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State of Michigan PrEP Directory
Calhoun County Dr. Andrew Luciano Family Physician Marshall Medical Associates 1174 W. Michigan Ave Marshall, MI 49068 269-781-9867 [email protected] Clare County Dr. Peter Gulick, Infectious Disease Central Michigan Community Health [...]
Trump's World AIDS Day Proclamation Leaves out LGBT People
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE President Trump left out LGBT people in his World AIDS Day Proclamation. (Photo by Michael Vadon; courtesy Wikimedia Commons) President Trump's first-ever proclamation for World AIDS Day calls for eradication of [...]
UMMA Hosts Visual AIDS' Day With(out) Art Project
BY BTL STAFF The University of Michigan Museum of Art Student Engagement Council and the U-M Spectrum Center presents a screening of Visual AIDS' "Alternate Endings, Radical Beginnings" from 6-7:45 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Helmut Stern Auditorium. The [...]
Viewer's Guide to Tuesday's Supreme Court Argument
BY LISA KEEN iStock photo The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Dec. 5, in yet another case with major consequences for LGBT people. This one will decide whether any common business vendor -a restaurant, a hotel, a taxicab – selling products or [...]
World AIDS Day Event Calendar
Friday, Dec. 1 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free condoms, education and referral to PrEP and assistance for those living with HIV who need help getting back into care. Kent County Health Department Personal Health Services at 700 Fuller NE, Grand Rapids. [...]
Wedding Bell Blues
"Did you guys go to Carlos and Roy's Wedding"? "Did we? I wouldn't have missed that for the world!" [...]
Chilean Lawmakers Begin Debate on Same-Sex Marriage Bill
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE Rolando Jimenez, president of the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation, a Chilean LGBT advocacy group, in his office in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 2, 2017. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. [...]
DOJ Appeals Ruling Against Trump's Transgender Military Ban
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE The Justice Department is appealing a court order against Trump's transgender military ban. Eliminating any question on whether the administration would allow court orders against President Trump's transgender [...]
Author Explores Queer Choral Musicking as a Social Practice with a Purpose
BY BTL STAFF Why choruses? Author Julia "Jules" Balen seeks to answer that question in the book "Queerly Joyful Noise," which examines how choral singing can be both personally transformative and politically impactful. Balen points to Chorus [...]
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Announces Mike Michelon as New Executive Director
BY BTL STAFF The Ann Arbor Summer Festival Board of Trustees announced Mike Michelon has been appointed as the new Executive Director effective immediately. Formerly the festival's General Manager, Michelon has been managing the festival's business [...]