BTL Staff
Getting Fit for Disabled Michigan Vets
BY BTL STAFF Ann Arbor – Fitness can play an important role in helping disabled veterans deal with the psychological and physiological effects that a war-related injury can have on them. Take Bobby Body of St. Johns, Michigan, for example. He was [...]
Inn Season Cafe Celebrates 35th Birthday
ROYAL OAK –October is Vegetarian Awareness Month, the perfect time to take part in a month-long celebration at Royal Oak's renowned Inn Season Cafe. Marking 35 years, metro Detroit's longest-running vegetarian and vegan restaurant will offer a [...]
LGBT Activists Abroad Fear a Trump Presidency
By Michael K. Lavers Juana Mora speaks with the Washington Blade on May 18, 2015, while visiting a friend's home in Havana. Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers LGBT activists around the world are increasingly concerned about the potential [...]
Positive Thoughts: No Blame, No Shame
By Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. I graduated college in 1992, the same year I tested HIV positive. Sometime in the late '90s, I reconnected with a college friend. He was actually a friend with benefits, so I was quite happy when he tracked me down, which [...]
The OutField: Changing the Game
By Dan Woog Shane Wickes. Photo: Chris Holloman As a high school student, Shane Wickes' life was good. The Reno, Nevada native was an all-state football player (offensive guard) and a state champion discus thrower. Life got even better the next [...]
Transmissions: Gimme Shelter
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith I would hope you would not need me to point out that transgender people tend to live on the margins of society. It can be difficult for us to reach a lot of necessary services, including the most basic of our needs. I was [...]
Ingham County Commissioners to Consider Backing Needle Exchange Programming
The Ingham County Board of Commissioners' Human Services Committee is preparing a resolution to back the findings of an independent investigation into the need for a needle exchange program to prevent HIV and hepatitis C transmission among IV drug [...]
St. Mary's School Hosts Holiday Craft Blast
BY BTL STAFF Orchard Lake – Summer is over and millions of Americans have already started checking items off their holiday shopping lists. But it's not always easy to find the perfect gift for anyone and everyone, especially when we all want to [...]
Debate 1: Are LGBT Voters Mixed on Clinton?
By Lisa Keen Most political observers seemed to score Monday night's first presidential debate for Democrat Hillary Clinton, noting that she seemed to "get under the skin" of Republican Donald Trump. And a national poll released last Friday [...]
Affirmations To Host Fall Fling
BY BTL STAFF FERNDALE – As Affirmations gears up to host its 2016 autumn fundraiser, the organization looks back on all that has changed since the first Fall Fling last year. Affirmations, one of the 10 largest LGBT community centers in the [...]