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Lil Nas X’s ‘MONTERO’ Tops Charts Even in Saudi Arabia Where Being Gay Is Punishable by Death

Yes, the fabulously, flamboyantly gay Lil Nas X is atop the pop charts with his single "MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name)" in Saudi Arabia, a country where homosexuality or “cross-dressing” is punishable by fines, [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-04-15T11:19:20-04:00April 15th, 2021|Entertainment, News|

WATCH: Nico Tortorella on the Powerful Legacy of Josh’s Sensitivity on ‘Younger’: ‘We Need to See More Men Cry’

When “Younger” debuts its seventh and final season on April 15 on Paramount +, Nico Tortorella’s Josh will have left his mark on masculinity, says the queer nonbinary actor and activist. “Josh is a straight [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-04-14T15:05:57-04:00April 14th, 2021|Entertainment, News|

Former ‘Bachelor’ Star Colton Underwood Comes Out: ‘I Am Proud to Be Gay’

He was ‘The Bachelor’ in 2019’s season 23 of the popular ABC television series of the same name. Now Colton Underwood, 29, has come out as gay. “I’ve ran from myself for a long time,” [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-04-14T12:06:02-04:00April 14th, 2021|News|

Va. House of Delegates Candidate Defends Anti-Transgender Comments

A Virginia House of Delegates candidate on Saturday said transgender servicemembers who undergo sex-reassignment surgery are “unfit for duty.” “We have our vice president saying that veterans are not special citizens. They are.” said Tim [...]

By Michael Lavers|2021-04-14T09:38:20-04:00April 14th, 2021|National, News|

A New ‘Queer as Folk’ Is Coming to Peacock

After a couple years of rumbling maybes, there’s a new “Queer as Folk” on the way, with an eight-episode, straight-to-series order from NBC’s streaming service Peacock. The “reimagining” is from “Little America” creator Stephen Dunn, [...]

By Romeo San Vicente|2021-04-13T10:03:16-04:00April 13th, 2021|Entertainment, National, News|

Switzerland Expected to Hold Marriage Equality Referendum

A referendum on the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples in Switzerland is likely to take place later this year. Lawmakers in the European country last December approved the “Marriage for All” bill. Mannschaft, a Swiss LGBTQ [...]

By Michael Lavers|2021-04-13T10:02:00-04:00April 13th, 2021|International, News|

Biden Seeks to Ramp up Funds to Beat HIV/AIDS in Budget Request

President Biden, unveiling on Friday his initial budget request to Congress in the first year of his administration, called for ramping up funds to beat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, signaling he’d continue [...]

By Chris Johnson|2021-04-12T10:20:40-04:00April 12th, 2021|National, News|

Michigan Court of Appeals Overturns ‘Outrageous’ Decision Involving Lesbian Surrogate Parent

In what can be considered a win for LGBTQ+ parents and their children in the state of Michigan, the Michigan Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court’s decision involving a lesbian couple’s custody dispute. [...]

By Ellen Shanna Knoppow|2021-04-12T10:56:30-04:00April 12th, 2021|Michigan, News|

Anti-LGBTQ Groups Seek to Overturn Virginia Trans Protections

Two Virginia-based organizations that oppose LGBTQ rights filed separate lawsuits on March 29 and March 30 challenging a state policy that requires public schools to allow transgender students to have access to “restrooms, locker rooms [...]

By Lou Chibbaro Jr.|2021-04-08T12:47:02-04:00April 8th, 2021|National, News|

Putin Formally Bans Same-Sex Marriages in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a series of constitutional amendments that, among other things, formally defines marriage as between a man and a woman in the country. The Associated Press reported upwards of [...]

By Michael Lavers|2021-04-07T11:38:29-04:00April 7th, 2021|National, News|
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DOJ Memo Contradicts Michigan’s Proposed Anti-Trans School Sports Legislation

Last Month Michigan Sen. Lana Theis, along with 12 Senate Republicans, introduced Senate Bill 218 that would bar transgender students from being able to participate in school sports in accordance with their gender identity — [...]

By Eve Kucharski|2021-04-06T11:08:59-04:00April 6th, 2021|Michigan, News|

Controversial State Department Human Rights Commission Disbanded

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the State Department has officially disbanded a controversial human rights advisory commission that LGBTQ+ activists sharply criticized. “One of the core principles of human rights is that they [...]

By Michael Lavers|2021-04-05T12:50:24-04:00April 5th, 2021|National, News|

Chris Azzopardi Named Editorial Director at Pride Source Media Group

After serving as Pride Source Media Group’s Entertainment Editor and the Editor of Q Syndicate, the national LGBTQ+ wire service, Chris Azzopardi has been named the company’s new Editorial Director. The announcement comes as he [...]

By Pride Source Staff|2021-04-02T17:18:28-04:00April 2nd, 2021|Michigan, News|

Demi Lovato Has Come a Long Way Since Turning Down Our Question About Her Sexuality 4 Years Ago 

Singer Demi Lovato recently revealed on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast that she is a member of the LGBTQ community and most closely identifies with the term pansexual. "I'm so fluid now,” she said on [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-04-01T11:46:32-04:00April 1st, 2021|National, News|

1 Year Later Catholic Priests Still Banned From Offering Mass to LGBTQ+ Group

Though it's been a year since the Archdiocese of Detroit prohibited priests from offering mass to LGBTQ+ Catholic group Dignity/Detroit, the order hasn't budged. The decision came as a shock last year to Dignity members [...]

By Eve Kucharski|2021-04-01T10:27:11-04:00April 1st, 2021|Michigan, News|

State Lawmakers Call for Ron Weiser to Resign from U of M Board of Regents After Disparaging Comments

Michigan GOP Chair Ron Weiser is facing a big backlash to cruel comments he made last month at a North Oakland Republican Club meeting. The comments, which The Detroit News first published online in a [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-04-01T10:11:29-04:00April 1st, 2021|Michigan, News|

Michigan Transgender Day of Visibility Founder Reacts to Biden’s Recognition

Transgender Michigan Founder and Executive Director Rachel Crandall-Crocker was having coffee yesterday — an iced coffee with almond milk, to be exact — at her favorite spot, The Dovetail in Warren, when the news suddenly [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-04-02T09:37:44-04:00April 1st, 2021|Michigan, News|

In First, Biden Issues Presidential Proclamation for Transgender Day of Visibility

President Biden, in a first for any U.S. president, issued on Wednesday a formal presidential proclamation recognizing the Transgender Day of Visibility, according to an advance copy of the White House document obtained by the Washington Blade. [...]

By Chris Johnson|2021-03-31T09:57:10-04:00March 31st, 2021|National, News|

DC Log Cabin Republicans ‘Super Energized’ After Officer Elections

The D.C. LGBTQ GOP group Log Cabin Republicans plans to increase its involvement in local and national politics this year after increasing its membership by 25 percent in 2020. And after its March 20 through [...]

By Lou Chibbaro Jr.|2021-03-30T10:35:10-04:00March 30th, 2021|National, News|

Germany Now Allows Transgender, Intersex Police Officers to Serve Openly

Julia Monro, a spokesperson for the German Association for Trans Identity and Intersex People (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität), in 2017 applied to become a police officer because she wanted to join the fight against Internet crimes. [...]

By Michael Lavers|2021-03-29T11:23:06-04:00March 29th, 2021|National, News|

Equality Michigan Executive Director Erin Knott Talks Goals and Accountability for Politicians, Business Leaders

After Southwest Michigan First’s controversial hiring of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield, followed by his tumultuous tenure and subsequent resignation, it’s difficult to say whether 2021 started with a bang or a thud for LGBTQ+ [...]

By Ellen Shanna Knoppow|2021-03-29T12:06:06-04:00March 29th, 2021|Michigan, News|

EU Sanctions 2 Chechnya Officials Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Crackdown

The European Union has sanctioned two Chechnya officials over their role in an anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown. The sanctions — published in the EU Official Journal on Monday — apply to Deputy Chechen Prime Minister Abuzaid Vismuradov and Aiub [...]

By Michael Lavers|2021-03-26T09:58:44-04:00March 26th, 2021|International, News|

Biden Outlines Plan for Senate Filibuster Reform: ‘It’s Been Abused’

President Biden, in the first presidential news conference of his administration, outlined his views for reforming the filibuster in the U.S. Senate, which remains the sole obstacle for getting the LGBTQ Equality Act to his [...]

By Chris Johnson|2021-03-26T09:53:16-04:00March 26th, 2021|National, News|

Rachel Levine Becomes First Out Transgender Person to Win Senate Confirmation

Rachel Levine made history on Wednesday by becoming the first openly transgender person to obtain Senate confirmation as a presidential appointee, sending an unprecedented signal gender identity is not a barrier for obtaining a position [...]

By Chris Johnson|2021-03-25T10:01:03-04:00March 25th, 2021|National, News|

Family Equality’s Denise Brogan-Kator Announces Plans to Retire

Family Equality transgender advocate and Chief Policy Officer Denise Brogan-Kator has announced her plans to retire at the end of May. She has a history of LGBTQ+ activism going back nearly 30 years. Brogan-Kator first [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-25T09:27:20-04:00March 25th, 2021|National, News|
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Doctor of Sexuality, Gender Identity to Speak at Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute

University of Michigan Medical School alumnus and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, Dr. Jack Drescher, will speak virtually at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute this April. The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute provides training and education [...]

By Tom Wesley|2021-03-24T13:47:35-04:00March 24th, 2021|Michigan, News|

LGBT Detroit Honors Former BTL Co-Publishers Jan Stevenson, Susan Horowitz

It was a fitting farewell. LGBT Detroit honored former Between The Lines publishers Susan Horowitz and Jan Stevenson with the agency’s 2021 Women’s Herstory Month award during a Facebook Live celebration and discussion that took [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-24T12:58:52-04:00March 24th, 2021|Michigan, News|
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LGBTQ-Owned Douglas Gourmet Shop Expands Catering Operation

When Garnet Lewis and her business partners decided to name their gourmet food shop in Douglas Isabel’s Market & Eatery, they had a clear choice in mind. Their namesake was an area school teacher and [...]

By Ellen Shanna Knoppow|2021-03-23T11:07:41-04:00March 23rd, 2021|Guides, Michigan, News, Wedding|

Mary Trump Joins Board of PAC Seeking to Elect Queer Women to Office

Mary Trump, who needled former President Trump during his re-election bid with allegations of racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks in his family, has joined a political action committee that works to elect queer women to [...]

By Chris Johnson|2021-03-23T09:11:39-04:00March 23rd, 2021|National, News|

A Case for the Porch Wedding: Ferndale Wedding Officiant Busier Than Ever During COVID-19

Perhaps as a side effect of her time as the Ferndale Pride event chair, Julia Music got used to a regular question: "Will you marry us?" Not qualified to do so, she'd politely decline. But [...]

By Eve Kucharski|2021-03-23T11:07:26-04:00March 22nd, 2021|Guides, Michigan, News, Wedding|

Atlanta Shootings Leave LGBTQ AAPI Community Reeling

The shootings at three Atlanta-area spas and massage parlors on March 16 have left members of the LGBTQ Asian American and Pacific Islander community deeply shaken and angry. A gunman killed eight people when he [...]

By Michael Lavers|2021-03-22T10:25:01-04:00March 22nd, 2021|National, News|

Transgender Michigan to Host Virtual Day of Visibility Open Mic, Chat Events

On March 31, the 11th-annual International Transgender Day of Visibility will be observed. While every year since its inception the event has drawn celebrations around the world, locally, Michiganders can commemorate the day with its [...]

By Eve Kucharski|2021-03-22T10:18:57-04:00March 22nd, 2021|Michigan, News|

‘Drag Race’ Alum Rock M. Sakura Reveals Sex Worker Past to Fight Asian Hate in Wake of Atlanta Shootings

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 12 contestant Rock M. Sakura (aka Bryan Bradford) has, in the wake of this week’s alleged anti-Asian Atlanta massage parlor murders, revealed in an emotional series of tweets that prior to [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-18T20:31:31-04:00March 18th, 2021|National, News|

Leyna Bloom Celebrates Major LGBTQ+ Milestone After Becoming First Trans Woman of Color in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

This week, another groundbreaking victory for the LGBTQ+ community: actress, dancer, activist and model Leyna Bloom has become the first trans woman of color to be featured in Sports Illustrated’s famed Swimsuit edition.  “This is [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-17T15:37:52-04:00March 17th, 2021|National, News|

Michigan Women Leaders on the Women Leaders Who Inspire Them

In honor of Women’s History Month 2021, Between The Lines is featuring some of Michigan’s most prominent LGBTQ+ women leaders. Though our state is full of powerful women leaders using their skills, time and effort [...]

By Pride Source Staff|2021-03-23T10:24:47-04:00March 17th, 2021|Michigan, News|

‘Not in Our House’: Affirmations, LGBTQ+ Supporters Fight Protesters With Song and Dance

On Friday, March 12, as the Affirmations LGBTQ+ Community Center in Ferndale held its twice-weekly ‘Lettuce Help’ food and clothing distribution program, a small group of anti-LGBTQ+ protesters gathered outside the main entrance on the [...]

By Ellen Shanna Knoppow|2021-03-16T16:15:28-04:00March 16th, 2021|Michigan, News|

Elton John Blasts Vatican’s Same-Sex Union Statement on Twitter

Elton John is pissed at Pope Francis. The pontiff said in a letter issued today through the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the church’s orthodoxy office, that Catholic clergy may not bless same-sex [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-15T14:48:09-04:00March 15th, 2021|National, News|

EXCLUSIVE: Collins Spells Out Demands for Supporting LGBTQ+ Equality Act

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), whose support for the Equality Act is seen as crucial to winning Republican votes for the LGBTQ non-discrimination bill, is breaking her silence on the proposed revisions she’s demanding in exchange [...]

By Chris Johnson|2021-03-15T13:40:00-04:00March 15th, 2021|National, News|

Mississippi Governor Signs First Anti-Transgender Bill of 2021

By Phillip Van Slooten Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed into law on Wednesday a bill banning the state’s transgender student-athletes from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity. Jace Pierce, a 35-year-old trans man [...]

By Special To BTL|2021-03-15T10:15:17-04:00March 15th, 2021|National, News|

Vatican Says Catholic Church Cannot Bless Same-Sex Unions

The Vatican on Monday said the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which defends Catholic teachings, in a two-page decree it published on its website said it cannot bless [...]

By Michael Lavers|2021-03-15T10:04:17-04:00March 15th, 2021|National, News|

Detroit Activist Sponsors 5 Women for Virtual UN Panel

London Bell and her Bell Global Justice Institute will hold a parallel event at the 65th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The event, a panel discussion, is titled Visible [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-11T09:00:09-05:00March 11th, 2021|Michigan, News|

Hazel Park City Council Introduces LGBTQ+Inclusive Human Rights Ordinance

HAZEL PARK – The Hazel Park City Council tonight introduced Ordinance 01-21, a Human Rights Ordinance that would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and public services on the basis of race, color, religion, [...]

By BTL Staff|2021-03-17T12:31:54-04:00March 10th, 2021|Michigan, News|

Biden Administration Signals Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination in Credit is Illegal

The Biden administration signaled on Tuesday anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination among lenders of credit is illegal, marking the latest policy move to bring the U.S. government into compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. [...]

By Chris Johnson|2021-03-10T09:45:33-05:00March 10th, 2021|National, News|

Patti Harrison Makes History as First Out Trans Actor in a Disney Film

Comedian and actor Patti Harrison has made LGBTQ+ history by becoming the first transgender actor to voice a character in a Disney animated film. In the new movie “Raya and the Last Dragon," Harrison is [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-10T13:18:31-05:00March 9th, 2021|National, News|

Michigan Trans Woman Forced to Bunk With Male Cellmate Says She Was Raped

An incarcerated trans woman has filed a lawsuit alleging the Michigan Department of Corrections failed to keep her safe and, in fact, put her in a position to be harmed by forcing her to bunk [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-09T10:01:37-05:00March 9th, 2021|Michigan, News|

Michigan LGBTQ+ Activist Michelle Brown Writes Chapter in Women’s Leadership Book

Today, more women than ever are in business leadership roles, but gender-based discrimination is still an ongoing problem. Beyond that, navigating any management position can be difficult, especially if there are few leadership examples from [...]

By Eve Kucharski|2021-03-08T16:39:32-05:00March 8th, 2021|Michigan, News|

Indiana Man Charged With Murder, Targeting Michigan LGBTQ+ Community via Dating Apps

Diabolique Paris Johnson, 34, of Indianapolis was charged Tuesday, March 2, with first-degree felony murder in the Sept. 5 shooting death of 39-year-old Joshua J. Smelser. Smelser, a videographer who had moved to Detroit only [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-08T09:42:30-05:00March 8th, 2021|Michigan, News|

Corktown LGBTQ+ Health Center Offers Free, At-Home HIV Testing Kits

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues into its second year, health organizations around Michigan have had to adapt to serve their communities in unique circumstances. At Detroit's Corktown Health Center, which prioritizes LGBTQ+ health care, the [...]

By Eve Kucharski|2021-03-08T09:07:25-05:00March 5th, 2021|Michigan, News|

LGBTQ+ Advocacy Groups, Others Call to Drop Charges Against Actor Jussie Smollett

The National Black Justice Coalition released a statement this week alleging anti-Black and anti-LGBTQ+ bias in the ongoing prosecution of actor Jussie Smollett. The statement, released in cooperation with Black Gifted and Whole, the National [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-05T16:03:51-05:00March 5th, 2021|National, News|

Michigan’s Bethany Christian Services Allows LGBTQ+ People to Foster, Adopt Nationwide

Bethany Christian Services, the largest Christian adoption agency in the U.S., has announced a new policy of inclusivity that will allow LGBTQ+ people to foster and adopt in all 32 of the states its serves. [...]

By Jason A. Michael|2021-03-05T15:44:16-05:00March 5th, 2021|National, News|
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