stay and Play Social Club (SPSC), is currently looking for teams, players and [...]

By Raymond Shepherd My journey to a happy satisfying sober life has been slow, but I am now doing things I never expected. I found the man I never expected to find and would not [...]

By Shelby Clark Metro Detroiters can expect wine, food and more in Birmingham during the annual "Stomp Out Diabetes" - a benefit for the American Diabetes Association - at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at the [...]

VA employee Andrew Hunter Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country have made strides in the service they offer to LGBT veterans thanks to Federal mandates pushed by the Obama administration. But over and above [...]

Compiled by Shelby Clark Nike FuelBand Gone are the days of food diaries in notebooks and point-assigned food. With increasing technology comes more convenience for those looking to lose weight, improve fitness, or both. [...]

By Carol Tanis Organize it and they will come. That's what happened with the Grand Rapids chapter of Prime Timers. November marks the third anniversary of this social group for gay and bisexual men. The [...]