Todd Heywood
Agema Slammed For Anti-Gay Screed
LANSING - Politicians from both parties, Agema's former employer, wasted no time slamming Republican National Committeemen from Michigan Dave Agema's latest antigay comments. Politicians were responding to a national action call by Equality [...]
Media Analysis On Agema Statements
The latest controversy involving Dave Agema was treated like a virtual he said/they said tennis match, but the veracity of Agema's claims were mentioned by only one writer - aside from Between The Lines - Brian Dickerson at the Detroit Free [...]
American Airlines Responds To Agema Claims, Calls Them 'Baseless'
In the latest blow to former State Rep. Dave Agema's defense of his anti-gay comments in Berrien county this past weekend, an American Airlines spokesperson has called the National Republican Committeemen's comments "baseless." "While it is our [...]
FACT CHECK: Agema Claimed American Airlines Forced By San Francisco To Provide Benefits To Gay Couples
Former State Rep. Dave Agema, a Republican from Grandville, has been making national headlines again for inflammatory claims about the LGBT community. In his most recent comments, he claims the city of San Francisco forced American Airlines (his [...]
State Politicos Slam Agema's Latest Anti-Gay Screed
Former Michigan State Rep. Dave Agema drew criticism Dec. 11 from Governor Snyder and other Republicans after his disparaging remarks against LGBT citizens. BTL Photo: Todd Heywood LANSING - Politicians from both parties wasted no time Tuesday [...]
State Of Affairs: Crisis In Prevention For Gay Community
LANSING - Jake Sobo (not his real name) is a blogger. He's gay. He's unapologetic about being a bottom. He's also been using Truvada, an anti-HIV drug, to prevent becoming infected for a year. The intervention is called pre-exposure prophylaxis, [...]
State Of Affairs: Funding Of HIV Programs In Jeopardy
LANSING - Over 30 years into the HIV epidemic in the U.S. the number of new infections nationwide and statewide have stabilized. With the advent of powerful anti-HIV drugs, the number of people living with HIV has continued to increase. But the [...]
Opponents Of Equality In Royal Oak Sink To HIV-Fear Mongering
I suppose it should be expected. When a group of people hates another group of people, and sees that the hated group is gaining basic respect as human beings, the lies and distortions are not far behind. The campaign against equality in Royal Oak is [...]
Delta Township Becomes Michigan's 29th Protected Community
The Delta Township community packed an Oct. 21 meeting where attendees filled two overflow rooms. Township leaders voted unanimously to approve a human rights ordinance protecting LGBT citizens. BTL photo: Todd Heywood DELTA TWP. - After months of [...]
Lesbian Co-parent Has No Legal Standing To Claim Visitation, Custody Mich. Court Rules
LANSING - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lesbian parent has no legal standing to sue her former partner for visitation or custody rights related to a child born to the couple while the upper peninsula couple was legally married in [...]
Christian Activists Oppose Local Non-Discrimination Law
William Wagner speaking out against Sharia Law in Oct. 2012. He Opposes a Delphi Township Human Rights Ordinance. An ordinance to prohibit discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations in Delta Township was shelved for two weeks [...]
Good Afternoon Michigan!
Viewpoint It is so amazing to see so many family members here at the reunion! Thanks for coming! We are gay, straight, questioning, transgender, asexual, pansexual, bisexual – we are a massive and diverse family and you are beautiful! So let me [...]