BTL Staff
Istanbul gay bars raided
Istanbul police raided two gay bars June 16, pushing patrons into the streets with threats of using pepper spray and billy clubs. When the patrons then ignored orders to disperse and instead began clapping, some were clubbed, said the Commission for [...]
Long distance love: What it's like to be one half of a bi-national couple
by Kirsti Reeve Terry and I were probably one of the first couples to admit "we met online", through a tape trade on the Indigo Girls email list in 1994. One morning, my inbox contained the message: "I'm coming to England with my mom. Why don't we [...]
New Buenos Aires mayor was once anti-gay
Newly elected Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri once told a daily newspaper that gay people are sick. In a 1997 interview with Pagina/12, Macri was asked if he'd accept gay players on the Boca Juniors soccer team he owns. He answered: "This [...]
Way more foreigners than Canadians marrying in Toronto
Only one Canadian same-sex couple has gotten married in Toronto this year, while 118 American gay couples have married there along with 201 gay couples from elsewhere in the world. Same-sex marriages account for 4.3 percent of marriages so far this [...]
Murse Mania
By Jessica Carreras Murse. Man-bag. Messenger. Whatever you call it, men, it's still a purse. They began showing up on the runways at fashion shows around the world. Then, designers like Louis Vuitton and Armani began making them and fashion-savvy [...]
Now Playing at the Movies: Evening, Sicko ...
July 9, 2007 NEW THIS WEEK: Evening As she lies in bed, slowly dying of cancer and hovering between consciousness and morphine-inspired dreams, Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) drifts back to her past when she was young (played by Claire Danes) and in [...]
Partner's children putting strain on relationship
Girlfriend can't discipline children around mom Q: My partner, "Mary," and I have been living together for a year; we moved in after we had a commitment ceremony at our church. My partner has been divorced for five years and has two children, ages [...]
This Land is Our Land
by Sean Kosofsky All Politics is Loco Immigration reform is dead on arrival. President Bush could not even keep his own party together over one of the most pressing issues in our country. This has sealed his status as a lame duck president whose [...]
Milford artist to show recent work at Plymouth Coffee Bean
Dennis Bruce Spencer 'Progressive Digression' Plymouth Coffee Bean 884 Penniman Ave., Plymouth (734) 454-0178 Dennis Bruce Spencer's never-before-seen acrylic paintings on found wooden boards will be on display and for sale at well below market [...]
Q Puzzle: P's in Queues
July 2, 2007 Across 1 Type of father Robert Reed played 5 Gay teen on "Degrassi: The Next Generation" 10 Cruising hazard 14 Composition of some beds 15 Dangerous emission for Tin Man 16 Baudelaire's liver 17 They're good for tricks 18 Have a broken [...]
General Gayety: The not so great migration
by Leslie Robinson Do you remember an organization called "Christian Exodus?" Sounds like something Charlton Heston should lead, doesn't it? I can see him in a TV ad demanding, "Pharaoh, let my people have guns!" Heston isn't connected with [...]
Ann Arbor Film Festival launches
Though the Ann Arbor Film Festival faced funding trouble this year, the show must go on. The Festival screenings and events commences in the historic Michigan Theater on March 20 and runs through March 25. Year after year, the Festival, founded in [...]