BTL Staff
The LGBT Guide to Election Night 2016
BY LISA KEEN Revised Monday, Nov. 7 The FBI on Sunday afternoon thundered into the political arena for the second time in the final days of the presidential campaign – this time to say that it does not have any new information to suggest [...]
You Can Meet (the Real) Cher in Metro Detroit on Halloween
By BTL Staff Hold your weave down, gays: Cher is coming to metro Detroit on Monday, Oct. 31 to headline a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's Democratic presidential campaign. The event will be held at the Bloomfield Hills home of attorney Joumana [...]
Transmissions: Make the Change
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith A transgender woman, distraught with her life, walked out onto a U.S. Highway to take her life. She was struck by a truck and killed. She left behind a suicide note. You may have immediately thought of Leelah Alcorn, who did [...]
Comparing the 'Most Pro-gay' Presidential Candidates in History
By Lisa Keen Log Cabin Republican President Gregory Angelo said it early on: Donald Trump is the "most pro-gay" Republican presidential candidate in history. And following the deadly attack on an LGBT nightclub in Orlando last June, Trump himself [...]
Is This a 'Cure' for HIV?
By Bob Roehr Monkeys infected with SIV, the primate equivalent of HIV, were given a nine-month course of a monoclonal antibody while on antiretroviral therapy (ART), then all treatment was stopped. Two of the treated monkeys showed no rebound of the [...]
Royal Oak Schools Seek to Restore Non-Homestead Millage Rate Via Voter Approval
BY BTL STAFF ROYAL OAK – Royal Oak residents will decide this election whether to approve a small increase on the non-homestead property tax to bring the millage up to the approved 19 mills. According to the Daily Tribune, superintendent Shawn [...]
3 Michigan Cities Score Perfect 100 Rating in LGBT Inclusion Report
BY BTL STAFF Detroit, Ann Arbor and East Lansing all secured perfect 100-out-of-100 scores in the Human Rights Campaign's latest Municipal Equality Index. The scores are based on five broad categories that include 44 different criteria. The five [...]
Slipstream's Annual Penny Dreadful Halloween Production Set
By EncoreMichigan.com Kaitlyn Valor Bourque as Charlotte For one weekend only, Slipstream will produce its annual Penny Dreadful Halloween experience. They explore themes of madness, art and terror in Penny Dreadful 2016: Under the Yellow Sign. [...]
The King of Queen
Across 1 Opening 6 Dorian Gray creator Wilde 11 1996 VP candidate Jack 15 Pink, for one 16 "___ Family" 17 Former netman Nastase 18 White house without Obama 19 Party in Auden's land 20 Fruity drink 21 Start of a "confession" 24 Maxima maker 26 [...]
Albee Seeing You
Across 1 Part of a strap on a stallion 6 Manger for Mary's boy 10 Rip off 15 Cut off from escape 16 Oscar-night transport 17 Frequent Scrabble companion of Q 18 Start of a quote by 44-Across 21 Common tater 22 Bearse of "Married … with Children" 23 [...]