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Texas Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill Dies
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE Texas lawmakers adjourned on Aug. 15, 2017, without passing a bill that would have restricted transgender people's access to bathrooms. Photo by Daniel Mayer; courtesy Wikimedia The Texas House of [...]
Trump Blames 'Both Sides' for Violence in Charlottesville
BY KAREN OCAMB, WASHINGTON BLADE President Donald Trump. Image courtesy of C-SPAN President Trump surprised both sides of the political aisle during his Tuesday press conference in Trump Tower. Trump essentially equated the alt-right with a made-up [...]
A Dog Whistle Is a Dog Whistle Is a Dog Whistle
BY SUSAN HOROWITZ We started penning this week's op-ed last Thursday when the sad and horrific arson attack on a Jackson LGBT couple took their home and five dear pets. Since then the spectacle of hate has gripped the nation with the events in [...]
Kesha's Open Letter to the LGBTQ Community: 'My Album 'Rainbow' Was Made For You'
By Kesha My new album is called "Rainbow" and it's not a coincidence that rainbows are also a symbol of LGBTQ pride. Color for the past couple of years has been symbolic of hope for me. For me, rainbows are a sign of freedom to be yourself and [...]
LGBT Groups Condemn White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE White nationalists march in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. Photo courtesy of Charles Butler LGBT rights groups are among those who have condemned a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., on [...]
ACLU Sues Metro to Reinstate Ads for Milo, Others
Metro yanked ads for Milo Yiannopoulos's book. Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday charging that the D.C.-area Metro transit system's decision to ban [...]
Conversion Therapy & Ex Gay Ministry: A Republican Revival?
BY LA Jamison LGBT issues have always been a part of political battles in some form. However, conversion therapy (and "pray the gay away" type therapies called "ex-gay" ministry) really hasn't been in the news much in the last few decades except [...]
Couple Shares Passion for Health, Comfort Food & Community
BY DAVID RYALS Co-owners Erika Boyd, executive chef, and Kirsten Ussery-Boyd, general manager, have established one of the most beloved vegan restaurants in the downtown and Metro Detroit areas. During the past four years, Detroit Vegan Soul has [...]
A-maize-ing Marlon
Across 1 Superman portrayer Dean 5 "___ On Down the Road" 9 Lickety-split 13 Poet Seward 14 Like the menagerie of Tennessee 16 "What ___ thinking?" 17 Say "So Long, Farewell" 18 Place for a G-string 19 If not 20 Start of a quote about Marlon [...]
Help CHAG to Continue Offering HIV Prevention and Care
HIV is having a major impact here in the local community, according to the Community Health Awareness Group. Southeastern Michigan and particularly Detroit have the highest incidence of HIV in the state of Michigan. While prevention and treatment [...]
LAHR Announces Updated Website
LAHR with Ana Wolken, Michael Jon Carlson, Angelica Dee, Erica Spitzfaden, Lydia Weiss, Zoe Steinfield, Jen Anderson, Emily Dievendorf and Olivia Brenner at REO Town. Not pictured: Ben Schroff and Kiana Elkins. The Lansing Association for Human [...]
Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center to Hire New Education Director
The Lansing Art Gallery's Education Center has been around for 30 years, which offers on-site instruction with qualified, teaching artists in a dedicated educational space, holding up to fifteen students per session. The center, according to their [...]