When the National Organization for Women Purged Lesbians
A look back at how only 'feminine feminists' were welcome into the movement.
The Evolution of LGBTQ+ Online Dating
This article is courtesy of Philadelphia Gay News as part of a shared media partnership related to The LGBTQ+ History Project.From casual hook-ups to [...]
May 2, 2013: Amy Grant In Her First Gay Press Interview
Ten years later, I’m still grateful that what Amy said keeps reaching people who need to hear what I needed to hear as a gay teen.
May 29, 2008: The Audacity of Pride
As a queer, Black woman, artist and activist, I see my many intersectional communities making progress but still under attack.
April 26, 2007: Father Figure
With all the hate and violence and repression, one of the most important safe spaces is in the arms of family.
Dec. 7, 2006: MSU Student Club Likely Hate Group
That 2006 report by BTL was a warning of the rise of a new form of white supremacy.
March 16, 2006: Affirmative Action, Women’s Rights and Images
The poem serves as an intentional call to action for women to recognize their potential, follow their dreams and embrace and garner enough self-love to pass
Sept. 2, 2004: The Financial Burden of Trans Life
My passion to advocate for the rights and dignity of transgender people was born on a newspaper delivery route.
Aug. 22, 2002: A ‘Wilde’ Celebration Planned for Local Theater Community
While a handful of theaters embraced our coverage from the beginning, others did not.
November 2000: Voter Guide 2000
We figured we could educate voters on what people really stood for and who liked them.
July 1, 1999: Crimes Are Very Similar: Murder Suspect Convicted of Killing Gay Man Exactly 20 Years Ago
Speaking to McCormick’s nephew, I learned how carefully the man who had marched with the likes of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesse Jackson had
June 11, 1998: Lesbian Teens Turn Heads at Small-Town Prom
One trend has continued for as long as I can remember: When it comes to mental health, LGBTQ+ students are still struggling more than their peers.
November 1996: Pilgrimage of Remembrance: Michigan Residents Join Thousands for D.C. Quilt Display
I am grateful to have documented the perspectives of different Michiganders who made the pilgrimage by chartered bus: A gay man from Battle Creek there to honor
June 1995: Summer Fashions
We wanted a queer, feminist revolution. We understood that a newspaper would be a fulcrum for that radical vision. And it was.
September 1993: Stakes Rise in Michigan Holy War
When I founded Between The Lines in 1993, I wanted our community’s newspaper to celebrate our freedom and creativity while sounding the alarm about people who
50 Facts, 50 Years Later: What You Should Know About Christopher Street Detroit ‘72
This summer marks a milestone anniversary, yet most people don’t realize there’s an anniversary to mark.A half century ago, Michiganders who united [...]
Remembering John Kavanaugh: An Unabashed Hellraiser Leaves One Helluva Legacy
Early coordinator of the Detroit Gay Liberation Front, a founder of the Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit, and a constant gadfly for change within the [...]
Singing for the Unsung: 9 Black LGBTQ+ Michigan Trailblazers You Should Know
February is, of course, Black History Month. It’s a good opportunity to celebrate and learn more about Black history, but it can be challenging to piece [...]
Jim Toy Just Received His Honorary Doctorate from U-M. Here's What the Pioneering LGBTQ+ Activist Told Us.
Fifty years ago this fall, pioneering activist Jim Toy co-founded, with Cyndi Gair, the Human Sexuality Office at the University of Michigan. Now designated [...]
Skim Milk' Marriages not Enough: Ginsburg Remembered as LGBTQ Ally
As the nation mourns the passing of former U.S. Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, attorneys who argued major LGBTQ cases before the U.S. Supreme Court [...]
Ric Grenell Snaps at Reporter Asking About Decriminalizing Homosexuality
Ric Grenell, the former acting director of national intelligence and who's now the face of the Trump campaign's LGBTQ outreach, rebuked a reporter Friday at [...]
Holland Approves Citywide LGBTQ Protections
The nine-year wait to pass anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ residents of the city of Holland is over. It took a seven-hour City Council meeting that [...]
D.C. Installs 'Progress Pride' Rainbow Flag Crosswalk
Representatives of the Office of the Mayor as well as the Director of the D.C. Department of Transportation looked on as a rainbow crosswalk was installed at [...]
