By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS The head of the Brazilian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Association was honored Dec. 13 with the National Human Rights Prize. Toni Reis received the bronze statuette from Culture Minister [...]

By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS A deputy speaker of Britain's House of Commons, Conservative Nigel Evans, came out Dec. 19. He said he was "tired of living a lie" and was worried about threats from [...]

By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS The European Parliament on Dec. 16 again denounced the pending "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" poised to pass Uganda's Parliament. The legislation would imprison for life anyone convicted of "the offense of homosexuality," [...]

By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Moscow City Hall banned a gay rally that was planned for Dec. 17. Members of the Russian LGBT Network wanted to gather in front of the headquarters of the former [...]

By Tara Cavanaugh "You've got the spokespeople, the ones who give the inspirational speeches. And then you've got the actual leaders - the ones who lead the movements behind the scenes." -Laura Wernick SALINE- With [...]

"Decisions are made by the people who show up,"-Ian Hoopingarner EAST LANSING- The week before the notorious Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest at Ian Hoopingarner's high school, he said the student body was [...]

"So many kids are in support of this club and it's completely changed our school. I think that our school is safe now for kids."-Kyle Sims SWARTZ CREEK - Middle school was not a lot [...]

Think teens these days only care about texting and Facebook? Think again. We happen to know a few high school students who are working their tails off for social change. In the past year, Emma [...]

Jordan Swan, who is a female-to-male transgender man, said he went to the Oakland County Clerk last week to marry his fiancee. The two paid for their marriage license, swore their oaths and signed on [...]

While lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people saw gains at the federal level in 2010, Michigan saw the ugly side of anti-gay animus with straight pride celebrations in local schools, a rash of national and [...]

Equality Michigan's political action organization has added a Michigan state representative and a long-time progressive activist to its board of directors. State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-54, is a former state senator and the first [...]

Ruth Ellis Center, the Midwest's only agency dedicated to homeless, runaway and at-risk youth who are lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender or questioning, is partnering with the Michigan Dept. of Health and Human Services and Wayne [...]

Equality Michigan received a financial boost last month, thanks to a $160,000 grant from the Arcus Foundation. "This grant clearly illustrates the Arcus Foundation's continuing support for fairness and equality in our state," said Equality [...]

The Jackson High School GSA needs help funding its second annual Peace Prom. The Peace Prom allows LGBT youth to attend a prom without harassment from their teachers or peers. More than one hundred teens, [...]

FERNDALE- Affirmations announced Monday it has received a total of $540,000 in contributions and planned collections for its $1.25 million pledge campaign, Campaign for the Future. "The campaign is really starting to pick up steam [...]

By Eric Rader While progress can seem slow, the LGBT community has made enormous strides toward greater equality in the past two years. The most obvious achievement was the recent repeal of "don't ask, don't [...]

By Rex Wockner The United Nations General Assembly on Dec. 21 overturned its recent vote that removed a reference to sexual orientation from a resolution against extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. The resolution urges member [...]

By Dana Rudolph The North Carolina Supreme Court on Dec. 20 voided the adoption by a lesbian mother of the child who she and her former partner, the biological mother, were raising together. The ruling [...]

By Lisa Keen If past is prologue, 2011 should turn out to be a fairly decent one for the LGBT community. It's not that everything turned out so rosy for the community in 2010, but [...]