One Year Later, Pulse Shooting Underscores Challenges of Extremism
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Experts say national security lessons are still unheeded one year after the Pulse shooting. Photo courtesy Myspace Ahead of [...]
Planned Parenthood Receives Donation from Local Marathon Runner
BY ZOE MEGGERT On May 13, Sam Kremke completed the Addison Oaks Challenge marathon. "Completed" is putting it lightly – Kremke came in rst with a time of 3 [...]
Ruth Ellis Center to Award Lily Tomlin at Annual VOICES Gala
Lily Tomlin, the award-winning actor and comedienne, has been selected by the Ruth Ellis Center to receive its inaugural Ruth Ellis Legacy Award at its annual [...]
Historic Flag Raising Event Honors Symbol of LGBTQ Rights
The rainbow flag, raised in the city of Detroit for the first time, will fly in Hart Plaza during LGBTQ Pride Month in June. Facebook photo As a gay man who [...]
7th Annual Ferndale Pride Celebrates LGBTQ Community
BY BTL STAFF 123456789101112ÔÑÑÔÑÖ BTL Photos: Andrew Potter and Kate Opalewski In case you missed it, or for those who want to relive it, take a [...]
Affirmations Appoints New President of the Board, Announces 2017 Board of Directors
Affirmations in Ferndale announced the election of new officers and members to the LGBTQ community center's board of directors on May 24 including new [...]
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Comes to Royal Oak
The late John Michael Easley. Photos courtesy of Joan Harrison Staff members at Transcendence Behavioral Health in Royal Oak will host the "Always in Our [...]
Trump Scraps Tradition, Declines to Issue Pride Proclamation
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE President Donald Trump has not issued a Pride proclamation at the start of June. Washington Blade photo by Michael [...]
Grosse Pointe Hosts Inaugural Pride March
BY BTL STAFF There's a new community-based organization committed to resisting any erosion of civil and human rights, and to promoting local, state and [...]
OU to Take Part in Upcoming LGBTQIA-friendly Events
BY SEAN DELANEY Photo courtesy of OU As part of its Out on Campus Initiative, representatives from Oakland University will be participating in two of [...]
7th Circuit Affirms Bathroom Access for Trans Student
The 7th Circuit has affirmed bathroom access for Ashton Whitaker, shown here with his mother. Photo courtesy Transgender Law Center In another legal decision [...]
Democratic Legislators Say 'We Will Not Tolerate Discrimination in Michigan'
State Rep. Jon Hoadley (D-Kalamazoo) says it's time for Michigan to step up and provide statewide protections to its LGBTQ citizens and encourages Republicans [...]
