BTL Staff
Cleveland Mayor Signs Transgender Rights Bill
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS , [email protected] Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson on Friday signed a bill that expands his city's nondiscrimination law. Jackson signed Ordinance 1466-13, which amends Cleveland's anti-LGBT discrimination law to prohibit [...]
Candidate For Wayne County Judge Discusses Difficult Primary Election
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT – Michigan's Aug. 2 primary election is one week away, but with so little media coverage are voters prepared for the down ticket races? The primary election often has low media coverage and even lower voter turn out. This [...]
Day 3: Obama Leads Heavy Hitters in Speeches Praising Clinton
By CHRIS JOHNSON PHILADELPHIA — On the third night of the Democratic National Convention, President Obama led a series of heavy hitters who delivered speeches praising Hillary Clinton as the right candidate to lead the country. Much of Obama's [...]
Mombian: The Republican Platform: Leaving Out Love
By Dana Rudolph I had a good time poking fun at the plagiarism and grandstanding of the Republican Convention, as did many of my left-leaning friends. My amusement quickly turned sober, however. The fact remains that the 2016 GOP platform directly [...]
Stark DNC/RNC Platform Differences for LGBT Community, GOP Would Reverse Marriage Equality
BY AJ TRAGER PHILADELPHIA – There are stark differences between the 2016 Democratic and Republican platforms. The GOP platform has been described by Log Cabin Republican President Gregory Angelo to have the most anti-LGBT language in history. [...]
Study Finds LGBT Adults Experience Food Insecurity and Participate in SNAP at Higher Levels Than Non-LGBT Adults
BY BTL STAFF LOS ANGELES – A new study by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law has found that 27 percent of LGBT adults experienced a time in the last year when they did not have enough money for the food that they or their families [...]
Piscatella's Two Beards
Across 1 Where to find bulging pecs 6 Shirley MacLaine's Out on a ___ 10 Cheryl of "Charlie's Angels" 14 Man of morals 15 About Uranus? 16 Gillette razor product 17 "Orange is the New ___ " (TV show of this puzzle's quote) 18 Michael Buble's "___ [...]
Tracing the LGBT DNC Legacy
BY Mark Segal In LGBT media this week you'll see history on the move. So here' a sample: The Democratic National Convention is creating LGBT history in full public view. This will mark the first national political party convention with LGBT [...]
Day 2: Bill Praises Hillary as Dems Anoint Her with Nomination
By CHRIS JOHNSON Michigan delegation on the floor of the DNC in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Photo: Washington Blade, Michael Key PHILADELPHIA – The second night of the Democratic National Convention was a high-point in terms of both speakers and [...]
DNC LGBT Caucus Honors Mike Honda
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS [email protected] PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic National Committee's LGBT Caucus on Tuesday honored U.S. Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) for his support of transgender rights. A number of the 28 openly trans delegates to the [...]
