Creep of the Week: Ben Shapiro
I don't usually read Breitbart.com because Andrew Breitbart is dead, and I don't believe in ghosts. However, Media Matters steered me there to feast upon an [...]
Parting Glances: Hick's Oval Office Lavender
It was during a rainy October night 82 years ago aboard a 20th Century Limited train returning to Washington, D.C. that the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and [...]
From Dreams to Action: Economic Empowerment As A Social Justice Tool
During the week of Sept. 24-27, I attended the National Black Justice Coalition's "Annual Black LGBT Leadership Summit: Out on the Hill" in Washington D.C. [...]
Creep of the Week: Peter LaBarbera
Gay people. They're just like Nazis, amirite? What with their Pride parades and their drag queens and their wanting to get married and their Broadway musicals [...]
Known Homosexuals' I Love
A picture of the late Barbara Gittings has been in my collection of top five favorite photos for decades. You can find a snap of it in this issue of BTL on [...]
Parting Glances: Were You Ever 'Known'?
Just a few generations ago, the term homosexual was often qualified by adjectives. Alleged. Avowed. Rumored. Known! The descriptions were used by cautious [...]
Creep of the Week: Sean Hannity
By now you've heard of Adrian Peterson, the professional footballer charged with child abuse. The case has ignited a national debate about spanking and what [...]
Parting Glances: 10 M For 1 And All...
My friend Jon Strand is a pointillist artist. His art consists of near-micro dots of ink coloration, layer upon layer upon layer. It's no exaggeration that Jon [...]
Viewpoint: America's Domestic War
By Lev Raphael Washington is suddenly having second thoughts about its giant giveaway of military grade equipment to local police forces. But it may be too [...]
As Heard On Facebook
By BTL Staff Now that the governor's race is heating up, people are making their voices heard on Facebook. Governor Synder has been the direct target for [...]