BTL Staff
Trump Confirmed as Keynote Speaker for Anti-LGBT Conference
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Donald Trump is confirmed as a keynote speaker at an anti-LGBT conference. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) President Trump is confirmed as the keynote speaker at the upcoming Values Voters Summit in [...]
GLAAD on Harvey Weinstein Controversy
BY KAREN OCAMB, LOS ANGELES BLADE Harvey Weinstein and Jennifer Lawrence at GLAAD Awards in 2013 (Photo courtesy GLAAD) After former President Bill Clinton, the next most prominent and powerful men at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los [...]
Supreme Court Sets Gay Wedding Cake Arguments for Dec. 5
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE The Supreme Court has scheduled gay wedding cake arguments for Dec. 5. (Photo by Bigstock) The U.S. Supreme Court has set Dec. 5 as the day for oral arguments on whether a Colorado baker has a First Amendment right [...]
Court Upholds Ruling for Miss. Anti-LGBT Law - But There's Stinging Dissent
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE A federal appeals court announced Friday it wouldn't reconsider a ruling upholding a sweeping anti-LGBT "religious freedom" law in Mississippi — although one judge has penned a stinging dissent over the [...]
Dark Tale of 'Sweeney Todd' Finds Second Life at The Encore
BY DONALD V. CALAMIA For an actor whose recent credits include such seemingly diverse characters as John Wilkes Booth in "Assassins," Ash in "Evil Dead: The Musical," Ted Bundy in "Date 16" and now the demon barber in the Stephen Sondheim musical [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Samira Wiley and Fortune Feimster are 'F***ing People' Near the top of our list of lesbians we love – yes, we keep a list, we like to be organized – is the hilariously funny stand-up comic Fortune Feimster ("Chelsea Lately") [...]
It's Not Just About the Suit: Sex Discrimination Case Arguments Heard in Court of Appeals
BY CRYSTAL A. PROXMIRE U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio CINCINNATI, OHIO – Justice Helene White of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals questioned attorney Douglas G. Wardlow on Wednesday during his oral argument on [...]
Edie & Thea
Across 1 Family docs 4 ISP invested in PlanetOut Partners 7 Story about a man scattering his seed, e.g. 14 Virginia Woolf novel 16 "My own private" state resident? 17 Go to the bottom 18 With 19-Across, act overturned in the Supreme Court by Edie [...]
Elvira Kurt Performs at Women in the Arts Festival
Elvira Kurt is one of Canada's most accomplished comedians, individually as a stand-up and also as an improviser with The Second City, enjoying many years of comedic success in both Canada and the U.S. One of North America's hottest college acts, [...]
Fair Michigan Gets Justice for Gay Man Conned, Robbed
BY BTL STAFF A Detroit man was sentenced Sept. 28 for an April robbery in which he lured a gay man from a gas station to rob him. Officials told WDIV ClickOnDetroit that Johnny Frost and another person met a gay man at a gas station. Frost pretended [...]
Fall Fling Marks 10 Year Anniversary of Affirmations Building
BY BTL STAFF FERNDALE – Affirmations will welcome the autumn season at the LGBTQ+ center with their annual Fall Fling at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 and this year, the celebration will include the 10-year building anniversary. More than 200 guests are [...]
Join the Maker Movement and Do It Yourself
BY BTL STAFF The Village Workshop in Northville exists for those looking for a place that has everything they could ever think of to make anything they could ever think of. It's like a garage, basement, studio, or workspace filled with every [...]