BTL Staff
ACLU, Colorado File Briefs for Gay Couple in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Lawyers advocating for the gay couple who insist they should be able to purchase a wedding cake from a baker under Colorado law — whether the baker has religious objections or not — fired their opening salvo [...]
Stabenow Tours REC, Followed by LGBTQ Donor Gathering
Mark LaChey, chair, and Roland Leggett, vice-chair, of the LGBT and Allies Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party organized a tour of the Ruth Ellis Center by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow. Pictured (l to r ) are REC's board chair Sabrina Gujral and [...]
Why is White House Ignoring the Blade During News Briefings?
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Sarah Huckabee Sanders refuses to take questions from the Blade during the White House briefings. (Screenshot via CSPAN) Time to level with our readers: the Washington Blade has effectively been iced out from [...]
66th Annual Jewish Book Fair
BY BTL STAFF The Jewish Community Center's Annual Jewish Book Fair is a community-wide cultural and literary event, attracting a large and varied audience of more than 20,000 people of all ages. It is the oldest and largest Jewish book fair in the [...]
Accidental Activist
BY EMELL DERRA ADOLPHUS Like most gay men in Detroit during the 1980s AIDS epidemic, Cornelius Wilson feared how his sexuality would change the course of his future. Around him, the virus was extinguishing young lives at a rapid pace. But Wilson no [...]
Candidate Talks Top Priorities Ahead of Nov. Election
BY EVE KUCHARSKI As Nov. 7 creeps closer on the calendar, Lansing prepares for an overhaul of its political system with a slew of new candidates running for a variety of city positions. One such new candidate is Jim McClurken who is running for the [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Anna Paquin. Photo: Starfrenzy Russell Tovey is gay superhero The Ray for the CW After Thanksgiving weekend is over and you've successfully shaken off your family until late December, the CW has a gift to soothe you back into [...]
Gays Under Consideration for Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel
BY LOU CHIBBARO JR., WASHINGTON BLADE The Trump administration has reportedly reached out to gay Republicans about potential appointments to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Gay Republicans [...]
Lawsuit Against Mississippi Anti-LGBT Law Reaches Supreme Court
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE On the same day a Mississippi "religious freedom" law enabling anti-LGBT discrimination went into effect, an LGBT legal team litigating against the statute petitioned the Supreme Court to review the decision [...]
Bernie Sanders to Speak at Inaugural Women's Convention
BY BTL STAFF The Women's March announced Oct. 12 that U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) will be a featured speaker at the Women's Convention, which will take place in Detroit from Friday, Oct. 27-29. Sen. Sanders will speak during a Friday evening [...]
