Playing Ball' in the LGBT League
BY AJ TRAGER ROCHESTER HILLS – Fifteen years ago when Robert Hellar joined the Metro Detroit Softball League (MDSL), the 10-team league was largely a group [...]
Michigan LGBT Community Centers Offer 2016 Smoking Cessation Programs
BY AJ TRAGER In an effort to end nicotine and tobacco addiction for LGBT Michigan residents, LGBT community centers across the state have teamed up to provide [...]
From 'Love' to Love: LGBT Tennis in the Motor City
BY AJ TRAGER LIVONIA – Tim Ross loves tennis. He started playing the sport when he was in fifth grade and has continued to follow his passion for the sport, [...]
The Developing World Of Sexual Therapy
BY AJ TRAGER Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW, works as a sexual therapist in Royal Oak. He is known in the therapist community for his work with sex therapy and sexual [...]
Punting With Pride
By Emell Derra Adolphus "I Love it, even with the injuries," says team member Tashia Pickett. BTL photos: Alexander Godin When you're watching the girls of the [...]
Positive Thoughts: Q&A with Mondo Guerra
By Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. I was hooked up to this and that, and in my heart and mind I was dying of AIDS. I still didnt talk about it. I hit rock bottom, and [...]
Kicking Detroit's Smoking Habit: Breaking The Cycle
BY AJ TRAGER Kunto Howard, 24, project coordinator for "Breaking The Cycle," a program of LGBT Detroit, is working to help people stop smoking. Howard says [...]
Getting Sober
By Christopher Treacy It felt like I was circling the drain. I got stuck in a vicious cycle, allowing some evil mechanism within me to destroy everything I [...]
Addressing LGBT Health Disparities
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT – The Fenway Institute and the Center for American Progress recently lobbied the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will [...]
Trans Girl Next Door' Documents Artist's Transition
By Shelby Clark Petkus Online comics have existed roughly as long as the internet, and as a result of more freedom and accessibility to different groups of [...]
Tips For Beating The Winter Blues
Sniffles and flu are not the only afflictions of winter. Many people find that the dark and cold days can impact their mood. In fact, seasonal affective [...]
Smoking: Critical Health Issue For LGBT Michiganders
BY AJ TRAGER The anti-smoking character CiggyButtz stands where all other cigarettes must outside of the nonsmoking San Francisco LGBT Community Center. The [...]
