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Jenny and Michelle
Across 1 Brief moments of lovemaking? 5 Enjoy in an erotic way, with "on" 11 Say whether or not you're coming 15 Tie it to become wife and wife 16 Where LGBT people are accepted 17 Early role for "A Beautiful Mind" director 18 Start of Jenny [...]
Mombian: LGBTQ Parents: Resistance, Persistence, and Pride
BY DANA RUDOLPH This wasn't the Pride Month I was looking forward to. I hoped we would be celebrating gains built on marriage equality, not battling to stop religious-exemption laws that could exclude us from parenting and limit homes for children [...]
OU to Take Part in Upcoming LGBTQIA-friendly Events
BY SEAN DELANEY Photo courtesy of OU As part of its Out on Campus Initiative, representatives from Oakland University will be participating in two of Michigan's largest LGBTQIA festivals – Ferndale Pride and Motor City Pride – during the month of [...]
Transgender Pride in the Park
In August 1966, a group of transgender women fought back against a police raid at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco. The riot that ensued marks what many believe was the beginning of the transgender equality movement. Although the specific date [...]
Trump Scraps Tradition, Declines to Issue Pride Proclamation
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE President Donald Trump has not issued a Pride proclamation at the start of June. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key President Trump has declined to issue at the start of June a proclamation designating the month [...]
UNIFIED HIV Health & Beyond Brings the Fight to the Ball
UNIFIED HIV Health & Beyond began over a decade ago engaging individuals with the otherwise closed ballroom communities. For generations, ball culture has been a place of escape and defiance for young black and Latino gay, bi, and transgender [...]
7th Circuit Affirms Bathroom Access for Trans Student
The 7th Circuit has affirmed bathroom access for Ashton Whitaker, shown here with his mother. Photo courtesy Transgender Law Center In another legal decision affirming federal law ensures bathroom access for transgender students, a federal appeals [...]
Macron Discusses Gay Chechnya Crackdown with Putin
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE Newly elected French President Emmanuel Marcon on May 29, 2017, raised the ongoing crackdown against gay Chechen men during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that took place outside Paris. Photo [...]
President Pence: Worse than Trump for LGBT people?
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Would a President Mike Pence be worse than Trump for LGBT people? Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key Imagine: President Trump has been impeached and removed from office after investigations reveal illegal [...]
Legislative Democrats Push For Civil Rights Expansion
BY BTL STAFF LANSING – State Reps. Jon Hoadley (D-Kalamazoo) and Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) will host a press conference May 30 at 9 a.m. at the Michigan State Capitol Building, Room 402-403 in Lansing. At the conference, the bicameral [...]
Celebrate Author Stephanie Heit
Stephanie Heit is a poet, dancer, and teacher of somatic writing, contemplative dance practice, and kundalini yoga. She lives with bipolar disorder and is a member of the Olimpias, an international disability-performance collective. She lives in [...]