BTL Staff
Top General calls gays Immoral
by Bob Roehr CHICAGO – "I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts…I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way." The [...]
All politics is Loco: Queer Eye on the candidate guy
by Sean Kosofsky No, I don't intend to dress up powerful political figures and teach them etiquette, even though some of them need it. It is time, though, to start weighing in on the 2008 presidential race. With no heir apparent, let's look at [...]
MSU YAF leader Kyle Bristrow's media strategy
Kyle Bristow, the author of the MSU Young Americans for Freedom agenda, has not returned phone calls and emails regarding YAF's designation as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Internal and online memos from Bristow show this is a [...]
Creep of the Week: Albert Mohler
By D'Anne Wtitkowski "Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it…" Homosexuality in the animal kingdom is a well-documented fact. And now, thanks to experiments involving sheep, researchers in Idaho have determined that sexual orientation is [...]
Pro-gay group seeks procreation requirement for marriage
By Lisa Keen It sounds like the brainchild of an ultra-conservative activist. A group in Washington State has initiated an effort to secure a ballot measure this November that seeks to require couples applying for marriage licenses to first prove [...]
Transgendered professor fights to keep her job
by Sharon Gittleman SPRING ARBOR – Julie Nemecek, 55, would like to keep her job as an associate professor of adult studies, teaching business and communications at Spring Arbor University. The university wants her gone. Why? "Spring Arbor [...]
Editorial: Transphobia should be fought on all fronts, even at home
For 15 years, Julie Nemecek has worked as an associate professor of adult studies, teaching business and communications at Spring Arbor University. All of this changed last week when the university decided to not renew Nemecek's contract. The [...]
Gays at a glance: Black History Month
In the Spotlight: Black History Month African-American and African Diaspora Art: Early gay and lesbian African-American and African Diaspora artists did not openly declare their homosexuality, but in the late twentieth century, many artists began [...]
MICHAEL CHARLES PIPER: Exercising his commitment to our community
By Kimya Afi Ayodele In this second of three installments on unsung heroines and heroes in our local African American SGL and Transgender community, I introduce you to, Michael Charles Piper. Michael is a 44-year-old African American, "happily [...]
LGBT community should fight to regain health benefits
ACLU attorney Jay Kaplan is right, we DO need to rally at the capitol! Everyone should be aware that the Michigan Supreme Court is composed of Federalist Society members, extreme reactionaries who have decimated civil law in Michigan over the last [...]
NiteOut: Good times
Was it the cold? Was it Sara's birthday? Or old friends back in town? Maybe all these things brought a group of revelers together at the Hayloft Saloon in Detroit on a Saturday night. [...]
Q Puzzle: "Love Makes the World Go 'Round"
February 12, 2007 Across 1 Showing excitement 5 Dated 9 "There, there" 14 It may get a licking 15 "___ that dare not speak its name" 16 Stood out 17 Hathaway of "Brokeback Mountain" 18 "Anything ___ " 19 "American Idol" champ Studdard 20 Country [...]