BTL Staff
Hotter Than July 2016
Detroit's Black Gay Pride is here! The 2016 Hotter Than July celebration will feature nearly a week of activities for the LGBT community beginning July 26 stretching to July 31. The week kicks off with a Candlelight Vigil beginning at 6 p.m. July 26 [...]
House Chants
By Lisa Keen While the nation rivets its attention to the increasingly bizarre presidential campaign or eagerly counts down the calendar to when the livin' is easy, Congress has returned to a business as usual battle over LGBT issues brought up [...]
In Focus: Michael C. Lary and Ferndale's 2015 Municipal Equality Rating
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE – Over the past four years city employees in over 400 municipalities nationwide have gone through and reported their list of policies and regulations that extend discrimination protections for LGBT individuals to the Human [...]
Much to Celebrate, and Much to Do
By Dave Coulter As we begin another month of Pride in Michigan, it's impossible to ignore the significant change that has occurred since we met a year ago. Then, I carried on the tradition of Ferndale mayors before me officiating commitment [...]
LGBT Friendly Dessert Bar to Open in Downtown Farmington
The popular micro-batch creamery Browndog Creamery & Dessert Bar is preparing to open its second location in Downtown Farmington. The new Browndog will be known as Browndog Dessert Bar and will be a combination of a micro-creamery and [...]
Michigan LGBT Health Summit: Meeting the Primary Care Needs of the LGBT Population
The Michigan Primary Care Association will host its first Michigan LGBT Health Summit June 13 at the Doubletree Hotel in Bay City, Michigan. The summit will include panels and breakout sessions that will focus on best practices from industry [...]
Poll Finds More Americans Accepting Gender Fluidity
Americans divide about how society should define gender, according to an Exclusive Point Taken-Marist Poll, commissioned by WGBH Boston for its new late-night, multi-platform PBS debate series "Point Taken." Most Americans do, however, recognize [...]
Schuette Writes Letter to Obama Administration on LGBT Student Guidance
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette issued a letter May 26 asking the Obama administration, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Secretary of Education John King to retract the recent directive issued May 13 that says schools must [...]
Art Radiates at Affirmations
By BTL Staff Dorothy Rutkowski, "Purple Radiation" "PRIDE 2016!," an exhibition featuring the fine arts and fanciful creations of 14 rainbow artists, is in place at Affirmations' Pittmann-Puckett Art Gallery space and scheduled to run through Pride [...]
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Launches June 10
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival is an exhilarating celebration of performing arts, outdoor entertainment and community spirit. An international arts gathering in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the three and a half-week festival offers an array of ticketed and [...]