Roz Gould Keith Receives Diversity Champion Award
A Diversity Champion, according to the Race Relations & Diversity Task Force, leads by celebrating racial, ethnic or other diversity and also by [...]
Equity Theatre Group Gives Back to HIV/AIDS Organizations
caption: Back Row Left to Right: Jewish Ensemble Theatre Production Stage Manager Harold Jurkiewicz, HELP-Corktown Health Center Chief Development Officer [...]
Trump Blasted for Silence on Gay Atrocities #EyesOnChechnya
BY KAREN OCAMB, LOS ANGELES BLADE On the steps of Los Angeles City Hall Lorri Jean, CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, Los Angeles City Council member Paul [...]
49 House Members Urge HHS to Restore LGBT Questions to Elder Survey
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) is calling for the restorations of LGBT questions in an elder survey. Photo public domain A group [...]
Federal Court Orders Trump to Produce Giuliani Travel Ban Memo
BY BTL STAFF In response to a recent joint lawsuit filed by the Arab American Civil Rights League, the ACLU of Michigan and others, a federal judge on May 11 [...]
DNC Hires First Lesbian CEO, Former Head of EMILY's List
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE The DNC hired Jess OConnell as chief executive officer. Photo courtesy DNC The Democratic National Committee has for the [...]
State Admits Error, Retracts Letters Demanding Same-Sex Married Couples Pay More In Taxes
BY JAN STEVENSON Around 130 same-sex married couples recently received threatening letters from the Michigan State Department of Treasury demanding an [...]
Brownstown Couple Receives Creating Hope Award for Fostering Children
Pictured from left to right in top row: son-in-law Ryan Costella, Lauren Costella, 24 with Paityn Dixon, 2; Shelly Taylor; McKenna Dixon, 3; Lori Dixon; [...]
David Rosenberg, Longtime BTL Distributor, Retires
David Rosenberg's involvement with Between The Lines dates back to 1993 when there was no LGBT newspaper in circulation in Michigan. There had been LGBT [...]
Lesbian and Transgender Moms Changing the Face of Motherhood
Jonica and Nkenge Burkhead of Hazel Park with their children, Patric, 9, and Johan, 2. Mother's Day is an opportunity to recognize the growing profile of [...]
Family Matters: Legal Issues for Same-Sex Parents
The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark marriage equality decision in Obergefell v. Hodges removed barriers to the adoption process for same-sex married couples. But [...]
Kevin Heard Makes Top 'Twenty in Their 20s' List
photo: S1M9_Kevin_2519.jpg One of this year's top 20 millennials influencing progress in Southeast Michigan is a member of the LGBT community. Kevin Heard is [...]
