BTL Staff
Michigan Department of Corrections to Amend Policies for Incarcerated People Living With HIV
This month, Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit filed on behalf of John Dorn against the Michigan Department of Corrections. Lambda Legal is an organization dedicated to [...]
MERGE and LGBT Regional Chamber of Commerce Collaborate to Aid LGBTQ Organizations
This month, through a collaboration between the Michigan Employee Resource Group for Equality or MERGE and the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce, LGBTQ organizations across Metro Detroit were given the opportunity to connect one-on-one with [...]
Wayne State University Nationally Awarded for Improvement in Graduation Rates
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) named Wayne State University the winner of its 2018 Project Degree Completion Award during its annual meeting in New Orleans. The annual Project Degree Completion Award identifies and [...]
H.E.R. to Perform at Royal Oak Music Theatre Dec. 3
At only 21 years old, Gabi Wilson, better known by fans as H.E.R. has been making music since 2014, but in her short career already earned a spot on iTunes' Best of 2016 R&B/Soul Albums list. Additionally, she has earned hundreds of millions of [...]
Brunch With Santa at Royal Oak's Pronto! Restaurant
Kids eager to see Santa Claus to ask for gifts can now prepare for brunch with him, too. Presented by Pronto! in Royal Oak on Saturday, Dec. 1. "Join us for Brunch with Santa at Pronto! Restaurant in downtown Royal Oak," said event organizers. [...]
Royal Oak Fundraiser for Helping Hands of Wayne County Dec. 4
On Tuesday, Dec. 4, guests at the Michigan By the Bottle Tasting Room in Royal Oak are welcomed to help the cause of Helping Hands of Wayne County by purchasing a ticket valued at $40. The proceeds will go to aiding children under the court's [...]
Meadow Brook Theatre Presents 'A Christmas Carol' Through Dec. 23
The Charles Dickens holiday classic "A Christmas Carol" has come back to Rochester's Meadow Brook Theatre for the 37th consecutive year. Tickets are now available for performances through Dec. 23. Following the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
Get ready for a Roy Cohn-ucopia Did you miss the Roy Cohn lesson in queer history class? Do you still not know about the closeted, Trump-mentoring, McCarthyite lawyer who hated the LGBT community and himself? Well, soon you won't be able to [...]
What Bob Said to Bob
Across 1 Reproduced nonheterosexually? 5 Nut from Oak Lawn 10 Nuts and bolts 14 Facetious "I see" 15 Lindsay of "Liz & Dick" 16 Farmer's tool 17 Chocolate factory vessels 18 Photographer Leibovitz 19 Cocksure Aesop character 20 Start of what Bob [...]
2018 Michigan Midterm LGBTQ Analysis: State Supreme Court
The current makeup of the seven-member court is five Republicans and two Democrats. Two Republicans were up for re-election Tuesday: Kurtis Wilder, who was appointed to the Court in 2017 by Gov. Rick Snyder; and Elizabeth Clement, who was also [...]
Detroit Bus Company Bussed Voters to Polls, Free
The Detroit Bus Company donated busses and organized volunteers to give free rides to the polls last Tuesday to anyone who needed one throughout Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park. "Detroit hasn't had great voter turnout in prior elections and we [...]
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2018 Events
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance on Nov. 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. TDOR was started by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the [...]