BTL Staff
The Bottom Line
Across 1 Queer-looking E 6 Opening noted at the office 10 Hieroglyphic serpent 13 Hometown of Brando 14 C&W singer McCoy 15 Homophone of a Broadway bio 16 Target of deep thrust? 17 Lynch of "Glee" 18 Will beneficiary 19 Jabbed with a joint 20 [...]
The Choices We Make
A message from the Between The Lines publishers Susan Horowitz and Jan Stevenson: In this issue of BTL we mark the 25th anniversary of the paper. With it, we begin a journey looking back to remember our history, with an eye to how we might move [...]
DJs to the Rescue
In order to help with selecting wedding music – which should be the most fun part of planning, but is often times the most overwhelming – BTL asked a couple experts, Chris Blanchard (aka DJ Loki) and Walter Cooper (aka DJ Romeo), to weigh in. As the [...]
Legal Tips for LGBTQ Couples
The excuse of religious freedom is being used more and more these days in an effort to allow individuals and businesses the right to discriminate against LGBTQ couples. While Obergefell gave LGBTQ couples the ability to marry and recognized their [...]
Federal Appeals Court Rules Funeral Home Unlawfully Fired Employee for Being Transgender
DETROIT – Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes unlawfully discriminated against Aimee Stephens when it fired her after she told her employer that she would begin presenting as a woman [...]
The Ringwald Theatre Performs 'Merrily We Roll Along' Through Mid-March
In 1981 George Furth and Stephen Sondheim collaborated to refresh a classic 1934 play "Merrily We Roll Along" by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The '80s reboot has themes of "friendship, compromise and the high price of success," according to its [...]
First Openly Gay Secretary of the Army to Speak at Equality Michigan
Not only is former U.S. Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning the first openly gay individual to hold that position, but he is the president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association. His vast professional experience has made him Equality [...]
From Broadway to Birmingham - 'Act One' makes its Michigan Premiere
Birmingham, Mich. – The Village Players of Birmingham opens its fourth production of its 95th season with James Lapine's tribute to a life in the theater: "Act One." The play is based on playwright Moss Hart's autobiography of the same title. It [...]
Trump Attacks Transgender Students Through Title IX
By Anurima Bhargava and Adele Kimmel The Trump Administration's attacks on the transgender community come with real consequences. Earlier this year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice no longer considers it problematic for [...]
Pryor Restraint
Across 1 Sistine Chapel figure by Michelangelo 7 Torah at Beth Chayim Chadashim 13 It may include Log Cabin candidates 14 Gaily colored flower 15 Start of a quote from Richard Pryor 17 Where students come together 18 Post-lovemaking sighs 21 [...]
LGBT Representation Strong at 90th Annual Academy Awards
By Brian T. Carney, Washington Blade Despite a bloated presentation that clocked in at almost four hours, the telecast of the 90th Academy Awards had some spectacular moments, especially for LGBT movie fans. The big moment came [...]