BTL Staff
LGBTQ Military Organizations Applaud Lawmakers
Several members of Congress invited actively-serving and veteran transgender service members as their honored guests to President Trump's State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Feb. 5. For many of the legislators, the Supreme Court's recent decision [...]
Police Search for Suspect Who Shot Houston Trans Woman
Houston, TX police are searching for a suspect after a black, trans woman was shot five times on Thursday, Jan. 24 in the parking lot of a Chevron station shortly after 11 a.m. by a man who chased her down, according to black, trans activist Monica [...]
ACLU Recent Legal Updates
Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union took action against two major companies that their clients allege have participated in sex discrimination: McDonald's and Chili's. Additionally, the ACLU is awaiting news from the Supreme Court about [...]
Hedges' Moms
Across 1 Potent leader 5 Peter I, for one 9 It could explode in your mouth, in a gag 14 Brightly colored 15 Top drawer 16 Venue of "Spartacus" 17 Ron Howard film with Ellen DeGeneres 18 Winslet of "The Reader" 19 Type of call 20 She plays the mom of [...]
Welcome to Detroit: Creating Change Overview
BY KATE OPALEWSKI AND EVE KUCHARSKI Last Sunday marked the end of The National LGBTQ Task Force's 2019 Creating Change Conference — an annual event attended by thousands, put on to demonstrates advancements in the LGBTQ movement and to facilitate [...]
BTL Co-Publishers Jan Stevenson, Susan Horowitz Awarded for Activism at Creating Change
Dedicating one's time and energy to being an activist, particularly to a cause like LGBTQ civil rights, is never something undertaken lightly. Perhaps even rarer is a person who is willing to dedicate their life to such a cause. In the case of wives [...]
BTL Reporter Releases First Novel
BY ADDISON SCOTT Jason A. Michael has a long history with Between The Lines. In fact, he started writing for the paper in 1999, less than 10 years into its history. But if 20 years seems like a long time, consider this: Michael wrote the bulk of his [...]
Judge Grants More Time for Settlement in Same-Sex Adoption Case
A federal district court judge has granted more time to reach a settlement in a case challenging state taxpayer funding for faith-based foster care and adoption agencies that refuse to work with same-sex couples. "We want this practice to stop," [...]
QTPOC Speaker Series at WSU
By hosting a QTPOC Speaker Series at Wayne State University, Cara Mitrano hopes to recognize and showcase the incredible leadership, activism, and service of the community's LGBTQ siblings of color in Detroit. "They have been doing this work for [...]
Pistons' Reggie Bullock Fights for LGBTQ Equality
Reggie Bullock, a small forward and shooting guard for the Detroit Pistons, said he didn't know how many transgender lives were lost to violence until his sister, Mia Henderson, was murdered in July 2014 in Baltimore. "Actually looking at the [...]
Jim Toy Provides Name Change Clinic Feb. 16
Taking place in the basement conference room of the Washtenaw County Clerk's office, on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., experts at the Jim Toy Community Center will provide information on how to change one's name and gender marker in the [...]
