BTL Staff
Chanting in Charlottesville: 'Fuck You, Faggots'
BY LISA KEEN, KEEN NEWS SERVICE One of the loudest chants by white supremacists rallying in Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday was "Fuck you, Faggots." The driver of the car that plowed into counter-protesters appears to have associated himself [...]
Countdown on the Trump Presidency?
BY KAREN OCAMB, LOS ANGELES BLADE Trump defends his beliefs during a press conference at Trump Tower on August 15. (Photo Youtube still) Donald Trump has crossed so many lines of impropriety without suffering any consequences, Americans of good [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente cut/ Jen Richards. Photo: Joe Seer. Indie drama 'Easy Living' features trans actress Jen Richards As far as Hollywood is concerned, summer is pretty much over. August is a notoriously slow box office month, so if you're not [...]
Ogilvy Survey Provides Insight Into The Rewards of LGBT Inclusion
By Liz Baudler Though it might surprise some to learn that 65% of Americans feel that LGBT inclusion is good for the economy, it was what Ogilvy's Bill Berman suspected his agency's most recent LGBT marketing survey would show. "We had a sense that [...]
Old and Dribbling
Across 1 Simians on Roddy McDowall's planet 5 Like a woman without a woman 10 Anthropologist Margaret 14 "Pandora's Box" heroine 15 "Dallas Voice," for example 16 A lot, maybe 17 "Dancing With the Stars" cohost Andrews 18 Playful swimmer 19 [...]
A2 Art & Brew to Benefit Ann Arbor Art Center
BY BTL STAFF On Sept. 28, visit some of the best downtown Ann Arbor bars and restaurants and taste well-crafted beer and bite pairings to see how different craft beers and foods work together. While enjoying the beer and bites, see select pieces of [...]
Correction
An error of fact was reported in the story, "Ferndale Mayor to Run Unopposed Again," on Aug. 10 regarding Craig Covey's career. BTL reported the following: "Covey had crafted his career contrary to Coulter's. He was elected to the Ferndale City [...]
Marootian Named Interim Head of D.C. Dept. of Transportation
BY LOU CHIBBARO JR., WASHINGTON BLADE Jeff Marootian was named interim director of the D.C. Department of Transportation. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced earlier this month she has named gay former Obama administration official Jeff Marootian as [...]
Students Welcome to Join Peer Mentorship Program
BY BTL STAFF Returning Eastern Michigan University students who are LGBTQ-identified and want to help a new LGBTQ-identified student through their first year at EMU are invited to join the Peer Mentor Program. If and when accepted, returning [...]
UM Dearborn Offers New LGBTQ Studies Certificate
BY BTL STAFF The LGBTQ Studies certificate, a 12-credit interdisciplinary program in the University of Michigan-Dearborn College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, prepares students professionally and personally by concentrating on diverse forms of [...]