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Mid-Michigan Recovery Services Hosts Support Group
BY BTL STAFF Concerned about drinking or drug use? Looking for a safe, peer-supported, therapeutic environment to explore issues with substance abuse? Mid-Michigan Recovery Services is offering a support group for queer, transgender and gender [...]
Ringwald Does 'The Time Warp Now' with Rocky Horror
BY TANYA GAZDIK, ENCORE MICHIGAN FERNDALE – It's hard to go wrong with a classic like The Rocky Horror Show and The Ringwald's treatment does not disappoint. If you've seen the movie at a theatre and heard/seen the audience participation elements, [...]
Sessions Undos DOJ Support for Trans Workers Under Title VII
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE The Justice Department under Jeff Sessions has reverses its support for trans workers protections under Title VII. (Photo by Gage Skidmore; courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Bucking a string of court rulings and the [...]
Stonewall Rebellion: It Wasn't Judy!
BY PERRY BRASS, LGBT HISTORY PROJECT Many things have been said and written about "Stonewall," the historic confrontation in June 1969 after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a Mafia-run gay bar on Christopher Street in New York City's Greenwich [...]
Stonewall Strong
BY JOHN-MANUEL ANDRIOTE, LGBT HISTORY PROJECT Below is an excerpt from "Stonewall Strong: Gay Men's Heroic Fight for Resilience, Good Health and a Strong Community," by John-Manuel Andriote. The book will publish Oct. 8 by Rowman & [...]
The Purging of Ann Arbor's (Queer) Past
BY TIM RETZLOFF I knew criminal court cases could be a gold mine for researching LGBTQ history. I did not know such records were so vulnerable. As I recounted in an earlier blog post, my path to queer remembering started in the late 1980s with [...]
Marriage Equality Paving the Way for Increased LGBTQ Interest in Homeownership
BY BTL STAFF The 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalizing marriage equality has paved the way for more LGBTQ home purchases, according to the 2017 National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP) Homeownership Survey. The [...]
Proud to Be Out at MSU
BY BTL STAFF The LGBT Resource Center at Michigan State University welcomes students to celebrate joy and pride in themselves whether they are out to the world, to their family or just to themselves. On Oct. 11, stop by the Center between 9 a.m. – 7 [...]
Tips for Buyers and Sellers In Our 'Hot' Housing Market
BY BRAD BELL When I hear friends talk about the local real estate market, the word I hear over and over again is "hot". For buyers and sellers its means fewer homes are on the market and prices are rising. According to Realcomp MLS, the August [...]
Trump Administration: Legal Challenge to Trans Military Ban 'Premature'
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE The Justice Department argues a legal challenge to President Trump's transgender military ban is 'premature.' (Photo by Michael Vadon; courtesy Wikimedia Commons) The Trump administration called a legal challenge [...]
