S.P.I.C.E. to host film and meet and greet as part of HTJ
As part of Hotter Than July 2008, local LGBT group Sistahs Providing Intelligence, Creativity and Empowerment (S.P.I.C.E.) will be hosting a Film Festival [...]
Second parent adoption bill dead, supporters say
LANSING – Supporters of a bill to expand adoption rights to unmarried couples has died in the state House, reports Penny Gardner, director of the Coalition [...]
Working together is more than just a good idea
Hamtramck has nothing to be worried about. Yes, its ordinance protecting people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender expression or [...]
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte "Candy Everybody Wants," by Josh Kilmer-Purcell. Harper Perennial, 288 pages, $13 paper. Jayson Blocher – the "y" added for style – yearns [...]
Jackson Native Confronts Bigotry in Delaware Church
Bruce and Chuck Mead-e in their Georgetown, Delaware home. Photo courtesy of the couple Charles Mead-e collected more than 13,000 signatures two years before [...]
Michigan Couples Reflect During Two-Year Anniversary of Marriage Equality
Candice and Renee Coschino of Clinton Township While there is much to celebrate about being LGBTQ, recent Supreme Court actions show that the fight for LGBTQ [...]
Personalization Prevails and Traditions Get A Twist Among Same-Sex Weddings
BY BTL STAFF June 26 marked the two years since the historic Supreme Court ruling that the U.S. Constitution guarantees rights to same-sex marriage. In [...]
Marriage Strengthens Couple's Love During Flint's Water Crisis
BY JIQUANDA JOHNSON Tia and KB Ivory were married on Sept. 23, 2016 in Flint. Photo courtesy of the Ivory couple It's fall 2016 and C'Aira "KB" Ivory realizes [...]
Unconditional Love Trumps Prejudice
Jason Ripley and Jason Karoumy were married on October 24, 2015. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey McIntyre Fine Art Photography & Design Jason Karoumy will never [...]
Alan Cumming makes mischief in new kids' flick
He's here, he's queer, he's in kids' movies. No, we're not talking about SpongeBob SquarePants, we're talking about Alan Cumming. After much success in films [...]
Author goes 'beyond' the hype in new book about the down low
You're probably tired of hearing about it by now. In fact, you may be sick of it. Keith Boykin is, too. But his reasons for being over the "down low" [...]
Asians & Friends hosts tsunami relief benefit for Habitat for Humanity International
FERNDALE – Asians & Friends, a social support group founded in 1998 for gay/bisexual Asian men and their friends, is hosting a tsunami relief fundraiser [...]
