BTL Staff
Baldwin Advances Up Democratic Leadership
BY LISA KEEN The U.S. Senate's only openly LGBT member earned a leadership spot Wednesday, as Senate Democrats re-organize following the Nov. 8 election. Shortly after his election Wednesday as Senate Democrats' new Minority Leader, U.S. Senator [...]
Australia turns down national vote on same-sex marriage
BY BTL STAFF Australia – Australia's bid to hold a national vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage was defeated on Nov. 7 in the upper house of parliament, or Senate, potentially delaying legal unions for years. The proposal to hold the [...]
Jose Antonio Vargas to Keynote ACLU Event
BY BTL STAFF There are believed to be 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Jose Antonio Vargas is one of them. "We're not always who you think we are. Some pick your strawberries or care for your children. Some are in high school [...]
Emmy Loves Them
Across 1 Terence Stamp movie, with "The" 6 Rick Rodgers preparation 10 Ballet supporters? 14 ___ Gay 15 Continent of Margaret Cho's parents 16 "Tombstone" hero 17 Impassive 18 Heart of a certain tart 20 Emmy winner for "American Crime Story" 22 [...]
Transmissions: Remembrance
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith I've long dedicated my like to transgender causes. In 1993, before the internet had really become "a thing," I was fighting America Online to allow open discussion of transgender issues within their service, and then managed [...]
LGBT characters at all time high on U.S. television
BY BTL STAFF photo: S1N_BRFS_2445.jpg caption: Actors Lea DeLaria, Emma Myles and Jessica Pimentel of 'Orange is the New Black' hold their awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards [...]
7 Reasons Not to Miss 'Fun Home'
BY JENN MCKEE The National Tour Company of 'Fun Home.' Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus. 1. It's the first mainstream Broadway musical to feature a lesbian protagonist. Based on Alison Bechdel's phenomenal, 2006 graphic memoir, "Fun Home" tells the [...]
#FoodPorn Stars to Follow on Instagram
BY EMELL DERRA ADOLPHUS Jared Peña on learning to throw the cookbook out the window Jared Peña likes to cook from cultural experience. He's traveled to more than 50 countries, including India, Peru, Thailand, Burma, Morocco Рmost recently [...]
Chicago Artist Responds to Flint Water Crisis with Exhibit
BY BTL STAFF EAST LANSING –The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (Broad MSU) is gearing up to present an exhibition on the Flint water crisis by Chicago-based artist Jan Tichy as part of the MSU Federal Credit Union [...]
