Viewpoint: Funding Priorities
By Ellen Cogen Lipton I love the Fourth of July. I always participate in parades alongside local and federal officials and spend my evening with family and [...]
2012 Elections, GoProud
Compiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "Now that the President has personally endorsed marriage equality, his own victory or loss in the election will be [...]
An Olympic moment
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith Transmission On the 27th of July, in London, the Games of the XXX Olympiad will begin. It will be the usual mix of pageantry, [...]
Pages past tense #14
Parting Glances I celebrated my 21st birthday in 1957 with my first partner Ernie Gilbert at the Flame Show Baron Brush Street, in the heart of Detroit's [...]
Were any of you at the capitol steps this week? What do you think they're saying about Michigan in other states?
Heard on Facebook Right now we can't say anything because we can't catch our breath from laughing at you. -Joseph Franco I sincerely hope you mean that you [...]
Bigotry and the Boy Scouts
ompiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "What I said while I was mayor … I was in a business meeting, I come from a business perspective … I said that I would [...]
Checks and balances
By Eric Rader Speak Out While President Obama's recent statement of support for same-sex marriage was welcome news, the legal and political reality is that [...]
Joe Haveman
Creep of the Week You know, if you would have asked me a year ago what the most terrible state in the nation for lesbians or gays I would not have said [...]
No believe it or why not?
Parting Glances It's 5:30 Friday afternoon. Thinking of BTL co-publishers Jan and Susan in Washington, D.C., I iPhone text a simple message of sharing: [...]
Puzzling out the Phelpsians
By Leslie Robinson General Gayety Some people argue that the best way to handle the ever-present, ever-protesting members of the Westboro Baptist Church is [...]
