BTL Staff
Holiday downtime in Birmingham
Bloomfield Hills – The holiday season is moving into high gear and now's the time to plan that perfect escape from all the hustle and bustle. Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills provides just the right getaway. Whether it's learning about ancient [...]
Most anti-gay marriage initiatives pass, but support lessens
By Lisa Keen Poll observers saw the change coming about a month before voting on this year's round of anti-gay marriage amendments. Voters in relatively conservative states appeared to be growing less supportive of the right-wing ballot measures to [...]
Honoring Transgender Day Of Remembrance
7-9 p.m. Nov. 16. Film screening and panel presentation. "Cruel and Unusual": A documentary film about the conditions of transgender women in the prison system. Followed by discussion with trans activists Dean Spade and June Brown. [...]
Opponents react to Proposal 2 passage
By Sharon Gittleman LANSING – Affirmative Action is dead in Michigan. On Nov. 7, residents approved Proposition 2, by a count of 2,131,096 to 1,545,060. Jay Kaplan, staff attorney for the LGBT project for the American Civil Liberties Union said he [...]
Sadness, not Schadenfreude, for Haggard
By John Corvino A few weeks ago I was in Ripon, Wis., for a same-sex marriage debate with Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family, when the Ted Haggard story broke. Haggard, then president of the National Association of Evangelicals and pastor of the [...]
ICE, ICE baby
Hundreds of women packed ICE Nightclub in Hamtramck last Friday night for the bar's grand opening of ladies night. Social event group Where the Girls R hosted the event at ICE, located at 11425 Joseph Campau, and DJ Jenny La Femme spinned the music. [...]
The Gay Moralist: Sadness, not Schadenfreude, for Haggard
By John Corvino A few weeks ago I was in Ripon, Wis., for a same-sex marriage debate with Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family, when the Ted Haggard story broke. Haggard, then president of the National Association of Evangelicals and pastor of the [...]
Kudos for PFLAG tribute
Heartfelt thanks to Sean Kosofsky for his beautifully written tribute to PFLAG. As a PFLAG mom and co-president of PFLAG North Jersey, I was overjoyed to read his completely accurate and loving description of this incredible group which I was lucky [...]
Popular Nightnotes series to feature two renowned musicians
BIRMINGHAM – The popular Nightnotes concert series presented by Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings will feature cellist Debra Fayroian and pianist Maria Meirelles in recital at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Hagopian World of Rugs in Birmingham. As a [...]
Ruth Ellis spoke for truth, love
Enough, name calling and cruel rhetoric. Recently the name of Ruth Ellis has been called forth in these pages. I write to say that I knew Ruth Ellis and I know many men and women who both held her living soul dear and continue to hold her memory [...]
SHe Said: Matt Foreman, Dan Savage and more
"We are thrilled, ecstatic and overjoyed that Rick Santorum has been thrashed at the polls. His extreme and gratuitous homophobia will no longer pollute the Senate. Good riddance." Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task [...]
Thompson welcomes all at Affirmations
I have been a volunteer at Affirmations for eight years and I have known Leslie Thompson since the first day she came to Affirmations. Leslie has done a tremendous job since she her arrival there. When she came Affirmations was on the brink of [...]