Ferndale diner gets LGBT raves
BY SHARON GITTLEMAN FERNDALE – It's not often you find a poem taking center stage on a diner's menu. It's even rarer for that poem to welcome LGBT people to [...]
Gay man named Royal Oak business leader of the year
By Sharon Gittleman ROYAL OAK – No one was more stunned to learn LGBT activist Jim Domanski was named the Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce's "Businessperson of [...]
Gays work behind the scenes at the auto show
By Sharon Gittleman DETROIT – Gay car, truck and SUV designers, engineers and dealers helped put the Motor City on the manufacturing map. LGBT contributions [...]
Getting stronger and better
January weather did not deter over two hundred people last Wednesday from showing up to greet returning state legislators in Lansing. They were there to remind [...]
LAAN names new board
LANSING – Five new board members have joined the Lansing Area AIDS Network:Cindy E. Faulkner, an Assistant Professor at Cooley Law School who teaches in the [...]
LGBT activists unite at WSU panel
DETROIT – The Michigan LGBT community is more united, more organized and more battle tested after the stunning loss suffered on Proposal 2 in the November [...]
Reel Pride reviews
BTL's Assistant Editor D'Anne Witkowski takes a look at three of the highly anticipated film festival's offerings. For more info visit ReelPrideMichigan.com. [...]
Two steps forward
By Dawn Wolfe LANSING – How can a Michigan lesbian or gay worker protect him or herself from being fired because of his or her sexual orientation? Join a [...]
TransGender Michigan receives its first grant
By Dawn Wolfe SWARTZ CREEK – On Jan. 11, the Arcus Foundation, which awards grants to LGBT service and advocacy organizations, announced that it would be [...]
We're Golden
"Anti-gay right-wingers can flap their wrists in worry all they want about Hollywood's supposed homosexual agenda, but it's nice to see middle America paying [...]
A season for giving
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith They say the holidays are the season of giving, yet many transfolks will go wanting this year. For some transgender folks, the holiday [...]
Ask the Debt Free Diva
By Dee Dee Sung Call 248-205-1453 to open a "Paramount Partners Line" Checking or Savings Account by By Jan. 20 and receive a copy of Dee Dee Sung's book "The [...]
