BTL Staff
Fabulous LGBTQ Wedding in Michigan? Tell Us About It
BY BTL STAFF Amanda and Jamie Lehman-Faber were married on May 29, 2016 at Cafe Cortina in Farmington Hills. Photo courtesy of Kerby Lou Did you and your significant other plan the wedding of your dreams? Tell us about it so we can share your LGBTQ [...]
LGBT Va. Democrats Honor Northam, Roem
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE The LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Virginia on June 17 honored Danica Roem, a transgender journalist who is challenging Virginia state Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William County). Photo courtesy of [...]
72 Congressional Dems Blast Trump for No Pride Proclamation
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led a letter condemning President Trump for no Pride proclamation. Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key Congressional Democrats sent a pair of letters – one from U.S. House [...]
Michigan Pride Parade, Rally Draws Thousands to Lansing
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Trump Admin Issues New Title IX Guidance for Transgender Kids
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE The Education Department under Betsy DeVos has issued new Title IX guidance for transgender students. Blade photo by Michael Key After revoking Obama-era guidance assuring transgender kids in school have access to [...]
Black LGBT Health: Stories of Strength, Resilience, Creativity
BY JAN STEVENSON Panelists captivated an attentive audience in a lively conversation about black LGBT health issues June 2. From left to right, editor and author Dr. Jonathan Lassiter from Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania, moderator Leseliey [...]
Communities that Care' Awards Announced
The annual "Communities that Care" Awards are given each year by the OutCenter in Benton Harbor to recognize individuals, groups and/or organizations that have made exceptional efforts in the past year to move the work of the OutCenter, and the [...]
Diora Bared Her Soul
Across 1 Dressed for Mardi Gras 9 Dave Pallone call 15 Rule with whips and such 16 Aileen Wuornos portrayer Charlize 17 Start of the title of a 2006 Diora Baird movie (with "The Beginning") 18 Johnny Mathis disk 19 Get hard 20 Loafer's lack 22 [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Mama Mia, get ready for more 'Mamma Mia' The question is not why they're making a sequel to "Mamma Mia!" The 2008 smash grossed over $600 million worldwide, after all. The question is why it took so long to get here. It's been [...]
GM River Days
For the twelfth year, GM River Days will take place along the Detroit Riverfront from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. June 23-25 – from the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority Terminal & Dock just west of the GM Renaissance Center, to Rivard Plaza and the [...]
Jackson Theatre Hosts Michigan Shakespeare Festival
You take your seat just as the lights go down. The curtain rises, and all at once you are transported to a miraculous foreign land: The battlements of Elsinore castle. A beach in Illyria. A blasted heath in Scotland. A canal in Venice. A throne [...]
Love Never Dies' at the Fisher Theatre
BY ENCORE STAFF This story of boundless love, full of passion and drama, follows Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera." Photo courtesy of Encore "Love Never Dies" will open its North American Tour at Detroit's Fisher Theatre on October [...]