BTL Staff
HRC and LGBTQ Community: Here's the Real State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Last week The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, reacted to the advance text of Donald Trump's 2019 State of the Union with the facts of his administration's dangerous anti-equality record and [...]
Goodbye, Dolly
Across1 LesbiaNation.com and Gay.com5 Gig for Michael Carbonaro13 He cruised for 40 days straight14 Without dissent15 Beloved Dolly portrayer (1921-2019)17 "…farewell, auf Wiedersehen, " 18 JFK predictions 19 Zadora in "Hairspray" 20 "Annie Get Your [...]
Gov. Whitmer to Use State of the State Speech to Address LGBTQ Rights
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been a proven advocate for the LGBTQ community. She will use her inaugural State of the State speech tonight to urge lawmakers to support her in tackling a list of long-standing LGBTQ issues, starting with the expansion of [...]
Review: Carey Crim's 'Never Not Once' at Purple Rose Powerful and Poignant
BY MARIN HEINRITZ CHELSEA — It is a rare experience, indeed, to witness live theater so moving it renders faces wet with tears both on stage and throughout the audience. Opening night of "Never Not Once," a world premiere in the intimate space of [...]
Migrants Find Refuge at Lesbian-Run Shelter in Mexico Border City
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS AND YARIEL VALDES GONZALEZ MEXICALI, Mexico — Cindy Campos was washing clothes on a concrete washboard in the courtyard of Cobina Posada del Migrante, a migrant shelter in the Mexican border city of Mexicali, shortly after 4 [...]
HRC Calls on Virginia Governor to Resign Over Racist Yearbook Page
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is facing growing calls to resign from the Human Rights Campaign and others after his medical school yearbook page with a picture of two men in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan robe surfaced on Friday. "Northam must resign [...]
Gay Man Found Dead After Lansing Fire
Known as an incubator for small businesses, the lesbian-owned Lansing Eastside Gateway was ravaged by a fire last weekend that resulted in the death of 43-year-old openly gay employee John Bolan. He was discovered dead inside Sunday morning. In an [...]
Affirmations, Transcend the Binary Host Peer-Led Support, Education, Navigation Services
For many in the nonbinary and gender non-conforming community it can be difficult to navigate a binary-focused world. Transcend the Binary — an organization dedicated to "empowering our trans/gender non-conforming community with skill-building, [...]
Ferndale's SheHive Hosts Release Meditation Feb. 9
Meditation is a millenia-old practice that has been adopted by people from cultures around the world. Its longevity is likely due to the fact that it provides myriad health benefits to those who regularly practice it. In fact, Forbes even released [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Sarah Paulson flies over the cuckoo's nest Ryan Murphy, the man who currently owns most of television, has another show coming. It's called "Ratched," and you'll need to reach back to at least the 1970s to get the title's [...]
