DETROIT - This year, the annual Liberation Day event is going all out. With 5,000 flyers and 600 posters hitting the streets, a dedicated Web site and a small army of volunteers to spread the [...]

by Bob Roehr The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 (ENDA) was reintroduced in the House on April 24 after a hiatus of two years. It would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or [...]

PHILADELPHIA - A national memorial ceremony honoring the gay rights pioneer, Barbara Gittings took place at Independence Hall on Saturday. Speakers at the memorial included directors of national LGBT organizations Joe Somonese, executive director of [...]

FERNDALE - The fifth annual Health Fair at Affirmations was a huge hit last Saturday. Sponsored by Project Healthy Living, the fair gave participants an opportunity to receive an array of free or very low [...]

by Rex Wockner Former Singapore PM favors legalization of gay sex Former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, the nation's founding leader, suggested April 23 that if people are born gay, then gay sex should [...]

MIDLAND - This coming Saturday, PFLAG Tri-Cities will be sponsoring a leadership training on LGBT issues from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Midland, located at 6220 Jefferson Ave. You [...]

LANSING - Michigan Equality has expanded its Board of Directors by appointing 8 new members. Among the new members are Brandon Berry, a Constitutional Law Professor at Lansing's Cooley Law School; Toni Young from the [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING - Michigan Equality, with partners the ACLU of Michigan and Triangle Foundation, are teaming up with a dozen local organizations to raise awareness about the recent Michigan Court of Appeals ruling about [...]

By Sarah Mieras GRAND RAPIDS - A national training aimed at changing the image of LGBT families one story at a time swept through Michigan last week. Notably the smallest of the trainings, nine people [...]

FERNDALE - Her name is Denise. She is a transgendered woman with three grown daughters, ranging in age from 21-25, from a heterosexual marriage before she began transitioning. Being and becoming who she is and [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING - With their families under attack, many LBGT and ally families are telling the state legislature, "enough is enough." At the CARES Second Parent Adoption Lobby Day, held May 1, dozens of [...]

By Lisa Keen Gay civil rights activists scored two major victories in the states last week, passing non-discrimination legislation in Iowa and a civil unions bill in New Hampshire. Iowa Governor Chet Culver, a Democrat [...]

DETROIT - A series of stories in The Detroit News has angered members of the trans community and has them calling for greater sensitivity from the mainstream media. The stories, which ran April 19-20, reported [...]

By Lisa Keen WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear the appeal of an ex-lesbian who had hoped to pit Vermont and Virginia's disparate laws on gay relationships against each other. [...]

Capitol Correspondent LANSING - With their families under attack, many LBGT and ally families are telling the state legislature, "enough is enough." At the CARES Second Parent Adoption Lobby Day, held May 1, dozens of [...]