BTL Staff
Marriage Equality: Day of Decision One Year Anniversary Celebration Coming Up
Ann Arobor's Braun Court will be the gathering place to celebrate the one year marriage equality anniversary Sunday, June 26. ANN ARBOR – The Jim Toy Community Center (JTCC), in collaboration with aut Bar and Trillium Real Estate, will host a [...]
Positive Thoughts: Good Morning Vietnam
By Diane Anderson-Minshall My stepfather came back from Vietnam in the mid-'70s, a broken man with post-traumatic stress disorder and health complications that grow more dire the older he gets. His PTSD has lasted 40 years; he couldn't "just let it [...]
Slipstream's 'Midsummer,' Set in a Gay Bar, Re-Thinks and Re-Tools after Orlando
Jenn McKee t a Slipstream Theatre Company rehearsal for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" earlier last week – following emotional conversations about Sunday morning's massacre inside an Orlando gay nightclub – a cast member pointed out that seeing actors [...]
This Year Pride Matters More Than Ever
By David Furnish The unspeakable tragedy in Orlando, in the midst of Pride Month, has shaken the LGBT community to the core. Pride Month is a celebration of who we are and how far we've come. How can we celebrate after 49 of our brothers and [...]
Large Gathering at Affirmations Honors Lives Lost in Orlando
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE – On June 12 the LGBT community experienced what President Obama has called an "act of hate" and what many are calling a direct attack on the LGBT community. The massacre that took place at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, [...]
Sulu Says It All
Across 1 Paul Rudnick's "The ___ Fabulous Story Ever Told" 5 Terence of "Smallville" 10 Ridges on Melissa's neck 15 Cartoonist Peter 16 No longer jail bait 17 Property claims 18 Rivera's rivers 19 Place for your favorite boxers 20 Vital carrier 21 [...]
Bachmann Tops List of Trump's Anti-LGBT Advisory Board
The Washington Blade reports that former congresswoman Michele Bachmann tops the list of members of the newly announced anti-LGBT evangelical advisory board unveiled Tuesday by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The 26 members of the [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE WEEKLY ADDRESS: Standing with Orlando
Office of the Press Secretary June 18, 2016 WASHINGTON, DC — In this week's address, President Obama reflected on his visit with the families of the victims of the Orlando terrorist attack. He reiterated that we will always stand with those [...]
Aftershocks of Orlando: Is GOP in 'Solidarity' with LGBT Community or Squirming Over Trump's Embrace?
By Lisa Keen The aftershocks of a mass shooting at an LGBT nightclub June 12 continued to rattle through the 2016 presidential campaign during the past week. Almost every day, Donald Trump claimed that LGBT voters would support him because he wants [...]
LGBTQ and Gun Violence-Prevention Groups Call for Hate and Terror to be Disarmed Following Orlando Shooting
["\nDistributed by Arcus Foundation\nThe open letter is also available in the following languages:\nالعربية","Español\nAs U.S. government leaders continue to grapple with addressing gun violence-prevention following last weekend's homophobic [...]
Equality Michigan Gets New Brand
DETROIT – As part of LGBTQ Pride Month, Equality Michigan is rolling out its new logo and materials to the public, including an updated brochure, a victim services info/linkage card and new websites for both the Equality Michigan (c3) and Equality [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Kristian Nairn, Hodor in 'Game of Thrones,' lives on in new fantasy worlds Hodor is dead. We know, you're still upset. So are we. But Kristian Nairn, the large, lovable, gay actor/DJ who played that "Game of Thrones" [...]