Mayors Against LGBT Discrimination Roster Climbs to Nearly 200 in 43 States
BY BTL STAFF In advance of Friday's inauguration, 175 mayors across the country announced "Mayors Against LGBT Discrimination," a broad-based, nonpartisan [...]
OU Film Festival Explores Trans Visibility
Aiden Ramirez-Tatum, Morgan Shaw-Andrade and Dr. Kathleen Battles were panelists at the the 33rd Annual Women and Gender Studies Film Festival on Jan. 21 at [...]
Two Men Charged for LGBTQ Hate Crimes in Separate Incidents
BY BTL STAFF A 26-year-old Detroit man, Jason Hogan, has been charged after shooting a transgender woman. From Jan. 13-22, an investigation by Detroit Police [...]
Women's March in Lansing Joins 600 Communities Worldwide Jan. 21
Photo from dome of state capitol building courtesy of House Democratic Leader Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) As a million women, men and children marched in the [...]
Women's March Recap
11,000 People In Ann Arbor Janet Osborn of Ann Arbor, 65, recalled protesting in 1963 with her mother in support of Selma during the civil rights movement. [...]
Janis Ian's Stream of Consciousness
BY BTL STAFF Janis Ian – songwriter, performer, and author with nine Grammy nominations – has received national attention for her recent commentary on current [...]
KGLRC Announces REACH Award Recipients
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LGBT Non-Discrimination Ordinance Advances in Jackson
BY BTL STAFF Photo courtesy of Nathan Triplett, EQMI JACKSON – More than 400 people came to the Jackson City Council Meeting on Tuesday night in support of [...]
Trans Position
Across 1 Whale's "The Man in the Iron ___ " 5 Some writers work on it 9 DeGeneres voice role 13 "The African Queen" author 14 Spanish cooking pot 15 "June Is [...]
Equality Michigan Elects New Board Leadership
BY BTL STAFF LANSING – Equality Michigan today announced its board leadership for 2017 with AT&T Michigan president, Jim Murray, elected chair of its [...]
Transforming Minds One Truth at a Time: Comedian Ian Harvie on How 'We're All Trans'
Photo: SEESO For Ian Harvie, it's not about earning the title of "first trans person in the world with a one-hour standup special." Though that's a tag the FTM [...]
Trump Spokesman: Fate of LGBT Nondiscrimination Order Uncertain
BY BTL STAFF Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, said today he isn't sure if the new president will repeal or maintain President Obama's executive [...]
