BTL Staff
New Collaborative to Support LGBTQ People of Color
LGBT Detroit has become the facilitator of the Detroit Bi, Trans, Lesbian, Gay and Queer Anti-Violence Collaborative, formally known as the Michigan Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian, Gay and Queer Survivors of Abuse (MI Network). The appointed [...]
MI Civil Rights Commission Takes Action on Anti-LGBT Discrimination
In a First-In-The-Nation Decision, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission Holds That Sex Discrimination Includes Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity The Michigan Civil Rights Commission took action Monday to address anti-LGBTQ discrimination. In a [...]
You Can't Beat Margaret's Tale
Across 1 Comes and goes wherever 5 Like the Alps through which the von Trapps escaped 10 Visit Barneys, e.g. 14 Nuts 15 Punch bowl item 16 Drink from the land of the samurai 17 Hanna-Barbera bear 18 Like "Tales of the City" 19 Singer Woody's son 20 [...]
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan Endorse Dana Nessel for Michigan Attorney General
Lansing, Mich. — Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan (PPAM) today announced its endorsement of Dana Nessel for Michigan Attorney General. Nessel, a noted civil rights attorney and former Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor, has worked "tirelessly [...]
Over 300 cases of Lyme disease reported in 2017
Michiganders Urged to Take Tick Precautions LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is encouraging Michigan residents to protect themselves from ticks as the warm weather approaches. Tick-borne diseases, [...]
Michigan Minority Health Law is 10, Accomplishments Recognized by MDHHS
LANSING, Mich. – 2017 marked the 10th anniversary of the Michigan Minority Health Law, Public Act 653. In recognition, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has released the 2017 Health Equity Report, Moving Health Forward, [...]
Voters Not Politicians calls for Board of State Canvassers to Certify Proposal for November Ballot
LANSING, Mich. – Volunteers and campaign leadership urged the Board of State Canvassers to certify the Voters Not Politicians proposal for the November ballot at a meeting in the State Capitol on Thursday, May 10, which would establish a transparent [...]
Detroit LGBTQ Activist Cornelius Wilson to Receive Senior Citizen of the Year Award
In recognition of over two decades of service as an LGBTQ rights advocate, SAGE Metro Detroit has announced that board member Cornelius Wilson will receive Michigan's Aging and Adult Services Agency's (AASA) Senior Citizen of the Year Award. During [...]
Holland's Out On The Lakeshore LGBTQ Center Celebrates First year
Out On The Lakeshore will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its community center located at 451 Columbia Ave., with an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 31. The OOTL Community Center opened last May to provide a place for LGBTQ [...]
Undefinable Cynthia
Across 1 Express pleasure orally 5 Give the once-over in a gay bar 9 It may be grand, to Glenn Burke 13 Chaplin partner 14 Collette of "The Hours" 15 Forfeit 16 Just right 17 Very top 18 Cicero's singular 19 Start of a quote that follows "I [...]
