BTL Staff
What Marriage Equality Looks Like in 2016
BY BTL STAFF A 2016 Survey of Contemporary Couples & Current Wedding Trends reveals that same-sex weddings have become more elaborate. The amount that LGBT couples are choosing to spend on those celebrations has surged, too. These days, the [...]
Meryl Streep to Be Honored With Major LGBT Award
BY BTL STAFF Meryl Streep in 'The Devil Wears Prada' From The Hollywood Reporter: The actress' resume features some of the most essential films in the gay cinematic canon. With Donald Trump and Mike Pence poised to take over the White House, [...]
North Carolina Legislature Fails to Repeal 'Bathroom Bill'
BY BTL STAFF Updated Dec. 21: North Carolina legislators failed to repeal the state's "bathroom bill" on Wednesday during a special session called for that purpose, CNN reported. People in the gallery chanted "shame" as the gavel came down about [...]
U of M Swimmer Broke a Record then Broke a Barrier
BY BTL STAFF ANN ARBOR – G Ryan set a University of Michigan and Big Ten Conference record in women's swimming on Dec. 2. Two days later at the Atlanta airport on the way home from the meet, a woman tried telling Ryan to leave the women's restroom [...]
A Nod to the Oldest LGBT-Serving Establishment in Detroit
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT – In the heart of Midtown is the Woodward Bar and Grill, the most popular gay bar in Detroit as early as 1960. While there weren't a lot of choices at the time, this establishment was the place of choice for most LGBT people, [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente 'Riverdale' pushes Archie into the present Greg Berlanti, the gay producing dynamo whose comic book loyalty has given TV "Arrow," "The Flash" and "Supergirl," is about to debut his next move. It's a bit of a lateral one, firmly [...]
Goings on in Ferndale: Spike and Mike, Ferndale Pride, Blues and Music Festival
Spike And Mike's Sick And Twisted Festival Of Animation The Magic Bag has been hosting the Sick and Twisted Festival since 1992, taking credit for unleashing Beavis and Butthead for the first time to unsuspecting Detroit-area audiences. Other [...]
List of Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality Grows in Michigan
BY BTL STAFF More than 10 Michigan companies have earned a top score of 100 percent and the distinction of "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality" on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2017 Corporate Equality Index. They are Ally Financial Inc., [...]
Love and Pride' Responds to Attack By One Million Moms
BY BTL STAFF Updated Friday, Dec. 16 Love and Pride, an online business founded to promote education and better understanding of the LGBTQ community, responded to an attack by the anti-LGBT group One Million Moms – related to their recent new [...]
4 Churches Drop Lawsuit Challenging State's Transgender Law
Associated Press Four churches have withdrawn a federal lawsuit that claimed a state law prohibiting discrimination against transgender people in public restrooms violated their constitutional right to religious freedom. The conservative Christian [...]
