Transgender Candidates Make History
BY BTL STAFF Andrea Jenkins Minneapolis made history on Tuesday night. Andrea Jenkins is now the first openly trans woman of color elected to the city council [...]
OutCasters Discuss LGBTQ Issues in Newly Released Audio Pieces
BY BTL STAFF OutCasting, public radio's LGBTQ youth program, has three new audio pieces for listeners this month. On OutCasting (broadcast version): Across [...]
House Dems Take Stand Against Anti-Gay Baker Before Supreme Court
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) leads House Democrats in a brief before the Supreme Court case. (Washington Blade photo [...]
Gender and Sexuality Center Shapes Campus Culture at OU
BY DREW HOWARD Grace Wojcik, Coordinator at the Gender and Sexuality Center is in back row last person on the right. She is celebrating with Students during [...]
Jones Implores Freedom House Crowd to 'Keep on Fighting!'
BY JAN STEVENSON Legendary LGBT activist Cleve Jones, second from right, spoke at the annual Freedom House Dinner at the Atheneum Hotel in Detroit. To his [...]
MI Launches First Trauma Recovery Center in Flint for Victims of Violent Crimes
BY BTL STAFF The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Oct. 27 that Hurley Medical Center in Flint will serve as the first Trauma Recovery [...]
Senate Dems Urge DOJ to Reinstate Trans Protections Under Title VII
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Sen. Kamala Harris is leading a group of 44 Senate Democrats in urging DOJ to reinstate trans protections under Title VII. [...]
Support the T Raises Money for Transition-Related Expenses
BY DAVID RYALS In January 2016 Liam Vella founded Support the T – his own clothing company that specifically caters to transgender people. Its inception was [...]
John Corvino Selected as Next Dean of Irvin D. Reid Honors College
BY BTL STAFF The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce that John Corvino has been selected to serve as the next dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors [...]
Out2Enroll Launches LGBT Coalition to Promote Obamacare Under Trump
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Out2Enroll has launched a new coalition to encourage LGBT enrollment in Obamacare. With President Trump taking action seen [...]
AIDS Walk hopes to grow under new management
ROYAL OAK – AIDS Walk Detroit is under new management and kicking off 2012 with some big resolutions for the year. Their goals are to have 3,500 walkers and [...]
First training held for LGBT healthcare competency
By Crystal Proxmire Training has begun in southeast Michigan for healthcare professionals who work with the elderly and want to offer LGBT inclusive and [...]
