BTL Staff
IKEA Introduces ThisAbles Project
With the help of 3D printers, IKEA is making furniture better for people living with disabilities. The project, dubbed ThisAbles, started off in the IKEA store with a hackathon of product engineers and disabled people that enabled a better [...]
Real Estate Entrepreneur Releases E-Book for LGBTQ Home Buyers
Jeff Hammerberg is the founding CEO of GayRealEstate.com, a service connecting clients with compatible agents, and is releasing his new e-book "Real Estate Tips for the LGBTQ Home Buyer: Your Guide to Purchasing the Home of Your Dreams" for free [...]
Ferndale Pride Annual Hot Daddies Contest Fundraiser
Ferndale Pride is one of Michigan's largest annual pride celebrations. The annual street fair is an inclusive one and shows support to local charities and businesses that are LGBTQ-affirming. In advance of this year's event, a pre-pride Annual Hot [...]
MOCAD Hosts Self-Perception and Storytelling Exhibit May Through August
From May 10 through Aug. 18, The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit will be hosting an exhibit targeted at challenging viewers' perceptions of themselves, storytelling and moving image, called "Unboxing: Doublespeak." "The works in this exhibition [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Lena Waithe goes west Sometimes Emmy Award winner Lena Waithe takes a break from being the Power Lesbian of All Hollywood, a breather from creating or writing or executive producing and running TV shows like "Master of [...]
Cinetopia 2019 Makes Room for LGBTQ Audiences
Lasting from May 10 through 19 this year, Cinetopia Film Festival is a locally run independent festival that has been showing movies from local and international filmmakers since 2012 on all topics. What makes it unique is its curation approach to [...]
Ferndale Pride Planning Meeting May 8
Held at the Affirmations LGBTQ community center, this event is designed for people to "meet others interested in welcoming all and helping to achieve" Ferndale Pride. This planning meeting will run from 7 to 8 p.m. Affirmations is located at 290 W. [...]
Florence + The Machine at DTE Energy Music Theatre May 24
PHOTO Credit: Lillie Eiger Returning to the Detroit area after a critically acclaimed tour last year, Florence + The Machine is coming back to the Detroit area to play at the DTE Energy Music Theatre. Fans will be able to hear music from the band's [...]
Legislation Introduced to Ban Conversion Therapy in Michigan
Legislation was introduced this week by Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) and State Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D-Ann Arbor) to make Michigan the 17th state to ban the use of conversion therapy by health professionals. "Conversion therapy is not therapy. [...]
R&H Goes Pop
Across 1 Blows away 5 Affleck's "Chasing Amy" crush 10 Potatoes high in sugar 14 Robin Williams title role 15 What a knight sticks in his enemy 16 Morales of "Resurrection Blvd." 17 Cartoonist Peter 18 Kofi once of the UN 19 Hottie in a bar 20 [...]
ACLU Files Federal Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Detroit Cash Bail System
DETROIT — Last week the ACLU of Michigan, the national ACLU and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal class action lawsuit against the 36th District Court in Detroit for violating the constitutional rights of people who are [...]