BTL Staff
Madonna Visit LGBT Youth in NYC for Thanksgiving
BY BTL STAFF NEW YORK CITY – This past Thanksgiving, the LGBT youth at the Ali Forney Center's Brooklyn site could be thankful for not only the center's services but for a visit from an entertainment icon — none other than Madonna. The music star [...]
Major HIV Vaccine Trial in South Africa Stokes Hope
BY BTL STAFF VERULAM, SOUTH AFRICA –An article by The Washington Post on Nov. 25 reports after decades of shadowboxing with the human immunodeficiency virus, researchers were encouraged four years ago when a test of a vaccine on 16,000 people in [...]
Portrait of First State Republican Governor Comes to Lansing
BY BTL STAFF Lansing — Kinsley S. Bingham was Michigan's first Republican governor. He spoke against slavery, championed education and signed the legislation establishing an agricultural college that came to be known as Michigan State [...]
Positive Thoughts: A Sense of Community
By Jeff Berry Community is a word I often hear bandied about at various HIV meetings, conferences, and gatherings, but it's sometimes a loaded word that often means different things to different people, and its definition depends on the setting or [...]
Rising Above
BY LAWRENCE FERBER Activist Cleve Jones has lived an extraordinary life, filled with world-changing friends and figureheads from Harvey Milk to Dustin Lance Black. Portrayed by Emile Hirsch in the Gus Van Sant-directed MILK, Jones founded the NAMES [...]
Survival Guide
By Lawrence Ferber The resistance began with unaccountedfor appearances of posters on the walls and windows of New York City: the Nazis' pink triangle inverted on a black background over the words "SILENCE = DEATH." It took years to gain traction, [...]
Trump Appointments: A Troubling Trend
BY LISA KEEN President-elect Donald Trump's selection of a Secretary of Education who is affiliated with the far right, anti-LGBT leadership in Michigan continues a troubling trend. First came his "Chief Strategist" Steve Bannon, who referred to [...]
Fidel Castro Leaves Legacy of Oppression, Say Many LGBT Cubans
BY BTL STAFF Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's death has many LGBT activists reflecting on a history of repression under his regime. "I would never be happy about anyone's death — anyone," Herb Sosa, a Cuban-American who heads the [...]
New Delhi Pride Parade Marchers Call for End to Anti-LGBT Laws
BY BTL STAFF INDIA – LGBT rights activists marched in New Delhi's Pride parade Nov. 27, calling for the repeal of a law that criminalizes gay sex and for an end to other instances of discrimination in India. "We have to have an inclusive society," [...]
Save the Date: EQMI 2016 Fall Reception
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT –There are so many amazing people in the community to celebrate: allies, activists, change agents, and the next generation of leaders. On Dec. 2 Equality Michigan will be honoring them all and celebrating the wide diversity of [...]
