BTL Staff
SAGE Welcomes Jim Obergefell
NEW YORK — SAGE, the nation's largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT elders, announced Jan. 5 that Jim Obergefell is joining its Board of Directors. Obergefell is the named plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court [...]
Queer Non-Binary Artist Graces Cover of WUSSY's 'The Sex Issue'
WUSSY Magazine has recently published "The Sex Issue" featuring queer, non-binary artist Shamir. The 120-page issue includes a spread and interview with the singer as well as work from more than 400 queer photographers, illustrators, and [...]
Rev. David A. Bullock to Give Black History Month Lecture at LGBT Detroit
LGBT Detroit welcomes Rev. David Alexander Bullock to the weekly community conversation "Talk Tuesday," on Feb. 13, at 5:30 p.m. Rev. Bullock will address homophobia within the African American community and how it hinders upcoming leaders. "We are [...]
Home Sweet Home, A Benefit for the Ozone House
The Ozone House invites members of the community to enjoy wine, chocolate, and cheese at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 at Zingerman's Greyline, 100 N. Ashley in Ann Arbor. To help celebrate the young people that seek support from the Ozone House, Patrick [...]
Tea and Coffee Week Combats 'Corporate Coffee Culture'
It kicked off in 2015 as just Tea Week, rebranded itself to Tea and Kombucha week and now, in its third iteration, its founder Eli Majid thinks it's finally where it should be as Michigan Tea and Coffee Week from Feb. 11 to 18. "But it has Kombucha [...]
Ferndale SheHive Offers Women's Empowerment Circle
After graduating Detroit's Center for Humanistic Studies in 2004, Dr. Corinne Rogers has been working as a psychologist to help individuals combat anxiety, compulsive overeating and a variety of other dilemmas. Although Rogers can usually be found [...]
Affirmations and Samaritas Offer Foster Care Clinic
A 2017 report released by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority estimated that almost 66,500 people were homeless in Michigan from 2014. Although that's an improvement of 9 percent since 2014, there is still much work to be done. Of that [...]
The Lovely "The #HIVVDayShitList"
BY JOSH ROBBINS LOVE. It's a word I've been tossing around my entire life. I've said it to my parents, mostly to my mom. I've used it to describe my feeling towards a music artist. I say it to friends and I use it at times sarcastically to show [...]
EQMI Concerned About Language in Proposed City Ordinances
On Monday, the Saline City Council will be presented with a revised draft of a non-discrimination ordinance for consideration. Council was set to vote on the first draft in December 2017, but postponed moving forward when Equality Michigan [...]
Gov. Snyder's Appointment of Anti-LGBT Activist to Civil Rights Commission Condemned
DETROIT — Equality Michigan executive director, Stephanie White, issued the following statement in response to Governor Snyder's appointment of anti-LGBT activist Ira Combs to the Michigan Civil Rights Commission: "Equality Michigan condemns the [...]