BTL Staff
Day 2: GOP Subtly Seeks LGBT Support Through Orlando, Gun Rights
BY CHRIS JOHNSON Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key CLEVELAND – Amid attacks impugning Hillary Clinton's character and calls for her incarceration, [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente HBO checks 'The Trans List' Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the director of "The Out List" and "The Black List," has returned with his latest interview-based documentary, "The Trans List," which focuses on the lives and stories of [...]
Democratic Convention Preview
By Lisa Keen Both the Republican and Democratic national conventions are marked this year by something tantalizingly new. For the GOP, it's a nominee essentially untethered from the party yet carried along to the top of the ticket by voters who are [...]
Fair Michigan Launches Justice Project
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT – A new project has started in southeast Michigan working directly with city officials to investigate hate crimes against the LGBT community. Fair Michigan, the relatively-new nonprofit organization whose literature describes [...]
Gays For Trump' Make Case For Anti-Islamic Policies
BY CHRIS JOHNSON Milo Yiannopoulos speaks at the Wake Up! party in Cleveland on July 19, 2016. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key CLEVELAND — Rallying attendees before posters of scantily clad young men in "Make America Great Again" hats, [...]
Jenner Denounces Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills At 'Big Tent' Event
BY CHRIS JOHNSON From left, Montel Williams, Margaret Hoover and Caitlyn Jenner speak at the 'Big Tent Brunch' at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on July 20, 2016. Photo courtesy American Unity Fund CLEVELAND — Transgender personality and Olympic [...]
Rachel Hoff Won't 'Leave' GOP Over Anti-LGBT Platform
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS Washington Blade Photo by MIchael Key CLEVELAND — The first openly gay member of the Republican Party's platform committee on Tuesday said she does not "plan to leave" the GOP. Rachel Hoff, a defense analyst for the American [...]
Republican lawmakers attend Family Research Council luncheon
MICHAEL K. LAVERS CLEVELAND — The co-chair of the Republican Party's platform committee was among those who spoke at a Family Research Council luncheon that took place in Cleveland on Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) described the [...]
Uniting Activism and Advocacy to Create Lasting Change in Transgender Rights
By Amy Lynn Smith Amy Hunter, a transgender woman who is spearheading the ACLU of Michiganas Transgender Advocacy Project. BTL photo: Andrew Potter For transgender rights, 2016 is turning out to be both the best of times and the worst of [...]
Gay Anthems
Across 1 1997 song of Ultra Nate 5 For this, for Caesar 10 Water-to-wine town 14 Spencer-Devlin's sport 15 Word after "pinky" 16 Some have it to grind 17 Word with gratification or abuse 18 Care for 19 Polished surface, for drag queens 20 1978 song [...]
Great Lakes Bay Region Celebrates 6th Pride Festival
MIDLAND – June is over but LGBT Michigan is not done celebrating pride. Perceptions, the community center for the Great Lakes Bay region will present its 6th annual Pride festival July 23 in the Veteran's Memorial Park in Bay City. "Our 2016 Great [...]
