BTL Staff
Sen. Baldwin Prepares for Re-election Fight in 2018
by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade As Democrats gear up for the congressional mid-term elections in 2018, one race that will be critical for the LGBT community and potentially a challenge to win is the re-election bid of U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin [...]
The Legend of Georgia McBride
It's a smashing success from The Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale – he's young, he's broke, his landlord's knocking at the door, and he's just found out his wife is going to have a baby. To make matters even more desperate, Casey is fired from his gig [...]
The OutField: LGBT sports movement faces growing pains
By Dan Woog Once upon a time, there was no such thing as LGBT sports. No one imagined gay men could be athletes. Besides, weren't all female athletes lesbians? Or so the stereotypes went. Then came Dave Kopay, Greg Louganis. The growth of women's [...]
Trump's First 100 Days
By Lisa Keen The idea of reflecting upon a president's "first 100 days in office" started with President Franklin Roosevelt. According to The Washington Post, Roosevelt touted his own accomplishments in trying to pull the country out of the [...]
NYC Activists Protests Gay Arrests in Chechnya
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE The city of Grozny in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Authorities have sent gay men in the semi-autonomous Russian republic to secret prisons that have been described as "concentration camps." Photo by [...]
California Latest to Affirm N.C. Travel Ban Despite HB2 Replacement
by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade California has joined the growing number of jurisdictions keeping in place travel bans to North Carolina enacted in protest over House Bill 2 despite the state's governor signing into law a replacement for the [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente 'What happens at The Abbey'? It looks like the usual. Move over "Fire Island" – a show that hasn't even aired yet but now has to move over, anyway – because there's another queer-themed reality series ready to be a very bad [...]
Disparate Identities Collide
BY EVE KUCHARSKI Intersections between Faith, Race, Gender and Sexuality panelists. Pictured left to right: Nicole Bravo, Leon Hister, William Alexander III, Heba Afaneh. BTL Photo Eve Kucharski Faith and sexuality are rarely mentioned together. In [...]
Fashion Show Explores Classic to Avant-Garde Designs
Sound Armor by Simcha Smith. Photo courtesy of MSU ATD Fashion Design Program The Michigan State University College of Arts and Letters and the Department of Art, Art History and Design presents their annual Apparel and Textile Design Student [...]
Gallery Welcomes Artists Outside the Mainstream
photo: S2_CC3_Rosado_2516.jpg caption: Works by artist, designer, printmaker and collector, John Gutoskey, will be on display during the "Raise Your Voice" exhibit at Casa de Rosado in Lansing. In the up-swinging REO Town corridor is Casa de [...]
Holland City Council Could Impact Pursuit of Ordinance
BY JIM LARKIN Will LGBTQ residents of the City of Holland have to wait another four years before they have the votes of the City Council to pass an anti-discrimination ordinance that will protect them? They'll get their first indication on April 25, [...]