BTL Staff
With Dem Filibuster Assured, Gorsuch Nomination Heads to Senate Floor
by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Monday the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, although the nomination has hit a significant snag now that Democrats have secured the votes necessary to [...]
Biennial Race Conference at MSU to Focus on Sexuality and Gender
BY BTL STAFF Urvashi Vaid, Managing Director of the Vaid Group LLC will discuss "Pawns in Their Game: Race, Gender & Sexuality in American Politics Today" at 1:15 p.m. Michigan State University's 10th Biennial Conference on Race in 21st Century [...]
Review: MOT's 'Girl of the Golden West' is Gold Indeed
BY Patrice Nolan DETROIT – Michigan Opera Theatre has staged many favorites by Giacomo Puccini, but this spring season brings us a first – The Girl of the Golden West (la Fanciulla del West). Puccini delighted in setting his operas in novel or [...]
Wage Gap: Michigan Women Are Paid 74 Cents for Every Dollar Paid to Men
BY BTL STAFF An analysis released for Equal Pay Day on April 4 reveals the size of the gender wage gap and its detrimental effects on the spending power of Michigan women. Women employed full time, year-round in Michigan are paid just 74 cents for [...]
Rainbow Flag Creator Gilbert Baker Dies at 65
BY LOU CHIBBARO JR., LOS ANGELES BLADE Gilbert Baker died Friday in New York of undisclosed causes. Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Blade Gilbert Baker, the creator of the Rainbow Flag, which has become internationally recognized as the symbol of the [...]
New GLAAD Study Reveals Twenty Percent of Millennials Identify as LGBTQ
BY BTL STAFF GLAAD unveiled its third annual Accelerating Acceptance report March 30, a survey conducted on GLAAD's behalf by Harris Poll, which shows that young people are significantly more likely to openly identify as LGBTQ than generations [...]
OU to Celebrate Diversity, LGBTQIA Awareness During Pride Week
BY SEAN DELANEY Photo courtesy of Oakland University Every April, Oakland University hosts Pride Week to celebrate OU's diversity in sexual orientation and gender identity with events that raise awareness, promote education and foster a sense of [...]
AP: Anti-LGBT HB2 will cost North Carolina $3.76 billion
by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade The anti-LGBT law in North Carolina barring transgender people from using certain restrooms consistent with their gender identity will cost the state $3.76 billion as a result of economic boycott over the course of [...]
Annual Rally Draws Attention to Sexual Violence
Michigan Takes Back the Night will look to raise awareness about sexual violence when it hosts its 39th annual Take Back the Night Ann Arbor rally and march on April 6, according to a press release. The rally, sporting the theme "Power of Words," [...]
Census Bureau: LGBT Omission the Result of 'No Federal Data Need'
Chris Johnson, Washington Blade The U.S. Census has responded to complaints over LGBT omission from a report to Congress. (Image public domain) Amid consternation over the redaction this week of proposed LGBT categories in a report on the upcoming [...]
Gay Remake
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