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 [...]
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 [...]
Ask Lambda Legal: Transgender Health Care
By M. Dru Levasseur, Esq., Transgender Rights Project Director for Lambda Legal Dear Ask Lambda Legal, I have put off going to the doctor's office for a long [...]
BTL Editorial: Snyder And GOP Abandon LGBT Equality - Again
By BTL Staff Governor Rick Snyder and the GOP legislative leadership abandoned the LGBT community last week when they could not muster even one co-sponsor of [...]
Transmissions: School Days
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Summer is quickly turning to autumn, and the only proof of this beyond the local coffee shop pulling out their pumpkin spice is the [...]
BTL Endorses Schauer For Governor
By BTL Staff With Labor Day behind us, we can expect to be bombarded with political ads, emails and robo-calls. It's so easy to become numb, to tune out – to [...]
Transmissions: Where We Cross
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith A few months back I found myself speaking at a Transgender Day of Remembrance event in Northern California. As the event was breaking up [...]
Letter: Tobacco Use And Prevention In LGBT Community Needs More Attention
By Ryan Stabler With the recent death of Hall-of-Fame baseball player Tony Gwynn due to tobacco-related oral cancer, the public is talking more about the harms [...]
Equality Michigan Stands With Allies: Seeking Full Inclusion
Emily Dievendorf, executive director of Equality Michigan On July 28th Zoe Steinfield, a transwoman activist and Emily Dievendorf, of Equality Michigan, [...]
It Doesn't Have To Be 'Michigan Versus LGBT People'
A Schauer/Totten/Peters leadership team would work towards enacting basic civil rights protections in employment, housing, public accommodations and family [...]
Viewpoint: Boycott MichFest Till Trans Inclusion A Reality
By Zoe Steinfield Camp Trans organizers from 2006 Our culture hates transgender women like me. If a TV is on I can expect to be demeaned as disturbing and [...]
