BTL Staff
Detroit to Host Drive-By Census Kick-Off
DETROIT — The extent to which Detroit can quickly recover from the novel coronavirus pandemic directly depends on how many Detroiters fill out their 2020 census form, Mayor Mike Duggan said. As of today, Detroit's overall census response rate is [...]
Music Royalty
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Be Queer Be Counted: LGBT Detroit's Census Project Airs June 16
DETROIT — LGBT Detroit is a nonprofit organization that serves Detroit's LGBTQ community. It has announced the rollout of a series of "Get Out The Census 2020" during COVID-19, and the inaugural Be Queer Be Counted Census 2020 Pep Rally even will [...]
Stagecrafters Community Theater Virtually Covers 'RENT'
In light of the isolation brought upon by the new coronavirus, members of the Royal Oak-based nonprofit community theater Stagecrafters presented a song from the popular LGBTQ musical "RENT." The featured singers include Justin Noroyan, Tom Butwin, [...]
Black LGBTQ Community Innovates Black Pride in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
LGBT Detroit, the city's premier black LGBTQ service provider and producer of Hotter Than July, the world's now longest-running, uninterrupted Black LGBTQ Pride celebration for the last 25 years, is taking its 2020 festivities digital. In light of [...]
Melissa Etheridge's 21-Year-Old Son Dead
By Washington Blade Staff Melissa Etheridge's 21-year-old son Beckett Cypher died Wednesday. Etheridge tweeted that it was related to opioid addiction. "Today I joined the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones to [...]
Kissing Taylor Swift's Brother
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BTL Awarded $100,000 From Facebook
LIVONIA – On May 8, Between The Lines received a $100,000 grant from Facebook to support the paper's coverage of the coronavirus pandemic's impact on Michigan's LGBTQ community. "We are thrilled to receive this support from Facebook," said Jan [...]