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Steve Grand Talks Touchy-Feely Fans & Moving Beyond 'All-American Boy' Wedding Expo: Biggest Splash Yet BOYPROBLEMS Steve Grand Talks Touchy-Feely Fans & Moving Beyond ‘All-American Boy’ WWW.PRIDESOURCE.COM MARCH 24, 2016 | VOL. 2412 | FREE 2 BTL | March 24, 2016 www.PrideSource.com ONLINE PHOTOS HAPPENINGS COVER STORY 22 Boy Problems: Steve Grand NEWS Visit #BTLExpo Obama nominates Merrick Garland 4 Trans Day of Visibility has international impact This year was the for SCOTUS position; 6 Couples celebrate LGBT Wedding Expo biggest splash yet SCOTUS nominee has history of 8 Same-Sex Wedding Expo vendors profess passion for LGBTQ community ruling against gay plaintiffs 12 Affirmations to host relationship skills www.BTL WeddingExpo.com See page 14 class 14 Obama nominates Merrick Garland for SCOTUS position 14 SCOTUS nominee has history of ruling CREEP OF THE WEEK SAVE THE DATE VIEWPOINT against gay plaintiffs 18 Michigan Catholic Conference modifies health care coverage 18 Motown Invitational Classic throws bowling rules out the door OPINION 16 Parting Glances 16 Transmissions 17 Creep of the Week: Laurie Higgins Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family LIFE Institute is one such pearl-clutcher. 24 The Frivolist She, along with the usual anti-LGBT suspects, is encouraging parents to There’s a 26 Happenings pull their kids out of school on DOS Motown Invitational Classic throws 27 Puzzle and comic lest they be indoctrinated with the transgender in my 28 Entertainment equality study released message that it’s not OK to call a bowling rules out the door kid “fag” and push him down the soup 29 Classifieds See page 18 See page 16 stairs after gym. 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Between The Lines is supported by many fine advertisers, but we cannot accept responsibility for claims made by our advertisers, nor can we accept responsibility for materials Copyright 2016 Pride Source Media Group, LLC provided by advertisers or their agents. www.PrideSource.com March 24, 2016 | BTL 3 NEWS Trans Day of Visibility Has International Impact BY AJ TRAGER Since TDoV last year, 17 countries in FERNDALE – Since launching the event Europe have signed a declaration on March 31, 2009, Executive Director of Transgender Michigan Rachel Crandall is of intent on the International pleased to see that the Transgender Day of Day Against Homophobia and Visibility has truly gone international and will be celebrated in multiple countries around the Transphobia held May 17 to improve world, including those where it is illegal to be LGBT. LGBT rights in Europe, calling for TDoV was born out of a need for a positive quick, accessible and transparent celebration for the trans community. Crandall was frustrated because the only trans day gender recognition procedures. of the year was the International Day of Remembrance, a day to recognize the brothers killed; people were not going to come out. and sisters who were killed for being trans, and However, once there was actually a designed decided to create a day to celebrate who trans day I think it really gave people permission people are, what they’ve accomplished and to come out and celebrate. I mean, I know so what they can do. many people around the world who are coming “This just isn’t a celebration – it’s a out right on Visibility Day, or are having their powerhouse, a force, that is changing policy operations right on Visibility Day. I think that’s and law around the planet,” Crandall told why it was a breakthrough,” Crandall said. BTL. “I think it really shows people what we She and the Transgender Michigan team are all about. It really shows people that we are also very pleased to see the influx of are regular people and it is really all about allies participating in and learning about trans our freedom.” days of celebration and the trans community. Since TDoV last year, 17 countries in Twenty years ago, Crandall explains, there was Europe have signed a declaration of intent on much less activity on the side of trans allies. the International Day Against Homophobia and Today, many allies are active in the fight for Transphobia held May 17 to improve LGBT trans equality, with many of them helping to rights in Europe, calling for quick, accessible coordinate events and help spread the word and transparent gender recognition procedures. on activist angles such as furthering trans The European Transgender Network continued healthcare services. to work with activists and policy makers across the region to progress towards improving gender recognition legislation in Slovenia, Local Events Lithuania, Greece, the Czech Republic and For the next two months Affirmations will Malta. host a Trans Day of Visibility art show in The World Health Organization issued a the Pittmann-Puckett Gallery. Crandall says report condemning forced sterilization of that the team is getting submissions from trans people. everywhere and is pleased that the works will Turkey saw its first transgender beauty be featured for the time leading up to Pride pageant in Istanbul as part of a weeklong events in the summer. That gallery is free and celebration of Pride. open to the public. The Kenyan high court ordered the The flagship event, an Open Mic Night held National Examinations Council to change a March 28 at Five15 in Royal Oak, is expected trans activist’s legal name on her academic to see upwards of 50 attendees who will gather certificates after the council failed to recognize to watch many different performances by trans her gender identity. artists. The show begins at 6 p.m. at 515 S. A Russian bill to ban trans individuals from Washington Ave. driving failed to pass into law. On the Day of Visibility, Crandall will And in India, after a ruling by the Indian participate in a panel discussion at the Supreme Court made changes to official Michigan Social Work Conference as an expert documents allowing trans people to identify therapist, and will teach other therapists on themselves, a census found that the country how to work with trans clients. is home to half a million self-identified trans Finally, on April 1 Crandall will host an people. The country also, for the first time, evening meet and greet at the Grand Traverse elected an openly-trans candidate in a mayoral Pie Co. in Lansing for people to become election and appointed the first trans news more acquainted with Transgender Michigan anchor. and learn how they can get involved. Grand “Visibility Day was such a breakthrough. Traverse Pie Company is located at 200 S. It wasn’t going to happen when the only Washington Square. transgender day was about people who were 4 BTL | March 24, 2016 www.PrideSource.com www.PrideSource.com March 24, 2016 | BTL 5 News Couples Celebrate 2016 LGBT Wedding Expo BY AJ TRAGER be particularly impressed with the dresses donned in heavy amounts of rhinestones or the DETROIT – Between the Lines/Pride dresses that had long trains. Following their Source hosted its largest LGBT wedding interaction with BTL, they headed straight expo yet this past weekend, featuring over over to longtime vendor B. Ella Bridal. 110 vendors and nearly 800 attendees all packed into the lower level of MotorCity Casino Hotel. Couples and some singles, too, A small but meaningful came from all over southeast Michigan to wedding participate in the first LGBT Wedding Expo since marriage equality swept over the country This year Emmanuel Rosales and Pablo last June. Ordiz will finally tie the knot after being “When we got the notice about this we said, together for 13 years. They met at a Detroit ‘Jan (Stevenson) is really putting on a party bar while they were out with friends, one thing this year. We can see there are 110 vendors led to another and now, post-marriage equality, here that are coming out to support us and they’re planning their wedding. we have a few that we would like to shout Ordiz says that he is nervous despite being out to really quick, who helped us (with our with Rosales for over a decade. wedding),’” said Jayne DeBoer-Rowse, wife “I’m still nervous. I don’t even know why,” of April DeBoer. Ordiz said. Jayne and April are celebrities in the “It’s not so much the marriage part – it’s Michigan LGBT community.
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