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Finding Joy in the Fight: Jay Kaplan's Decades of LGBTQ+ Advocacy in Michigan
In the darkest days of Michigan's LGBTQ+ history, when marriage equality seemed impossible and discrimination protections were a distant dream, Jay Kaplan [...]Read more about Finding Joy in the Fight: Jay Kaplan's Decades of LGBTQ+ Advocacy in Michigan
One Million Moms Declare War on ‘Wicked’ Because It's a Little Queer
I’m writing this on Jan. 6, 2025, the day Congress is to certify the election of Donald Trump for a second term. Noticeably absent from the United States [...]Read more about One Million Moms Declare War on ‘Wicked’ Because It's a Little Queer
Family Research Council Calls Self ‘Church.' This Michigan Rep Obviously Calls Bullsh*t.
In an outrageous move that strains credulity — and just plain common sense — the Family Research Council (FRC) has obtained "church" status with the [...]Read more about Family Research Council Calls Self ‘Church.' This Michigan Rep Obviously Calls Bullsh*t.
Is Sterling Heights Finally Ready For a Non-Discrimination Ordinance?
The city of Sterling Heights is socially conservative by almost anyone's account, including the mayor's. It was only seven years ago when the city unanimously [...]Read more about Is Sterling Heights Finally Ready For a Non-Discrimination Ordinance?
Kellogg's Pride Cereal Sells Out, Demands Kids Put Pronouns in Writing
I've gone from grocery store to grocery store buying up every box of the Kellogg's Together With Pride cereal and I have them all listed on eBay. I'm kidding, [...]Read more about Kellogg's Pride Cereal Sells Out, Demands Kids Put Pronouns in Writing
Church Militant, Other Anti-LGBTQ Groups Receive Millions in Pandemic Relief Funds
Millions in Loans Seven hate groups with explicitly anti-LGBTQ ideologies were awarded nearly $2.5 million combined in Paycheck Protection Program loans, [...]Read more about Church Militant, Other Anti-LGBTQ Groups Receive Millions in Pandemic Relief Funds
Creep of the Week: Robert Jeffress
In the past month you've no doubt seen headlines like, "Can your marriage survive the coronavirus?" or "15 Tips On How To Stay Married During Quarantine" or [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Robert Jeffress
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Donald Trump is the most anti-LGBTQ president in recent history. While past presidents might very well have hated LGBTQ people more, Trump has certainly been [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Creep of the Week: Bryan Fischer
While scrolling through my Twitter feed I stumbled upon a photo of Jonathan Van Ness walking hand in hand through Capitol Hill with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Bryan Fischer
Christian Group Condemns Parents Magazine for featuring Gay Dads
Parents magazine featured fitness trainer Shaun T., his husband Scott Blokker and their one-year-old twins on the cover of its February issue. This is the [...]Read more about Christian Group Condemns Parents Magazine for featuring Gay Dads
Creep of the Week: Bryan Fischer
Greetings fellow "Demons of Hell" who oppose the lifetime appointment of an accused sex offender to the Supreme Court of the United States. Gosh, is it hot in [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Bryan Fischer
Nessel Faces Tough AG Race
POLITICAL ANALYSIS The contours of the race to replace Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette are starting to clarify. On the Democratic side, openly [...]Read more about Nessel Faces Tough AG Race
Garnet Lewis: Trailblazer
"Honesty. Integrity. A Voice for You" garnetlewisforstatesenate.com When Between The Lines caught up with Garnet Lewis, Democratic candidate for Michigan's [...]Read more about Garnet Lewis: Trailblazer
Parting Glances: LGBTs "our misfortune"
Well-known Spanish philosopher Jorge Agustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana y Borras — known succinctly in English as George Santayana — was born in 1863 and died [...]Read more about Parting Glances: LGBTs "our misfortune"
Parting Glances. Tattoos upward for Justin!
Charles Alexander Were I 50 years younger, and given a now wishful-thinking opportunity, I just might make a pass at Justin Bieber, troublesome idol turned [...]Read more about Parting Glances. Tattoos upward for Justin!
New Kalamazoo Equal Rights Ordinance under attack
KALAMAZOO-Less than one month after the City of Kalamazoo Commission voted 7-0 to adopt an expanded human rights ordinance that makes it illegal to use sexual [...]Read more about New Kalamazoo Equal Rights Ordinance under attack
Parting Glances: Porn Sunday, X-Men?
I irreverently begin this PG Mary-go-round with a caveat of charity, sprinkled with a modicum of glee. Charity for hypocritical factotums of the religious [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Porn Sunday, X-Men?
Despite legal setback, fight for benefits will continue
Friday's decision by Michigan's Court of Appeals denying domestic partnership benefits to same-sex partners of public employees is an insult and a direct [...]Read more about Despite legal setback, fight for benefits will continue
May 2006 Highlights
She/he Said "Well, I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction. I mean, walking on water, it takes an act of [...]Read more about May 2006 Highlights
March 2006 Highlights
She/he Said "I guess you'd love for me to say that it was difficult, that I wanted to vomit. But the straight fact is, it was just another person. Now, by no [...]Read more about March 2006 Highlights
Glenn says 'no' to money for LGBT crime victims
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING – Funding to help LGBT crime victims could be threatened if anti-gay family crusader Gary Glenn has his way. As reported by [...]Read more about Glenn says 'no' to money for LGBT crime victims
All Politics is Loco: A new threat, a new low
By Sean Kosofsky On February 3, Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan sank to a new low. He issued a press release with the nastiest and [...]Read more about All Politics is Loco: A new threat, a new low
EMU's DP benefits under fire
By Dawn Wolfe YPSILANTI – In response to a decision by Eastern Michigan University's Board of Regents to expand tuition credits to the same-sex partners of [...]Read more about EMU's DP benefits under fire
Creep of the Week: Gary Glenn of the American FAmily Association of Michigan
Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan A long-time foe of the LGBT community, anti-gay activist Gary Glenn, head of the American Family [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Gary Glenn of the American FAmily Association of Michigan
July 2006 highlights
She/he Said “You weasel your way out of it while trying not to be offensive. If that had been my inclination, I could’ve been a great trophy boyfriend. A kept [...]Read more about July 2006 highlights
Parting Glances: A Very Modest Demand for Governing Recognition
FORM REQUEST: We, the undersigned, do hereby petition the Michigan State House of Representatives and Senate to confer Honorary Second Class Citizenship on [...]Read more about Parting Glances: A Very Modest Demand for Governing Recognition
Parting Glances: GOP - Guardianship of Pornography
I've no firsthand knowledge of the profession, but I imagine being a porn star isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Not by a long shot. But! somebody's got [...]Read more about Parting Glances: GOP - Guardianship of Pornography
Hamtramck sexual orientation ordinance under fire
by Jessica Carreras The anti-transgender and sexual orientation discrimination ordinance that passed in Hamtramck's city council last month is being [...]Read more about Hamtramck sexual orientation ordinance under fire
Parting Glances: P, as in Peeping Tom
I was eight years old when I was exposed to my first pornographic glossy 8" x 10" photo. It was of a muscular naked guy and a curvaceous woman, shown to me by [...]Read more about Parting Glances: P, as in Peeping Tom
Assault on Marriage Equality Under Banner of 'Religious Liberty'
Robert Ingersoll, left, and Curt Freed were refused service by the owner of Arlene's Flowers in Richland, Washington, for their 2013 wedding. It took the work [...]Read more about Assault on Marriage Equality Under Banner of 'Religious Liberty'
Parting Glances: 1933 Hate Who? This is 2017
Within months of Adolf Hitler's appointment as Germany's Chancellor in 1933, Nazi S.S. thugs in Berlin stood menacingly in front of Jewish owned [...]Read more about Parting Glances: 1933 Hate Who? This is 2017
Assault on Marriage Equality Under Banner of 'Religious Liberty'
It took the work of an entire community across the U.S. and the dedication and time of legal teams in many states, to make history and move the country forward [...]Read more about Assault on Marriage Equality Under Banner of 'Religious Liberty'
Love and Pride' Responds to Attack By One Million Moms
BY BTL STAFF Updated Friday, Dec. 16 Love and Pride, an online business founded to promote education and better understanding of the LGBTQ community, [...]Read more about Love and Pride' Responds to Attack By One Million Moms
Federal Law Protects Transgender People at Homeless Shelters
The2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey reveals that 29 percent of transgender people who sought emergency shelter at some point in their lives were [...]Read more about Federal Law Protects Transgender People at Homeless Shelters
Human Rights Ordinance to be Introduced at Jackson City Council
Jackson – Jackson City Councilmember Derek Dobies confirms he will be introducing a comprehensive human rights ordinance for consideration and possible [...]Read more about Human Rights Ordinance to be Introduced at Jackson City Council
Anti-LGBTQ Smear Campaign Targets Eaton County Commissioner
Left: Howard Spence, an Eaton County Commissioner representing Delta Township was the victim of a potentially bias motivated larceny and was subsequently outed [...]Read more about Anti-LGBTQ Smear Campaign Targets Eaton County Commissioner
What an Alt-Right Government Would Look Like, Just Check Out Michigan
Want to know what the U.S. would look like under a Donald Trump presidency informed by the Alt-Right movement? You don't have to go much further than the [...]Read more about What an Alt-Right Government Would Look Like, Just Check Out Michigan
Creep of the Week: Tim Wildmon
Happy Pride Month, everybody! Or as right-wingers like to call it, End Times. As you may know, President Obama has once again issued an official proclamation [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Tim Wildmon
Mich. House Legislation Could Gut Local Human Rights Ordinances
LANSING – In a one upsmanship with the state Senate, a group of 20 Republican lawmakers in the House have introduced an even more draconian piece of [...]Read more about Mich. House Legislation Could Gut Local Human Rights Ordinances
Transmissions: Creating A Problem
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith I had once erroneously thought that 2014 or 2015 was going to be the year of "pee politics," with clashes over trans bathroom rights [...]Read more about Transmissions: Creating A Problem
State House Republicans Author Bill To Repeal the State Board of Education
LANSING — For the last two months, the state has been debating LGBT youth guidelines for K-12 schools authored by the Board of Education. The completely [...]Read more about State House Republicans Author Bill To Repeal the State Board of Education
Secretary of State Office Agrees to Assist Trans Residents with Gender Marker Changes
In a reversal of previous policy by the Republican secretary of state, some transgender and gender non-conforming Michiganders could soon see their state [...]Read more about Secretary of State Office Agrees to Assist Trans Residents with Gender Marker Changes
2016 Will be a Difficult Year for Trans Rights
BY BTL STAFF The LGBT community is up against heavy opposition in the upcoming presidential election year. Less than a year ago the LGBT community rejoiced in [...]Read more about 2016 Will be a Difficult Year for Trans Rights
Your Lamborghini, Or Mine?
It wasn't too long ago that the right-wing American Family Association — known for getting its membership to boycott groups, organizations and products — [...]Read more about Your Lamborghini, Or Mine?
The Frivolist: Put These 17 Shows on Your Fall Premiere Calendar
Pop the corn, grab a blanket, and cozy into your favorite couch cushion for this selection of new-season shows featuring LGBT characters we can root for. [...]Read more about The Frivolist: Put These 17 Shows on Your Fall Premiere Calendar
Political Hors D'oeuvres: Gamrat And Courser Scandal Continues To Run Its Course
The Unholy Trinity — freshmen Reps. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer; Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell; and Gary Glenn, R-Midland — is breaking up. Seems Glenn couldn't brook [...]Read more about Political Hors D'oeuvres: Gamrat And Courser Scandal Continues To Run Its Course
Anti-Gay State Lawmakers Caught In Sex Scandal, Refuse To Resign
In this Jan. 14, 2015 photo, Rep. Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, and Rep Todd Courser, R-Lapeer wave to reporters in the House of Representatives in Lansing. A [...]Read more about Anti-Gay State Lawmakers Caught In Sex Scandal, Refuse To Resign
