Michigan Clergy Prepare For LGBT Weddings In Upcoming Workshop
BY BTL STAFF LANSING – In preparation for the U.S. Supreme Court decision this June on same-sex marriage, clergy in Michigan will gather in East Lansing April [...]
Michigan's Musical Lesbian Love Story
BY AJ TRAGER ANN ARBOR – A University of Michigan professor has begun the editing phase of his full length feature film. The movie, filmed, directed, written [...]
Policing Gender And Sexuality In 2015
BY AJ TRAGER Dani Woods, the LGBT liaison for the Detroit Police Department. Photo: AJ Trager DETROIT – Historically, the LGBT community has had a long and [...]
Pride Night At Detroit Tigers Planned
By BTL Staff DETROIT — Just in time for Pride, the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce will host a Pride Night at an upcoming Tigers game in June. Two [...]
The 2016 Presidential Campaign Shapes Up As Exciting One For LGBT People
By Lisa Keen ? The 2016 presidential campaign is shaping up to be a particularly exciting and meaningful one for LGBT people. Here are just a few reasons [...]
The 2016 Presidential Campaign Shapes Up As Exciting One for LGBT People
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service The 2016 presidential campaign is shaping up to be a particularly exciting and meaningful one for LGBT people. Here are just a [...]
Dievendorf Leaves Equality Michigan
For the fifth time in less than a decade, Equality Michigan is without an executive director. Last week, Emily Dievendorf left the organization. She has led [...]
First Michigan Same-Sex Couple To Receive Pension Benefits
BY AJ TRAGER Kate Wade and Eileen Brandies, one of the 323 couples married on March 22, 2014, hiking near Lake Louise in Canada. ANN ARBOR — "It was the first [...]
Neighborhood Activists Fight Post Office Discrimination
BY AJ TRAGER Theodore Washington II and James Lawson outside their home in west Detroit, posing in front of a heart they created from natural debris found [...]
Newborn Girl Experiences Religious Discrimination
BY AJ TRAGER BTL Photo: AJ Trager OAK PARK — Bay Windsor Contreras was just 6 days old when she experienced her first instance of discrimination. While she [...]
Affirmations Is Hiring
BY BTL STAFF FERNDALE — Two full-time positions have opened up at Affirmations in Ferndale. The LGBT community center is looking to fill two full-time [...]
Local Pizza Lovers Start Fundraiser
A new online fundraiser by the LGBT community has been launched in direct response to recent news that a pizza restaurant in Indiana, Memories Pizza, has [...]
