BTL Staff
Day of Remembrance in Ann Arbor
By Pamela Benetti ANN ARBOR – The Ann Arbor Transgender Day of Remembrance drew about 40 people to the University of Michigan Diag. The evening began at 6:30 with a performance by the Out Loud Chorus, followed by a brief history and introduction of [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Kate McKinnon takes the lead in 'The Lunch Witch' She already has an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live," and she's managed to steal every scene she had in the ensemble comedies "Ghostbusters," "Masterminds," and now [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Jennifer Jason Leigh, is set to co-star in the Maybury film "The Jacket." © 2003 Screen Gems Inc. Not a straight 'Jacket' Daring queer British director John Maybury has taken on a big, star-studded project that sounds just as [...]
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Domestic Partner Issue Letter from Governor Granholm
December 3, 2004 Friends, I am writing today to clarify confusion caused by a series of inaccurate news headlines. Yesterday's news carried stories claiming that I removed domestic partner benefits from a contract between the state and the United [...]
Editorial: You need to wear more than a red ribbon
As this issue goes to press, we are just four days away from World AIDS Day. During these next ninety-six hours, five people worldwide will die of AIDS every minute the clock ticks by. If we did the math correctly, that's another 28,800 lives lost [...]
EMU Celebrates World AIDS Day
YPSILANTI – Eastern Michigan University student volunteers have put together a daylong event to mark World AIDS Day Dec. 1. The day begins with a display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at EMU's Convocation Center. The Quilt [...]
Federal judge strikes down Nebraska's same-sex marriage ban
ASSOCIATED PRESS LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska's ban on gay marriage was struck down by a federal judge who ruled the measure interferes with the rights of gay couples and people in a host of other living arrangements, including foster parents and [...]
Federal Marriage Amendment re-introduced in Senate
By Dawn Wolfe WASHINGTON – Sen. Wayne Allard reintroduced the Federal Marriage Amendment on Jan. 24 under a new name – the "Marriage Protection Amendment." If added to the U.S. Constitution, the amendment would ban equal marriage rights and deny [...]
FMA heads for house vote
By Bob Roehr Social conservatives are pushing for a vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) in the US House of Representatives as part of the strategy to turn out their electoral base. That vote could come as early as the week of September [...]
Gay rights group targets Indy
Associated Press January 11, 2004 NEW YORK — Intrigued by divisions within conservative ranks, gay rights strategists are trying to portray a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage as a radical step that true conservatives should [...]