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KGLRC Announces REACH Award Recipients
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LGBT Non-Discrimination Ordinance Advances in Jackson
BY BTL STAFF Photo courtesy of Nathan Triplett, EQMI JACKSON – More than 400 people came to the Jackson City Council Meeting on Tuesday night in support of an LGBT non-discrimination ordinance, which advanced 4-3. Councilman Daniel Greer told [...]
Trans Position
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Equality Michigan Elects New Board Leadership
BY BTL STAFF LANSING – Equality Michigan today announced its board leadership for 2017 with AT&T Michigan president, Jim Murray, elected chair of its board of directors. Joining Murray in the organization's leadership is board vice chair, [...]
Trump Spokesman: Fate of LGBT Nondiscrimination Order Uncertain
BY BTL STAFF Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, said today he isn't sure if the new president will repeal or maintain President Obama's executive order banning anti-LGBT discrimination by companies that have contracts with the federal [...]
Flint's Audrey Dismond Shows Women 'You Are Worthy'
BY CHENE KOPPITZ Photographer Jerry Taliaferro captures the beauty of Audrey Dismond. Photo courtesy of Flint Institute of Arts Chene Koppitz is the Communications and Marketing Coordinator at the Flint Institute of Arts. FLINT – Growing up in the [...]
LGBT Rights Page Gone from White House Website
BY BTL STAFF The moment Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president today, the LGBT, climate change, health care, and civil liberties pages disappeared from the website of the brand new Trump White House. As did the HIV/AIDS strategy page [...]
18 Things You Can Do Right Now to Protect LGBTQ Rights Under Donald Trump
BY JARED MILRAD Demonstrations broke out all across the U.S. after Trump was elected Nov. 8. They continued for over a week. This is a scene from demonstrations in Philadelphia on Nov. 10 Editor's note: In the aftermath of the election, Mic's [...]
Between The Lines Debuts New Wedding Expo Website
BY BTL STAFF Over the last seven years, the Ultimate LGBT Wedding & Anniversary Expo has grown exponentially, allowing us to offer a one-stop shopping experience where you and your entire wedding party can walk along aisles and aisles of the [...]
Comedy Shows to Raise Funds for Local LGBT Community Center
BY BTL STAFF TRAVERSE CITY – Traverse City comedy group Falling Down Stairs Productions will donate proceeds from its February, March and April shows to help the Polestar LGBT+ Community Center, which serves Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, [...]
Detroit Native Announces Plans to Run for Detroit City Mayor
DETROIT – Detroit native, Myya D. Jones, has announced that she will be running for mayor of the city of Detroit in 2017. She wants to be a voice for women of color and millennials in the U.S. government sector at the age of 22. "I believe it's [...]