BTL Editorial: Gov. Snyder: The Time To Talk Is Over
Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has made a political career treading carefully on the edges of controversy. Rarely does he tip his hat and tell the [...]
Transmissions: Meanness And Meaning
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith We are living in very mean times. The news is filled with police assaults and murders of people of color. Congress is continuing to try [...]
Marriage Equality And Judge Sutton's Hero Analysis
By Christine A. Yared In April 2015, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments of an appeal of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in [...]
Transmissions: The Real Predators
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith After five hours of public comments that often proved contentious, Charlotte, North Carolina voted down a non-discrimination ordinance [...]
Local, Global Jewel: Freedom House Detroit
By TJ Rogers John's 12-hour shift ended, and he changed out of his uniform. He exchanged "good nights" with his co-workers and headed out a side door. It was [...]
Disconnecting In Order To Reconnect To What Matters
We have become so connected by text, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and all the rest, that sometimes we, myself included, forget about personal contacts. I've [...]
Funding Marriage Equality Right Now
By Keith Orr To all the same-sex couples who got married last March 22, and all the same-sex couples who have gotten married out-of-state, and all the same-sex [...]
Transmissions: Restroom Realities
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Being transgender means having to hurdle over challenges that few others face, all for the sake of being one's true self. Perhaps the [...]
BTL Editorial: Net Neutrality Is A Queer Issue
Last week, the FCC voted to approve a new set of rules which would allow the agency to regulate the internet as many other essential utilities are regulated. [...]
Ask Lambda Legal: Discrimination As Religion
By Jennifer Pizer Q: I was reading about a bakery that didn't want to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because it goes against the baker's religion. Can't [...]
Equity In The Doctor's Office
BY Dana Rudolph A news story has been circulating about a Michigan pediatrician who, "after much prayer," refused to care for a newborn because the baby had [...]
Creating Change 2015: A Black Lesbian Intersectional Account (KICK)
By Rhiannon Chester I had the opportunity to attend the 27th National Conference on LGBTQ Equality: Creating Change in Denver, Colorado with the staff at LGBT [...]
