BTL Staff
PetCalls to Host Valentine's Day Fundraiser for Detroit Dog Rescue
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT – Valentine's Day is for pets, too. That's why PetCalls is hosting a fun Valentine's Day mixer for friends and pets on Feb. 14 at the Museum for Contemporary Art Detroit on 4454 Woodward Ave. The event will feature specialty [...]
National LGBT Radio Program Finds Home at MSU
BY EVE KUCHARSKI If you ask Marc Sophos what his favorite episode of OutCasting is, he'll have trouble picking just one. "There are a couple," Sophos said, OutCasting's executive producer. "In 2013 The Boy Scouts of America were considering a [...]
Viewpoint: Rebuilding A Life In One's True Gender
By Val Bralt In the spring of 1949, a doctor examined a newborn baby and proclaimed "it's a boy". That simple statement defined the games and toys I ought to play with, the friends I ought to have, the way I ought to talk, dress, walk, the jobs I [...]
You Can Look It Up
Across 1 Elton John Broadway musical 5 Husband and husband, for example 10 Supporters of drag queens 14 "Nuts!" 15 Not potent 16 "Lesbians ignite!" e.g. 17 Pantyhose woe 18 One you go down on 19 Room for Frida 20 Not solely male or female 23 "Peter [...]
City of Jackson Approves Non-discrimination Ordinance 5-2
Photo courtesy of Nathan Triplett, EQMI JACKSON – The Jackson City Council voted Tuesday night to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the areas of housing, employment, and public accommodations. The 5-2 vote [...]
DeVos Confirmed Despite Concerns Over Anti-LGBT Donations
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Photo courtesy of Michael Key, Washington Blad Despite efforts from Senate Democrats and LGBT advocates to block the confirmation of Betsy [...]
Pence Dodges on Anti-LGBT 'Religious Freedom' Executive Order
By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade Vice President Mike Pencedodge on whether anti-LGBT religious freedom executive order is necessary. Photo by Gage Skidmore, courtesy Wikimedia Commons Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday began an exchange on ABC's [...]
Pro-LGBT Adviser Already Axed from Trump's White House
By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade Anthony Scaramucci: Photo by Jdarsie11; courtesy Wikimedia Commons A New York hedge fund manager who supports LGBT rights won't get the previously announced role for him at the White House as a liaison to the [...]
Ryan Cites Obama's LGBT Refugee Priority to Justify Trump Policy
By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade Speaker Paul Ryan. Washington Blade file photo: Michael Key House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) justified the portion of President Trump's refugee policy that institutes a priority for religious minorities by [...]
Betsy DeVos's Nomination for Education Secretary Clears Committee
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON – After contentious confirmation hearings, protests across the country and two rounds of voting, Betsy DeVos cleared the first hurdle in her path to becoming secretary of education on Jan. 31 with a party-line vote in the [...]
Ann Arbor School Board Calls for Rejection of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education
The Ann Arbor Public Schools board of education is calling on U.S. senators to reject Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education, based on what one trustee described as DeVos' "open hostility to the students she is nominated to serve." The trustees [...]