West Michigan Activist To Begin Trans Advocacy Project
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT – West Michigan activist and trans advocate Amy Hunter has joined the ACLU of Michigan and begun her work with the Trans Advocacy [...]
Second Trans Woman Of Color Shot In Detroit This Week
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT – A trans woman of color has sustained minor injuries after being shot Aug. 11 in Detroit. A trans woman of color was hospitalized this [...]
Anti-Gay State Lawmakers Caught In Sex Scandal, Refuse To Resign
In this Jan. 14, 2015 photo, Rep. Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, and Rep Todd Courser, R-Lapeer wave to reporters in the House of Representatives in Lansing. A [...]
Anti-Gay Politicians To Be Investigated By State House For Affair And Cover-Up
Despite having introduced legislation to "protect traditional marriage," State Rep. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, was also struggling to hide his own marital [...]
Agema's Sex Education Folly
Former Michigan State Representative and GOP National Committeeman Dave Agema wants the national governing body to approve a resolution calling for "truth in [...]
Feds Release Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy
The federal government announced last week that it will push for universal access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as well as full viral suppression of all [...]
Q&A: Director Xavier Dolan On Why You Shouldn't Call His New Film A 'Gay Thriller,' Directing Kathy Bates & Susan Sarandon
Photo: Shayne Laverdiere Xavier Dolan is fulminating against the gay tag that typically accompanies his revered art films. Though indies such as "Laurence [...]
Michigan Pride To Feature Gay Country Star, CeCe Peniston And More
BY BTL STAFF LANSING – Michigan Pride 2015 will be held Aug. 28-29 in Lansing. This year will be the 26th Annual Michigan Pride celebration and will consist [...]
Michigan's cost in defending marriage ban
If the legal team that represented April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse prevails, the state of Michigan will be on the line to pay them nearly $2 million in fees. The [...]
MotorBall 2015 A Huge Success
By BTL Staff MotorBall, a Geared for Life event that returned for its second year on June 6 under Michigan AIDS Coalition management, raised a record amount [...]
Same-Sex-Attracted' Catholic Group Falls Far Short Of Welcome, Fortunate Families Detroit Says
BY BTL STAFF PLYMOUTH – Fortunate Families Detroit, a group of Roman Catholic parents and allies of LGBTQ people, will hold a Prayer Walk from 7:30-9 a.m. on [...]
Transgender Pride In The Park Will Feature Founders' Wedding Reception
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE – Transgender Michigan will host the 2015 celebration of Transgender Pride in the Park at noon on Aug. 8 in Ferndale's Donald Red Geary [...]
