2015 Transgender Day Of Remembrance
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT – Once a year lesbian, gay and bisexual members of the LGBT community are called upon to stand in solidarity with the trans community and [...]
An Open Letter To Dana Nessel, From The Transgender Community of Michigan
A man urges people to vote against the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance outside an early voting center in Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. The broad measure [...]
News Analysis: The Pre-ballot Battle
Dana Nessel Two weeks ago Dana Nessel, the attorney who first brought the DeBoer case — one of four marriage cases decided by the Supreme Court in June which [...]
Refusal of Service: Surprising Results Stem From Marriage Nondiscrimination Study
BY AJ TRAGER Landon Schnabel is a Ph.D. candiate at Indiana University. He presented his talk on the comparison of refusal of services to interracial couples [...]
Show Us Your Left Behind, Mary!
Parting Glances About 137 years before Good Ol' Charlie Brown waited hopefully on Halloween Night for the Great Pumpkin to appear, William Miller, a Baptist [...]
Federal Judge Says Love v Johnson Will Move Forward
DETROIT – A federal lawsuit filed by six transgender plaintiffs against Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson will continue after Federal Judge Nancy [...]
Nearly 500 Dems Gather To Hear Castro, Others
Nearly 500 Democrats and supporters gathered in the first major fundraising event in West Michigan Saturday night to hear Julian Castro, the Secretary of [...]
Trans Sistas Of Color Project Launches With First Event, Outlines Plans
The Trans Sistas of Color Project hosted their first event last week in the form of the Detroit premiere of the web series Edens Garden, which features an all [...]
Southfield Swears In First Gay Mayor
BY AJ TRAGER SOUTHFIELD – After a tiring campaign and a win earlier this month at the ballot box, Kenson Siver, the first openly-gay mayor of Southfield, [...]
West Michigan Man Rejected As Organ Donor Because He's Gay
GRAND RAPIDS – A gay man on the west side of the state seeking to donate one of his kidneys to a child in need has been rejected as a possible candidate due [...]
2015 Election Results
BY AJ Trager Michigan voters came out to the polls Nov. 3 to vote on a number of proposals and elected official positions. Based on the results of the vote, [...]
Committee Votes State Will Pay For Same-Sex Marriage Fight, Not Schuette
BY BTL STAFF LANSING – The state House Appropriations Committee voted directly on party lines Nov. 5 in favor of Attorney General Bill Schuette's Legislative [...]
