Virtual panel discussion tackles HIV criminalization
Some of the world's top experts on the issue of HIV criminalization will participate in an online panel discussion Monday Feb. 7 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. [...]
Dear person(s) who steal BTL from public places
BTL photo: Tara Cavanaugh We hope that stealing stacks of BTL newspapers gives you the same rush of excitement that our thousands of dear readers feel when [...]
National Prayer Breakfast prompts protests
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Prayer Breakfast today was met with protests because the main sponsor of the breakfast, The Family, is accused of sponsoring [...]
Cocktail Chatter: The Virtue of Pricey Liquor
by Ed Sikov "You drink too much." This was Dan's opener at dinner the night after I passed out from too many Old Fashioneds. I reacted with instant hostility, [...]
HUD proposes housing protections for LGBT people
WASHINGTON–The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Jan. 20 proposed housing-related regulatory changes explicitly protecting lesbian, [...]
Switch-a-roo: Covey and Coulter trade places
Craig Covey, left, and Dave Coulter switch jobs. BTL photo: Crystal A. Proxmire. FERNDALE-Leadership in Ferndale has taken an interesting twist. Craig Covey [...]
Department of Justice says Defense of Marriage Act prevents 'inequities'
By Lisa Keen The U.S. Department of Justice filed its brief Jan. 13 with a federal appeals court that will hear the government's appeal of two district court [...]
More than Palin to blame.
After tragedy, people start pointing fingers. How else to understand why it happened? The Jan. 8 shooting in Arizona, that left Congresswoman Gabrielle [...]
No re-run of Prop 8 in Washington, D.C.
By Lisa Keen The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday refused to hear the appeal of a group of clergy in Washington, D.C. who want to put the city's new marriage [...]
Cocktail Chatter: The Pomegranate Cocktail
by Ed Sikov "I will! I will! I-I wi-ill!" I sang wildly off-key in the shower, where only the Korean family next door and the lesbian phlebotomist with the [...]
DSO musicians bring holiday cheer and music to Ruth Ellis Center
Visitors to the Ruth Ellis Center, including Bernard Norris and Aaron Hall (third and fourth from left) dance to the music played by members of the Detroit [...]
