BTL Staff
University of Baltimore Graduates Protest DeVos
BY BRANDON SODERBERG BALTIMORE — About 30 people gathered outside of the Modell Lyric Opera House on Monday in protest of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who was set to give the commencement speech to University of Baltimore's fall [...]
Office Hours' at Tipping Point Giggles with Absurd Days at the Office
NORTHVILLE, Mich.–In the program notes for Tipping Point Theatre's "Office Hours," one of the actors mentions being proud to help "you escape into genuine laughter" during these stressful times. And sheer silly escapism is exactly what the show has [...]
Local LGBTQ Organization Expands; Grand Rapids Pride Center Hires Executive Director, Sets Goals to Expand Services and Partnerships.
Grand Rapids, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Pride Center (GRPC) has hired a new Executive Director, Thomas Pierce, LLMSW, MPA, effective Jan. 2, 2018. The position is the second paid, full-time position at the GRPC, and will oversee all operations and [...]
Inspired Life Counseling Offers Couples Counseling
Lauren Tatarsky has been deeply involved in spiritual guidance and therapy for a while now. She has been a Hatha yoga teacher since 2010, and received a master of arts in spiritual guidance from Sofia University. Tatarsky is a spiritual counselor [...]
Two or Four Admission Groupons to Drag Queen Bingo at Five15
Anyone who has relegated the game of bingo to a boring activity for nursing homes residents clearly hasn't met a drag queen. Carmella Marcella Garcia, Miss Carol Lee, Miss Angel Sheridan, Miss Addison Taylor, Trixie Deluxxe and Sabin flip that [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
The 'Queer Eye' reboot is right around the corner Remember the old days, the early 2000s, when "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" was on TV and you watched it and thought out loud, "I would never wear what Carson is pushing on that poor hetero man" [...]
Another Transgender First
Across 1 Start of a quote from 22-Across 5 Sharon of "Queer as Folk" 10 See 22-Across 14 Ward of "Once and Again" 15 Like some old buckets 16 Picks out, with "for" 17 Soft rock for bottoms 18 "Love Affair" costar Dunne 19 Gets hard 20 More of the [...]
What is Net Neutrality and Why Does it Matter?
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) _ "Net neutrality" regulations, designed to prevent internet service providers like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and Charter from favoring some sites and apps over others, are on the chopping block. On Thursday, [...]
McCain and Cardin: Trump 'largely silent' on human rights abroad
by Michael K. Lavers U.S. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) on Friday said the U.S. has been "largely silent" on human rights abroad since President Trump took office. "For much of the past year, our national voice on international [...]
Supreme Court Cake Argument: Kennedy Leaning Toward the Baker?
BY LISA KEEN Keen News Service keennewsservice.com Many media reporting on the oral arguments in Dec. 5 U.S. Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado said the court's always pivotal vote from Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to be leaning [...]