BTL Staff
Trans Together Offers Monthly Social Space
Hosted by Ypsilanti's Riverside Arts Center, Trans Together is a monthly group that meets on the second Thursday of each month. This week, interested members of the transgender community can visit the arts center on Oct. 11 at 6 p.m., but there will [...]
Anne Lamott at First united Methodist Church of Ann Arbor Thursday, Oct. 25
Due to demand, the LGBTQ-inclusive First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor and Literati Bookstore created a second, earlier event in which author Anne Lamott reads from her latest book "Almost Everything: Notes on Hope." In addition to the [...]
Breakdown of 2018 Michigan Ballot Proposals
With Nov. 6 fast approaching, not only will voters be gearing up to vote on their chosen candidates, but they'll need to decide whether to vote "yes" or "no" on three ballot proposals that affect everyone in the state. In advance of the election, [...]
Canton's Village Theater Shows 'Monster Mash' Oct. 20
Anyone 21 years old and over is welcome to Canton's Village Theater's presentation of "Monster Mash" – An Adult Halloween on Saturday, Oct. 20. At 7:30 guests can expect Top 40 Billboard hits and Halloween covers done by Atomic Radio, along with [...]
Dancing Around the Truth
Across 1 Like Barber's "Adagio for Strings" 5 Beachwear for a hunk 10 Fruity drinks 14 Auto dash dial 15 Greek poet who didn't look at porn 16 "___ l'amour!" 17 Start to climax 18 "___ there yet?" 19 Kind of stimulating 20 Start of a quip 22 More of [...]
Willyce Kim Wrote Her Own Story
BY JASON VILLEMEZ, LGBTQ HISTORY PROJECT Willyce Kim is the first Asian-American lesbian writer to be published in the U.S. She spent her childhood years in Hawaii and California and graduated from San Francisco College for Women in 1968. Kim was [...]
HRC Responds to Defeat of Anti-LGBTQ Child Welfare Amendment
WASHINGTON — Last week the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ advocacy organization, responded to the defeat of the Aderholt Amendment, which the House Appropriations Committee added to the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education [...]
MOCAD: Gala, Art Auction Honoring Julie Reyes Taubman Oct. 12
Dinner, music, hand-crafted cocktails and an art auction will come together on Friday, Oct. 12, in honor of Julie Reyes Taubman at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Taubman, who died earlier this year, was the co-founder of MOCAD and organized [...]
MDHHS Urges Regular Screenings to Combat Increases in STDs
LANSING, Mich. – Increases in cases of sexually transmitted diseases that were previously on the decline has the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services urging regular testing among sexually active individuals. According to the recently [...]
Mattachine Society Members Were Early Crusaders for Queer Rights
BY JOHN MCDONALD, LGBTQ HISTORY PROJECT Lost in the celebrations of this year's Pride was the death of a historical crusader for LGBTQ rights. The passing of Dick Leitsch was a reminder of the role secret societies played in mid-20th century [...]
LGBTQ Rent Versus Own: Does Marriage Matter?
It has been more than three years since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality, paving the way for the continued increase of LGBTQ married couples purchasing homes, according to the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate [...]
Michigan Pride Saturdays at Spiral Dance Bar
Saturdays at Spiral Dance Bar have now become especially LGBTQ-friendly. The Lansing-based gay bar has dedicated the first Saturday of every month as a Pride Saturday. "where a portion of your cover goes to supporting Michigan Pride! DJ Klees takes [...]