BTL Staff
May Fake Ad contest winner
Jim Fuerst is our May winner of the Between The Sheets fake ad contest. Jim will receive $100 for selecting Big Water Rafting from our May 20 edition of Between The Lines. Don't miss out, pick up BTL each week for your chance to win $100. [...]
NCAA Restores Games to North Carolina Despite New Anti-LGBT Law
by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade The National Collegiate Athletic Association has decided to restore games to North Carolina in the aftermath of the state reaching a deal to replace anti-LGBT House Bill 2 with another measure that civil rights [...]
The Temple Beth El, a Detroit Gem, to Be Restored
photo: S2_WORSHIP_BRF_Bethel_2514.jpg caption: Photo courtesy of Bethel Community Transformation Center The historic Jewish synagogue Temple Beth El on Woodward Avenue in Detroit will be transformed into a modern performing arts destination, an [...]
Transmissions: Not Safe
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH As I write this, I am packing and planning my trek to Orlando, Florida for the 2017 LGBT Media Journalists Convening. While I should only need concern myself with how to keep everything down to one rolling bag, I find myself [...]
Trump Loses Bigly as Political Realities Set In
By Peter Rosenstein, Washington Blade Donald Trump has come face to face with political reality and is losing and losing big. He is losing his fight to ban Muslims from entering the country, a plan that has been stopped by the courts. His effort to [...]
Welcoming Michigan Builds Immigrant-Friendly Communities
BY DREW SAUNDERS Christine Sauve, senior program coordinator at Welcoming Michigan in Kalamazoo. BTL Photo Drew Saunders Members of immigrant communities often have trouble settling into life in a new country. There's a new economy to navigate, new [...]
Rev. Troy Perry First American to Be Honored With Cuba's CENESEX Award
BY BTL STAFF Rev. Troy Perry, founder of Metropolitan Community Churches will be the first American citizen to be honored with Cuba's CENESEX Award. Perry is also the co-founder of Christopher Street West (the oldest pride parade in the world) and [...]
Riot Grrrl 90s Comes to Ferndale
Fresh off a very successful run at the Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck, Riot Grrrl 90s comes to Ferndale for a two weekend – limited engagement at The Ringwald Theater at 22742 Woodward Ave. Set in 1990s suburbia, Rachel and Jen meet in French [...]
Sample letter to friends and family
The following is an example of a letter you can send to your friends, family, and neighbors urging them to decline to sign the anti-equal marriage rights petition. To my family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and acquaintances, I am writing to you [...]
The Guys, According to Garp
Across 1 Come together 6 Lorca's room 10 Change from red to pink 14 Ring around your anus 15 Mabius of "The L Word" 16 Had too many M&M's, e.g. 17 Metaphysical poet John 18 Fuel in Jamie O'Neill's country 19 "Get a ___!" 20 Transgender [...]