BTL Staff
Baldwin Criticizes Trump at Victory Institute Conference
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Thursday criticized President Trump when she spoke at the opening plenary of the Victory Institute's annual International LGBTQ Leaders Conference in D.C. Baldwin who is running for re-election told conference [...]
Masterpiece Cakeshop Plaintiffs: Case is 'About Freedom'
by Michael K. Lavers The gay couple who challenged a Colorado baker's decision to refuse to make them a wedding cake on Tuesday said their case is about equality. "This is about freedom, freedom for LGBT people to live full lives in public," David [...]
Supreme Court Won't Review Texas Decision Against Same-sex Benefits
by Chris Johnson The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up review of a Texas Supreme Court decision casting doubt on whether the 2015 ruling for marriage equality nationwide requires municipalities to offer same-sex spousal benefits to [...]
Affirmations Hosts Holiday Arts and Crafts Bazaar
The holiday season is in mid-swing and the need for holiday gifts is fast-approaching. For those stuck in a gift-buying rut, Affirmations' Holiday Arts and Crafts Bazaar could be the solution. The weekend-long bazaar will feature 12 vendors, [...]
Mike Flores Steps In as New Affirmations Board President
"After four years serving on the Affirmations Board, I have decided to step down from the board. During that time the center has seen improved financial stability under Susan Erspamer's leadership, the development of many new programs, and has [...]
Local Support for the Transgender Community
In November, the Detroit transgender community was hit with two tragedies. Here are two fundraising campaigns that seek to benefit those affected. Chocolate is a transgender woman who was attacked while walking on the 17800 block of Woodward near [...]
JFON Provides Legal Help for LGBTQ Immigrants
Although immigration issues are often featured prominently in U.S. news, rarely are the struggles of the LGBTQ people within that community taken into account. GLAAD estimates that across the nation, there are nearly 300,000 people who fall [...]
Local Transgender Activist Throws Holiday Part for a Cause
Julisa Abad isn't originally from the Detroit area, but since she moved here, she's been an outspoken activist for the local transgender community. In BTL article last March, Abad emphasized the lack of awareness surrounding transgender [...]
Plummer's Helper
Across 1 Prick 5 Rubbed with rubber 11 Some go to hail to get one 14 Circle over St. Peter's head 15 Like some candle at St. Mary's 16 Park of NYC 17 With 36-Across, current movie with a major role recast 19 Magneto to the X-Men 20 "Fabu!" 21 [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
"WOW Presents Plus" is going to be extra Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, the gays behind World of Wonder production company, have a streaming service that plans to answer the question, "What are Bob The Drag Queen and Jinkx Monsoon doing [...]
Ann Arbor Theater Turns Again to its Inner Brit for the Holidays
Theatre Nova Presents 'The Year Without a Panto Claus' BY ENCORE MICHIGAN STAFF Theatre NOVA presents the world premiere of "The Year Without a Panto Claus" by Carla Milarch and R. MacKenzie Lewis, running now through Dec. 31. 2017 was a [...]
UMS Presents J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote over 200 church cantatas, and the Bach Collegium Japan is intent on performing every one of them — and in fact did so, in chronological order, from 1995 to 2013. The group will be performing in a show presented by the [...]