BTL Staff
Trump's U.S. Census Proposes, Immediately Cuts LGBT Survey Questions
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE The U.S. Census proposed, then removed LGBT questions in the U.S. Census and American Community Survey. Photo courtesy the National LGBTQ Task Force. The inclusion of LGBT categories in the Planned Subjects for the [...]
Court Finds Anti-gay Workforce Bias Legal, Still Rules for Gay Plaintiff
by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade A federal appeals court ruled Monday anti-gay bias in the workplace is legal under current federal civil rights law barring discrimination based on sex, but nonetheless handed a victory to a gay plaintiff on the [...]
Trump's HHS Appoints Anti-trans Activist to Protect Trans Health
by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade Roger Severino, director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity at the Heritage Foundation. (Image courtesy C-Span) Much to the consternation of LGBT [...]
Jackson City Council Defers Action on Referendum Petition
Photo courtesy of Nathan Triplett Updated March 29: JACKSON – The Jackson City Council voted on Tuesday night to defer action until April 11 on a referendum petition deemed "legally incapable of certification" by Jackson Together. "We are deeply [...]
A Message from the Publishers
BY JAN STEVENSON AND SUSAN HOROWITZ This Sunday, hundreds of LGBT people will shop, dance, eat, drink and be merry at the 7th Annual Ultimate LGBT Wedding &Anniversary Expo at MotorCity Casino Hotel. There will be over 100 equality-conscious [...]
"Avenue Q" Closes Out Theatre Company's 46th Season At UDM
DETROIT–The 46th season of The Theatre Company of University of Detroit Mercy concludes with Avenue Q, running March 23 – April 9, 2017. With music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and based on the book by Jeff Whitty, Avenue Q will be [...]
1984' At Williamston Theatre
WILLIAMSTON — Williamston Theatre takes a turn at classic literature with the Michigan premiere of 1984 by George Orwell, adapted by Michael Gene Sullivan. Based on the iconic novel by George Orwell, 1984 brings us the story of Winston Smith, a cog [...]
BTL Ultimate LGBT Wedding & Anniversary Expo Returns
Same-sex couples may get to keep their marriages under the Trump administration, but threats to LGBT equality remain, most notably efforts by legislators to pass laws that would permit discrimination under the guise of religious beliefs. Despite [...]
2017 Building Michigan Communities Conference
Members of the community can register now for the 2017 Building Michigan Communities Conference May 1-3 at the Lansing Center at 333 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. The conference offers two-and-a-half days of professional development, including some [...]
Couples at the Expo
Jeff and Dimitrius Mitchell of Hamtramck Considering Dimitrius had already planned the wedding of his dreams when he first proposed, Jeff had no problem giving him complete control. "He had a vision. I wasn't one of those people who had a vision of [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente cut/ Raven-Symone. Photo: Debby Wong It's almost time to hate-watch 'Fire Island' Did you watch "Finding Prince Charming"? "The A-List: New York"? "The A-List: Dallas"? "My Husband's Not Gay"? What, you think you're too good [...]
Critically Acclaimed 'The Encounter' At UMS March 30-April 1
ANN ARBOR–In 1969, Loren McIntyre, a National Geographic photographer, found himself lost among the people of the remote Javari Valley in Brazil. It was an encounter that was to change his life: bringing the limits of human consciousness into [...]