National And State LGBT Orgs Urge Caution On 2016 Ballot Initiative
BY AJ Trager LANSING – On Oct. 30, Dana Nessel, one of four attorneys in the Michigan same-sex marriage case for DeBoer v. Snyder, announced a new bipartisan [...]
Affirmations Launches New Leadership Development Institute For LGBT Professionals
FERNDALE – Affirmations is gearing up to launch a new leadership development program in 2016 called the Leadership Exploration and Development Institute, [...]
Book With Gay Character Banned From Monroe Book Fair
BY BTL STAFF MONROE – The lastest installment of the popular "Captain Underpants" series by author Dav Pilkey has been banned from the Arborwood Elementary [...]
Sistrum Seeks New Artistic Director
BY BTL STAFF Sistrum, Lansing Womens Chorus, is a WITA day stage standard. [...]
Five Dow Leaders Named To 'OUTstanding in Business' List
MIDLAND, Mich. – In recognition of their efforts to champion lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in the workplace, five executives and leaders [...]
Siver Seeks Mayoral Office Via The High Road
SOUTHFIELD – What was supposed to be a routine afternoon fundraiser for a local politician instead became an animated discussion on slurs and the vandalism [...]
Documentary On LGBT Seniors To Play In Dearborn
BY BTL STAFF The University of Michigan-Dearborn College of Education, Health and Human Services, in partnership with the LGBT Older Adult Coalition/SAGE Metro [...]
EMU Launches Equality Knowledge Project 2015-2016 Speaker Series
BY AJ TRAGER YPSILANTI – Eastern Michigan University will kick off its six-part Equality Knowledge Project Speaker Series Oct. 26 with a presentation on the [...]
EMU OUTober Display Found Vandalized
BY BTL STAFF YPSILANTI – The LGBT Resource Center at Eastern Michigan University found its Pride flag installation vandalized just days after the center held [...]
Hearing Rescheduled For Love V Johnson
DETROIT – A hearing date has been reset for Nov. 4 in the case of Love v. Johnson, a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Michigan against the state of Michigan [...]
StoryCorps To Record LGBT Stories In West Michigan
BY BTL STAFF KALAMAZOO – In partnership with WMUK, a Michigan Public Radio affiliate, and the Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center, StoryCorps will [...]
Trans And Being Denied Health Care? Contact The ACLU Of Michigan
The ACLU wants to hear from members of the trans community who are being denied coverage for transition services, including hormone therapy and gender [...]
