Transtastic Night to Remember raises funds for Ruth Ellis Center, Motor City Sisters
I'sha Schultz, development associate for the Ruth Ellis Center, Sr. Gin-ja Lox of the Motor City Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and community activist Char [...]
UM Dearborn Offers New LGBTQ Studies Certificate
BY BTL STAFF The LGBTQ Studies certificate, a 12-credit interdisciplinary program in the University of Michigan-Dearborn College of Arts, Sciences, and [...]
Texas Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill Dies
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE Texas lawmakers adjourned on Aug. 15, 2017, without passing a bill that would have restricted transgender people's [...]
Trump Blames 'Both Sides' for Violence in Charlottesville
BY KAREN OCAMB, WASHINGTON BLADE President Donald Trump. Image courtesy of C-SPAN President Trump surprised both sides of the political aisle during his [...]
A Dog Whistle Is a Dog Whistle Is a Dog Whistle
BY SUSAN HOROWITZ We started penning this week's op-ed last Thursday when the sad and horrific arson attack on a Jackson LGBT couple took their home and five [...]
A New Rainbow in the Sky
She was the LGBT community's very own Mahalia Jackson. Rev. Delores Berry was a traveling evangelist who crisscrossed the country – and indeed the world – [...]
Hundreds Gather in Ferndale to Stand up for Love, Share Ideas
Over 500 people packed the First United Methodist Church of Ferndale and the lawn in front overlooking Woodward Ave. Sunday evening to share a message of love [...]
LGBT Groups Condemn White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE White nationalists march in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. Photo courtesy of Charles Butler LGBT rights groups [...]
ACLU Sues Metro to Reinstate Ads for Milo, Others
Metro yanked ads for Milo Yiannopoulos's book. Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court [...]
Jackson LGBTQ Leader Loses Home, Pets to Arson
Update: On Aug. 14, director of police and fire service in the city of Jackson, Elmer Hitt, confirmed the fire, which started near the front door, is arson. [...]
Couple Shares Passion for Health, Comfort Food & Community
BY DAVID RYALS Co-owners Erika Boyd, executive chef, and Kirsten Ussery-Boyd, general manager, have established one of the most beloved vegan restaurants in [...]
Ferndale Mayor to Run Unopposed Again
Dave Coulter's political career dates back some 15 years. Coulter was elected as an openly gay man to the Oakland County Commission in 2002, defeating a [...]
