Viewpoint: I'm Michigan; I'm You
By Davis Nicholas I'm from Michigan, the land of General Motors. I grew up along I-75, right between Saginaw and Flint, where more families than not were part [...]
Creep of the Week: Racism
Oh, hey guys. I was just surfing the Interwebs looking for anti-gay idiots I can write snarky comments about. But then I read that Darren Wilson — you know, [...]
One Moment In Time With Leslie Feinberg
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith Let me set the scene. It was early in the autumn of 1998. I was at the Southern Comfort Conference, a large transgender-themed [...]
Parting Glances: Pilgrim Stuffing, Anyone?
DRUMSTICK #1: If you're looking for a ploy to come out to your family this Thanksgiving, you might casually remark that according to "Biological Exuberance" by [...]
Turning Remembrance Into Action
By Carmen Garcia In observation of Transgender Day of Remembrance, a service was held at Central United Methodist Church in Detroit last Friday evening. When [...]
All Or Nothing When It Comes To Civil Rights
BY JAY KAPLAN Last week, a Republican-sponsored bill was introduced that would amend our state's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination [...]
An Open Letter to Married People Who Oppose Marriage Equality
BY JENNIFER MIRACLE-BEST To Those Who Have Concerned Themselves with Other People's Right to Marry: I'm a fairly reasonable person. In fact, I would imagine [...]
Ask Lambda Legal: Veteran's Marriage Benefits
By Susan Sommer Dear Ask Lambda Legal: I'm a married U.S. Army veteran and living in Arkansas. We're wondering about spousal benefits for same-sex partners. I [...]
BTL EDITORIAL: Bolger And Murray On The Wrong Side Of History
Out-going Speaker of the House Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) and openly gay President of AT&T Michigan Jim Murray have been pushing for an exclusionary [...]
Creep of the Week: Jase Bolger
In Michigan, where I live, it is perfectly legal to fire someone for being gay. Or for being lesbian, bisexual or transgender, for that matter. For years, [...]
