Time works its magic
Nothing makes our week here at BTL fly by faster than some good news. The vote in the Massachusetts legislature last week to uphold same-sex marriage was [...]
World record: 3 million march in Sao Paulo
Three million people took part in the 11th gay pride parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 10, making it easily the world's largest such parade ever. The [...]
Party turns into pain for Detroit woman
Dear Jody I really don't have anyone to talk about this, so I'd appreciate some guidance, please. (I am changing the names of each person to protect their [...]
Confessions Of A Shot Boy: Turning geria-tricks
By Albert Paris Every Thursday, Menjo's hosts college night. It's the one night out of the week where hundreds of 20-somethings come together to dance and blow [...]
Q Puzzle: Til Death Do Us Part
June 11, 2007 Across 1 Treats for Rizzo at the Frosty Palace 6 Very top 10 Prick 14 Carpet layer's calculations 15 Billy of "Cleopatra" (1999) 16 Crack the [...]
Between The Lines communications with Tyler Whitney
BTL Capitol Correspondent Todd Heywood contacted Tyler Whitney via phone on June 6, 2007. After identifying himself and telling Whitney he was calling about [...]
Conservative activist coming out
Capitol Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. – An 18-year-old leader of Young Americans for Freedom and a conservative campaign operative is coming out of the [...]
Democratic Presidential debate has surprise sluggers
By Lisa Keen When it came to gay issues, the surprise sluggers in Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate were not among the top three polling Democrats. [...]
Council of Europe head blasts gay-bashing nations
by Rex Wockner The secretary general of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis, says "Europe is often more tolerant of homophobes than [of] their victims." "Sexual [...]
EDITORIAL: Pride and leadership
For the twenty thousand people attending Motor City Pride this past Sunday, the crowds were smaller, but peoples' spirits throughout were never higher. In [...]
Lesbian runs for Japanese parliament
by Rex Wockner Japan's largest opposition party has selected lesbian Kanako Otsuji as a proportional-representation candidate for the National Diet's House of [...]
N.Z. civil-union figures released
by Rex Wockner Statistics New Zealand reports there were 430 civil-union registrations last year. There were 397 registrations by New Zealand couples and 33 by [...]