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Sing Out Detroit Takes Motor City Pride Stage
photo: S2_PrideCallout1_2523.jpg Sing out Detroit, established in 2008, performed at Motor City Pride for the first time in 2009 and have performed there each year ever since. The mixed soprano, alto, tenor and bass chorus for LGBTQ people and [...]
Trans During Wartime
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH There was a collective groan on the 8th of November 2016, as we saw Donald Trump take the presidency. With his victory, we knew that transgender rights won through the administration, protections that had been claimed to be [...]
Wearing My Pride Like Some Rainbow Rompers!!!
BY MICHELLE E. BROWN Bet that got your attention! ROMPERS!! They've been around forever. No, I don't have one. No, I don't care if you wear one. No, I don't care if men wear them! No, I don't want to see pictures of anyone in them! No, I don't [...]
7th Annual Ferndale Pride Celebrates LGBTQ Community
BY BTL STAFF 123456789101112ÔÑÑÔÑÖ BTL Photos: Andrew Potter and Kate Opalewski In case you missed it, or for those who want to relive it, take a look at our Ferndale Pride photo gallery. The date for next year's Ferndale Pride is set for [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente 'Rent,' 'Christmas Story,' 'Jesus Christ Superstar' coming to TV Live musicals are busting out all over TV, thanks to the success of adaptations of "The Wiz," "Grease" and "Hairspray" (we've all forgotten about the way we [...]
13th Annual Home and Garden Tour of Historical Pleasant Ridge
S ix beautiful homes and amazing gardens will be showcased from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on June 10 during the 13th Annual Home and Garden Tour of historical Pleasant Ridge. The tour, organized by the Pleasant Ridge Historical Commission, allows the public [...]
All-male Cast to Perform 'Lysistrata'
Slipstream Theatre Initiative proudly presents an all-male version of Aristophanes' classic "Lysistrata" June 17-July 9 at 460 Hilton Road in Ferndale. In this fresh version of the raunchy comedy, "Lysistrata" is a washed up drag queen performance [...]
Artist's Works Celebrate 'Summer Pride'
The struggles of the LGBTQ community through activism will be honored during Ferndale Pride, Motor City Pride, Hotter Than July and Transgender Pride through the "Summer of Pride" exhibit June 1-July 28 at Affirmations' Pittman-Puckett Gallery, 290 [...]
Grosse Pointe Hosts Inaugural Pride March
BY BTL STAFF There's a new community-based organization committed to resisting any erosion of civil and human rights, and to promoting local, state and national policy and legislation that are in line with the group's guiding principles. Known as We [...]
Inaugural Brews, BBQ and Bourbon Festival
Downtown Ferndale's newest event, "Brews, BBQ and Bourbon," happens June 16-18 on E. Nine Mile Road from Woodward to Leland. The weekend-long festival celebrates traditional and seasonal brews from various metro breweries, hard ciders and sodas, [...]