Johnny Jenkins Leaves Affirmations, Opens Dessert Shop
Photo Caption: Johnny Jenkins (right) and his partner Frederick Douglas have started a gourmet dessert business called Creme Detroipolis. (BTL photo: Jason A. [...]
Possible Violent Hate Crime Against Ypsilanti Man
BY BTL STAFF YPSILANTI – The Washtenaw County Sheriff's department believes that an Ypsilanti man who was assaulted and robbed May 25 could have been targeted [...]
Queering The House
State House Reps. Jeremy Moss and Jon Hoadley assumed office in January. BTL photo: Rita Deibler LANSING – Every Michigander is given 525,600 minutes to [...]
Kalamazoo Pride Preview
BY BTL STAFF KALAMAZOO – Kalamazoo Pride begins June 12, a two-day pride event celebrating the LGBT community and the many steps taken towards full [...]
Study To Examine Experiences Of Trans Discrimination In Southwest Michigan
BY AJ TRAGER KALAMAZOO – A Western Michigan University Ph.D. student is seeking participants for dissertation research on transgender people's [...]
Study: Early Initiation Of HIV Treatment Dramatically Reduces AIDS, Other Adverse Events
Scientists ended a multi-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, 18 months early because it showed those who started anti-HIV therapies [...]
Transgender Day Of Empowerment Exhilarates Crowd
FERNDALE – About 80 people braved the rains and came out for the seventh annual Transgender Day of Empowerment on Sunday. The conference, which was sponsored [...]
Presidential Proclamation - LGBT Pride Month, 2015
By Barack Obama, President of the United States of America From the moment our Nation first came together to declare the fundamental truth that all men are [...]
Annual Planting Event Comes To Woodward
BY BTL STAFF BIRMINGHAM – The Woodward Avenue Action Association will host their Fourth Annual Sunflower Gardens on Woodward event in hopes of beautifying the [...]
Anti-Gay Midland Minister Caught On Grindr, Quickly Resigns
MIDLAND – A minister known to have made anti-gay remarks was outed last week after being caught on gay hookup app Grindr. Rev. Matthew Makela, an associate [...]
Being The Authentic 'You' At Trans Day Of Empowerment
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE – The Gender-Identity Network Alliance (GNA, pronounced "Gina") will hold its annual Transgender Day of Empowerment on May 31, following [...]
Calling All LGBT Couples
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT – Motor City Pride is just one week away and Affirmations, FCA US and FIAT Brand want all LGBT couples in the state to be a part of [...]
