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Supreme Court Majority Opinion Protects Kids From LGBTQ+ Books
I’ve had the song “Jesus He Knows Me” stuck in my head for a few days now. The song, originally by the British band Genesis, came out in 1992, though I’ve been [...]Read more about Supreme Court Majority Opinion Protects Kids From LGBTQ+ Books
The Fight for Marriage Equality Is Far From Over. A New Book Honors the Long History That Made It Possible.
In a time when LGBTQ+ rights are under constant threat, “Love: The Heroic Story of Marriage Equality” arrives as both a powerful reminder and a call to action. [...]Read more about The Fight for Marriage Equality Is Far From Over. A New Book Honors the Long History That Made It Possible.
Rudy M. Howard, Running for Michigan State House of Representatives, District 96
The 2024 Pride Source Media Voters Guide Candidate Survey sought the responses from Michigan candidates running for office in the Nov. 5 election. We asked [...]Read more about Rudy M. Howard, Running for Michigan State House of Representatives, District 96
Biden Declares the Easter Bunny Transgender, Conservatives Go Wild
I am writing this on March 31, the 15th annual Transgender Day of Visibility. All over the world people are celebrating the lives of transgender people, [...]Read more about Biden Declares the Easter Bunny Transgender, Conservatives Go Wild
How Playboy Magazine Was a Model of Reporting on HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
In an analog era, newspapers and magazines provided much of the essential HIV/AIDS reporting in the United States by disseminating updates on the evolving [...]Read more about How Playboy Magazine Was a Model of Reporting on HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
Not the Suffering Olympics: Things Are Bad in Russia. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Fine Here.
Comparisons are an incredibly important part of sense-making for us humans. We’re always making them, especially when trying to describe something to someone [...]Read more about Not the Suffering Olympics: Things Are Bad in Russia. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Fine Here.
How the Late Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s First Female Supreme Court Justice, Evolved on LGBTQ+ Rights Late in Her Career
When Sandra Day O’Connor, who died Nov. 30 at age 93 and served as America’s first female Supreme Court Justice, officiated the first same-sex marriage [...]Read more about How the Late Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s First Female Supreme Court Justice, Evolved on LGBTQ+ Rights Late in Her Career
The Complete Timeline of LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Expansion in Michigan, 50 Years in the Making
Pop open the Champagne and sparkling juice. The day so many in the LGBTQ+ community tirelessly battled for has arrived. Gov. Whitmer has made good on her [...]Read more about The Complete Timeline of LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Expansion in Michigan, 50 Years in the Making
Homeschool Movement Saves Kids From 'Woke' Schools by Teaching Them to Be Nazis
It’s 4:00 in the morning and I have to admit, I would much rather be sleeping than writing this column. But sometimes sleep is elusive. Too often, for me, which [...]Read more about Homeschool Movement Saves Kids From 'Woke' Schools by Teaching Them to Be Nazis
Hate Gays? Hate Abortions? Hate Women? You Might Be a Republican
A lot of really terrible shit in the news these days, so how about I start with a joke?A guy walks into a bar, the bartender says, “What can I get ya?” Guy [...]Read more about Hate Gays? Hate Abortions? Hate Women? You Might Be a Republican
Talk Show Host Wistfully Remembers How Great It Was For Gays During AIDS Epidemic
Those who forget history, or who willfully ignore it, are doomed to repeat it, which is why it should worry you that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capital has [...]Read more about Talk Show Host Wistfully Remembers How Great It Was For Gays During AIDS Epidemic
Pat Robertson Is Retiring to Spend More Time With His Bigotry
It's the end of an era. A very harmful and stupid era. Pat Robertson is stepping down from "The 700 Club." Robertson, the founder of the Christian Broadcast [...]Read more about Pat Robertson Is Retiring to Spend More Time With His Bigotry
Tony Perkins vs. The 'Rainbow Onslaught'
Onslaught is the name of a thrash metal band from the U.K. Rainbow is the name of a hard rock band once fronted by metal legend Ronnie James Dio. Rainbow [...]Read more about Tony Perkins vs. The 'Rainbow Onslaught'
Tennessee Makes Teachers Wait 30 Days to Utter 'Pete Buttigieg' in Front of Students
Tennessee is on an anti-LGBTQ+ roll, y'all. You may remember that I wrote about how gay country music star T.J. Osborne was supposed to get honored by the [...]Read more about Tennessee Makes Teachers Wait 30 Days to Utter 'Pete Buttigieg' in Front of Students
Creep of the Week: Donald J. Trump
Currently trending political advice: Do not chug Lysol. Do not inject bleach. Do not smoke Clorox wipes. Also add to that list: Do not vote for Republicans. My [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Donald J. Trump
Creep of the Week: Trump Administration
Public Service Announcement: Wash your hands – more than you already do. And get yourself a bottle of rubbing alcohol and some cotton balls and swab down your [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Trump Administration
The Madness of Martha Wash: Disco Queen Talks New Album, Snatching Gays & Sylvester Memories
On her new album, "Love & Conflict," Martha Wash is far removed from her disco days, when she became known as half of The Weather Girls. With the late Izora [...]Read more about The Madness of Martha Wash: Disco Queen Talks New Album, Snatching Gays & Sylvester Memories
Win in Birth Certificate Fight for Indiana Married Same-Sex Couples
A federal appeals panel of Republican appointees ruled Friday that the state of Indiana must treat same-sex married couples the same as male-female married [...]Read more about Win in Birth Certificate Fight for Indiana Married Same-Sex Couples
Creep of the Week: Tony Perkins
Is America ready for a gay president? No way say the people who currently support with blind fealty and reverence a president who is a corrupt serial adulterer [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Tony Perkins
Backlash Surrounds Trump Endorsement by Log Cabin Republicans
The national gay Republican group, Log Cabin Republicans, made a big splash Aug. 15 when it published a commentary in the Washington Post announcing its [...]Read more about Backlash Surrounds Trump Endorsement by Log Cabin Republicans
Q&A: Dionne Warwick On Recently Learning About Auto-Tune, Her Friend Aretha & Not Judging Gay Fans
Dionne Warwick has laughs like no other. The memory-laden laugh for explaining, despite popular opinion, her friendship with Aretha Franklin; another for her [...]Read more about Q&A: Dionne Warwick On Recently Learning About Auto-Tune, Her Friend Aretha & Not Judging Gay Fans
Creep of the Week: Mike Pence
World AIDS Day was Dec. 1, as it has been every Dec. 1 for the last 30 years. And the day before, on Nov. 30, President George H.W. Bush died. While these two [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Mike Pence
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente 'Moonlight' writer McCraney 'Makes Man' for OWN "David Makes Man" is the name of a series from OWN, currently in production, a [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Justice Kennedy Announces Plans to Step Down from Supreme Court
U.S. Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy — the author of major U.S. Supreme Court rulings in favor of gay rights — has announced plans to step down from the [...]Read more about Justice Kennedy Announces Plans to Step Down from Supreme Court
Trump's Year of Attacking LGBTQ People
With all the racism spewing forth from the White House on a regular basis, it's almost easy not to notice that President Trump is not living up to candidate [...]Read more about Trump's Year of Attacking LGBTQ People
MSU YAF leader Kyle Bristrow's media strategy
Kyle Bristow, the author of the MSU Young Americans for Freedom agenda, has not returned phone calls and emails regarding YAF's designation as a hate group by [...]Read more about MSU YAF leader Kyle Bristrow's media strategy
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente cut/ Greg Berlanti. Photo: Joe Seer We are ready to 'Love, Simon' For moviegoing audiences in big cities, access to LGBT film festivals [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Log Cabin Celebrates 40 Years at Trump Hotel - with No Talk of Trump
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Carly Fiorina speaks at the Log Cabin Republicans Spirit of Lincoln Dinner at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, [...]Read more about Log Cabin Celebrates 40 Years at Trump Hotel - with No Talk of Trump
Fanning Sounds off on Trump's Transgender Ban
Calling President Donald Trump's directives to ban transgender people from serving in the military "a betrayal" and "unpatriotic," former Secretary of the [...]Read more about Fanning Sounds off on Trump's Transgender Ban
Parting Glances: Once Upon a Time of Terror (Part 2)
Though perhaps unspoken among gay men and doctors nearly 40 years ago when the AIDS crisis started, the presumption of a death sentence was understood. When [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Once Upon a Time of Terror (Part 2)
Parting Glances: Once upon a time of terror (Pt. 1)
It's been nearly 40 years since media stories began to appear about what seemed the onset of a pandemic among gay men (and drug users). The acronym for these [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Once upon a time of terror (Pt. 1)
Our History of Marching on Washington
BY LOU CHIBBARO JR., WASHINGTON BLADE The last Equality March was held in 2009. Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key As thousands descend on Washington, [...]Read more about Our History of Marching on Washington
Trump's First 100 Days
By Lisa Keen The idea of reflecting upon a president's "first 100 days in office" started with President Franklin Roosevelt. According to The Washington Post, [...]Read more about Trump's First 100 Days
Dem Gubernatorial Candidates Call for Reform of State's HIV-Specific Law
Abdul El-Sayed Gretchen Whitmer LANSING – Calling Michigan's HIV-specific felony law "discriminatory" and "wrong to criminalize sickness," the two declared [...]Read more about Dem Gubernatorial Candidates Call for Reform of State's HIV-Specific Law
Gorsuch Calls Same-Sex Marriage 'Settled Law'
by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade Amid opposition from LGBT rights supporters to the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, President [...]Read more about Gorsuch Calls Same-Sex Marriage 'Settled Law'
Trump Spokesman: Fate of LGBT Nondiscrimination Order Uncertain
BY BTL STAFF Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, said today he isn't sure if the new president will repeal or maintain President Obama's executive [...]Read more about Trump Spokesman: Fate of LGBT Nondiscrimination Order Uncertain
Creep of the Week: Gordon Klingenschmitt
Something truly terrible happened in Minnesota. An elementary school teacher and his husband were busted for having sex with underage teenagers and filming [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Gordon Klingenschmitt
Brewhouse' Among New Restaurants, Stores at Grand Rapids Airport
BY BTL STAFF GRAND RAPIDS – Beer City USA is a distinction twice earned and still claimed by Grand Rapids, which claims dozens of breweries spread through [...]Read more about Brewhouse' Among New Restaurants, Stores at Grand Rapids Airport
LGBT Activists Denounce Sessions Nomination
By Lisa Keen One LGBT legal activist called it "chilling." Others called it "alarming" and "extreme." Even outside the LGBT community, the reaction was [...]Read more about LGBT Activists Denounce Sessions Nomination
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: Scott Lively
Full disclosure: I did not watch the Republican National Convention. I just don't hate myself enough. But I have watched clips online. And my belief that [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Scott Lively
Day 3: Obama Leads Heavy Hitters in Speeches Praising Clinton
By CHRIS JOHNSON PHILADELPHIA — On the third night of the Democratic National Convention, President Obama led a series of heavy hitters who delivered [...]Read more about Day 3: Obama Leads Heavy Hitters in Speeches Praising Clinton
Staggering HIV Rates Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
Men who have sex with men face an HIV prevalence rate "magnitudes higher" than any other risk group in the U.S., researchers from Emory University have [...]Read more about Staggering HIV Rates Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
What's the Big Fuss About the Fourth Circuit Trans Decision?
By Lisa Keen In January a transgender student, Gavin Grimm, 16, from rural Virginia went to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to appeal a ruling that says he [...]Read more about What's the Big Fuss About the Fourth Circuit Trans Decision?
SCOTUS Nominee Has History of Ruling Against Gay Plaintiffs
By Lisa Keen Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, has ruled against gay plaintiffs three times. This is the kind of [...]Read more about SCOTUS Nominee Has History of Ruling Against Gay Plaintiffs
Three Left in GOP Race, Clinton Surges
By Lisa Keen Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton had to scramble this week to correct a misstatement about Nancy Reagan's contribution to the AIDS [...]Read more about Three Left in GOP Race, Clinton Surges
Anti-LGBT Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, Tension Over Replacement Begins
By Lisa Keen Antonin Scalia, the U.S. Supreme Court justice most hostile to equal rights for LGBT people, has died, and a threat by Republicans in Congress to [...]Read more about Anti-LGBT Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, Tension Over Replacement Begins
