BTL Staff
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Stars line up for Dylan His first film starred Barbie dolls, but these days, when it's time to cast one of his movies, Oscar-nominated gay director Todd Haynes ("Far From Heaven") appears to have his pick of Hollywood names. [...]
Meet Tiger the BTL pet of the week
Tiger is a charming four-year-old orange and white medium hair cat. He is at the shelter looking for a new home because his previous family moved and could not take him along. Tiger is a bit shy, so he would do best in a quiet household with older [...]
Federal Court strikes down Nebraska marriage amendment
By Bob Roehr Lincoln– A federal judge struck down the Nebraska constitutional amendment that banned marriage for same-sex couples and recognition of any other type of relationship between such couples. The May 12 decision called the amendment [...]
Friday the 13th brings good luck to local HIV/AIDS organizations
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Detroit- No mirrors were broken, no one walked under a ladder, and no one crossed a black cat's path. In fact, there was no bad luck at all for two local AIDS service agencies, who now view Friday the 13th as their lucky [...]
Let them serve
By Bob Roehr WASHINGTON – The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network kicked off their lobby days with an upbeat report of progress made over the last six months. Former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun offered a moving [...]
Marriage after Massachusetts
By Bob Roehr Boston– Marriage bells had rung before for gay and lesbian Americans – in San Francisco, Portland, even tiny New Paltz, New York – but those that began to peal in Massachusetts on May 17, 2004 are the only ones that continue to ring [...]
Real simple
By John Polly "To each his own. F–k it! Who cares!" Apologies, dear readers for that initial burst of coarse language; it seemed best to get that out of the way right up front. Not inappropriately, allow that brief exclamation to set the carefree, [...]
MFT decries gender-identity discrimination, chides UofM
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DETROIT – The Michigan Federation of Teachers and School-Related Personnel took a stand for transgender employees at their recent convention. By an "overwhelming vote," according to President David Hecker, the union approved [...]
Reach OUT!
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Media Matters for America – correcting right-wing lies for all of us Founded in May 2004, Media Matters for America "is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to [...]
Affirmations program director passes the torch
FERNDALE – After close to five years of service to Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center, Program Director Michael Larson recently announced that it's time to pass the torch. Initially hired to run the Youth Services Program, Larson moved [...]