18th annual Creating Change conference Nov. 9-13
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman OAKLAND, Ca. – Creating Change, the annual conference sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, will be held Nov. 9-13 in [...]
Ladies Preferred debuts in Detroit Nov. 6
DETROIT – From the producers of the hit musical Gentlemen Preferred, Kick – the agency for LGBT African Americans presents a new musical of love songs by women [...]
LAHR PRISM Award winners 2005
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING – The Lansing Association for Human Rights held its 2005 Prism on Oct. 12 at the Temple Club. According to the [...]
Godmothers make second visit to Katrina victims; collect donations for third
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman COMMERCE, Mich. – Vicky Lewis, co-founder and current president of the charitable group the Godmothers, was a busy woman when BTL [...]
Poll: Michigan voters support DP benefits
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING – A new poll by Lansing-based EPIC/MRA shows 47 percent of Michigan voters support a court ruling that allows governments and [...]
Speaker series offers relationship support in Grand Rapids
By Tom Fleischmann GRAND RAPIDS – After seeing all of the increased news coverage about gay and lesbian relationships in the past few years, Jim Lucas became [...]
Two steps forward in Michigan
It is an exciting time to be living in Michigan. The "right wing nuts," as conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks likes to refer to the radical [...]
Detroit's mayor race offers no good choice
LGBT voters in Detroit are faced with an uninspiring choice in the upcoming mayoral election in Detroit. BTL interviewed incumbent Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in [...]
A good time for gay business
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman They're gay. They're in business. And they're proud of both. That's the message being sent by two new SE Michigan organizations that [...]
Ann Arbor LGBT community joins with Habitat for Humanity
ANN ARBOR – A diverse group of people from the Washtenaw County LGBT and allied community is organizing with a goal of building a Habitat for Humanity house [...]
HRC 2005 Corporate Equality Index features the best, worst of business
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman WASHINGTON – There is much good news for equal rights supporters in the 2005 Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, which [...]
Getting out of the rat race
By Alan Semonian Wow! Finally a game has been invented to teach people something they never learn in school: how to get out of the rat race. A couple weeks [...]
