DOJ Appeals Ruling Against Trump's Transgender Military Ban
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE The Justice Department is appealing a court order against Trump's transgender military ban. Eliminating any question on [...]
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Announces Mike Michelon as New Executive Director
BY BTL STAFF The Ann Arbor Summer Festival Board of Trustees announced Mike Michelon has been appointed as the new Executive Director effective immediately. [...]
Author Explores Queer Choral Musicking as a Social Practice with a Purpose
BY BTL STAFF Why choruses? Author Julia "Jules" Balen seeks to answer that question in the book "Queerly Joyful Noise," which examines how choral singing can [...]
Celebrate the Holidays with Perceptions
BY BTL STAFF Kick off the holiday season with a fun, fabulous evening surrounded by family and friends on Dec. 2 at Apple Mountain Resort, 4519 N. River Road [...]
Community Memorializes 487 Transgender Lives Lost to Violence in the Past Year
The 17th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance service in Detroit took place Nov. 17 at Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit. About 90 people came out for [...]
Detroit 'Concert for a Cure' Comes to Ferndale
BY BTL STAFF Cast members of the national touring production of "An American In Paris" (performing at the Detroit Opera House Nov. 28 – Dec. 10) will perform [...]
Transgender Woman Shot, Robbed in Detroit on the Eve of the TDOR
In the early morning hours of Nov. 17, a transgender woman was robbed and shot near Palmer Park. The victim, a 36-year-old known to most friends only as [...]
Affirmations Board of Director's President Resigns
BY BTL STAFF Affirmations, the largest LGBTQ+ community center in Michigan, announced Tuesday that Brad Bell has decided to step down as president of the [...]
Justin Trudeau to Formally Apologize for 'Gross Indecency' Convictions
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Nov. 28, 2017, will formally apologize to Canadians who were convicted of [...]
Whitmer: 'Snyder Needs to Declare Public Health Emergency in Opioid Crisis'
Former Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, who is a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, is calling on Republican Gov. Rick [...]
NGLCC Changes Name to National LGBT Chamber of Commerce
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE The NGLCC on Nov. 17, 2017, announced at its National Dinner that it has changed its name to the National LGBT Chamber [...]
Tillerson Acknowledges Transgender Day of Remembrance
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Nov. 20, 2017, in a statement acknowledged the annual Transgender Day of [...]
