BTL Staff
WSU Announces Innovative Collaboration with Corktown Health Center
BY BTL STAFF Wayne State University and the Wayne State University Physician Group are pleased to announce an agreement with Health Emergency Lifeline Programs (HELP) to collaborate with Corktown Health Center. This new affiliation will bring [...]
U.S. Diplomat Speaks at Costa Rica Same-Sex Marriage Conference
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE Eric Catalfamo of the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica, left, speaks at the opening of the Civil Marriage Equality Congress in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Nov. 9, 2017. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers) An [...]
LGBT Candidates Win 55 Percent of Races Nationwide
BY LISA KEEN, KEEN NEWS SERVICE Andrea Jenkins won 70 percent of the vote to become the first transgender woman of color elected to office in Minneapolis, a major U.S. city. Tuesday was a good night for LGBT candidates and an historic one for [...]
Transgender Candidates Make History
BY BTL STAFF Andrea Jenkins Minneapolis made history on Tuesday night. Andrea Jenkins is now the first openly trans woman of color elected to the city council of a major U.S. city. Jenkin's win is inspiring other trans people to run for office and [...]
Senate Confirms Larsen to Lifetime Judicial Appointments
By BTL Staff WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made good on his pledge to President Trump to get the Senate to confirm four highly controversial, anti-civil rights, and anti-LGBT judicial nominees to lifetime appointments [...]
Senate Confirms MI Justice Larsen, Three Other Conservative Judges to Lifetime Judicial Appointments
By BTL Staff WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made good on his pledge to President Trump to get the Senate to confirm four highly controversial, anti-civil rights, and anti-LGBT judicial nominees to lifetime appointments [...]
OutCasters Discuss LGBTQ Issues in Newly Released Audio Pieces
BY BTL STAFF OutCasting, public radio's LGBTQ youth program, has three new audio pieces for listeners this month. On OutCasting (broadcast version): Across most of history and in many societies, gender is understood to be binary: a person is either [...]
House Dems Take Stand Against Anti-Gay Baker Before Supreme Court
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) leads House Democrats in a brief before the Supreme Court case. (Washington Blade photo by Tom Hausman) As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a challenge to Colorado's [...]
Corktown Health Center Puts Detroit on the Map for Advances in LGBTQ Health
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 [...]
Detroit HealthLink Project Awarded Grant to Research LGBTQ Cancer Disparities
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. Thompson, the [...]
Does Your Gym Help or Hurt?
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 risk for eating disorders. LGBTQ individuals are also more [...]
Gender and Sexuality Center Shapes Campus Culture at OU
BY DREW HOWARD Grace Wojcik, Coordinator at the Gender and Sexuality Center is in back row last person on the right. She is celebrating with Students during Lavender Graduation. Photo courtesy of OU Gender and Sexuality Center. Oakland University [...]