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 [...]
Report: LGBT Seniors Worry About Retirement
By BTL Staff A new report released Oct. 6, "Out and Visible: The Experiences and Attitudes of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults, Ages, [...]
Lifestyle Tips to Reduce Chronic Inflammation
Millions of Americans endure the pain of chronic inflammation, and even when pain is not apparent, millions more run the risk of serious diseases triggered by [...]
Healthcare Coverage Round Two
By AJ Trager MICHIGAN – The second round of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is about to begin in Michigan, and the campaign "Get Covered [...]
Cyber Bullying Higher For LGBT Youth
By BTL Staff Advocate.com reports that a new Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network study found that LGBT youth faced three times as much cyber bullying [...]
