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Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Get ready for Oscar season's black gay coming-of-age film, 'Moonlight' Quick, name more than one queer-themed movie with a black cast that made any noise outside of the LGBT film festival circuit in all the years since "Paris [...]
Mombian: Hope and Help for Back-to-School Time
By Dana Rudolph Back-to-school time can be stressful for any parent. There are supplies to buy, schedules to arrange, and forms to fill out. For many LGBTQ parents, it can also bring up worries about our children's inclusion and safety–but it can [...]
Viewpoint: What We Can Do To Increase Awareness and Understanding of PrEP
By Lukas L. Ayers A little over four years ago the FDA approved, for the first time, a medication used as a prophylaxis against HIV transmission. Truvada, commonly known as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), is a once daily pill comprised of two [...]
2016 Michigan State Fair
Artwork: S2_EP_MIStateFair2016_2435.jpeg Come out to the 2016 Michigan State Fair Sept. 1-5 and celebrate the end of summer. This year's event will feature a Parade on Sept. 5, livestock exhibits, a Michigan Made pavilion, dozens of agriculture and [...]
Barefoot Productions Theatre Sponsors REC Clothing Drive
BY BTL STAFF Plymouth – Barefoot Productions Theatre celebrates their 11th season with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, winner of two Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Award. In conjunction with this show, the theatre will sponsor a [...]
Canoeing With Local Paddle Group
Summer is coming to an end. But what better way to celebrate the end of a fantastic sunny season than spending a few hours on the water with the friends and family of Yak Womyn. Yak Womyn was established in 2007 as a paddle group for womyn and [...]
["DIA Features Works By LGBT Artists Through Art","Pride Talks"]
["\nBY BTL STAFF\nphoto: S1M9_BRF_DIAArtPride_2435.jpg\ncaption: \"Something You Can Feel,\" Mickalene Thomas, 2008, rhinestone, acrylic paint, and oil enamel on wood panels. Photo courtesy of Detroit Institute of Arts\nThe Detroit Institute of Arts [...]
Get a Life (-time Achievement Award)
Across 1 Slang for vagina 5 Barneys event 9 Refrain from using the tongue 13 Shirley's la Douce role 14 Zip 15 Northern metropolis 16 Positions for Patty Sheehan 17 Took one's turn 18 Top priority of a top 19 Where Old Man River makes deposits 21 [...]
Season 10 2016/2017 Schedule at The Ringwald
Sept. 29-Oct. 29 Evil Dead, the Musical (at The City Theatre at 2301 Woodward Ave. in Detroit) Oct. 7-31 Campfire by Joseph Zettelmaier (World Premiere) Nov. 18-Dec. 12 3C by David Adjmi (Michigan Premiere) Dec. 16-22 The SantaLand Diaries and [...]