by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Canada's House of Commons passed a bill Feb. 9 adding protections for gender identity and expression to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code. "This kind of explicit [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS India's Supreme Court on April 19 will hear an appeal of the Delhi High Court ruling that struck down the nation's ban on gay sex in July 2009. At least [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Sao Tome and Principe, an island nation located off the west coast of Africa, will decriminalize gay sex in upcoming revisions to its Criminal Code, its representatives said Jan. 31 [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara must retract recent statements that denigrated gays and lesbians, Human Rights Watch said Feb. 1. On Dec. 3, while discussing a measure to regulate the manga [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Eight couples from the United Kingdom mailed a case to the European Court of Human Rights on Feb. 2. Four of the couples are gay and want to get married. [...]

Renee Harmon listens to state Rep. Jeff Irwin on Valentine's Day. Rep. Irwin and state Senator Rebekah Warren, left, are re-introducing a bill to allow second-parent adoption. Harmon has not seen her children since 2009; [...]

Laura Hughes, executive director of the Ruth Ellis Center, asks the DPS board to add LGBTQ students to the anti-bullying policy. Brandon, 16, (middle) told the board he was sometimes afraid to go to school [...]

FERNDALE - The city that has hosted Motor City Pride for the past seven years is feeling a loss after Pride organizers announced the 2011 celebration will take place in Detroit's Hart Plaza. Pride brings [...]

By Tara Cavanaugh Motor City Pride 2011 marks its biggest and proudest ever celebration this year by going back to its roots. The June 4-5 festival, taking place in downtown Detroit's Hart Plaza, will run [...]

By Tara Cavanaugh When Leslie Ann Thompson tried to put her current partner on as an associate member to her AAA roadside assistance coverage last fall, she thought it was just going to be a [...]

NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan filed a friend-of-the-court brief today supporting Eastern Michigan University's right to remove from its counseling program a graduate student who refused to [...]

The decision by the Michigan Civil Service Commission to authorize partner benefits for state employees is coming under fire by the American Family Association of Michigan. Gary Glenn, the group's leader, has asked Republican leaders [...]

The Michigan Department of Community Health announced Feb. 10 it will advise local health departments to change a controversial "client acknowledgment form." The forms have come under increasing scrutiny and criticism since Michigan Messenger reported [...]

by Eric Rader Speak Out Over the past month, the world has been riveted to the historic events in Egypt, as pro-democracy protesters succeeded in driving out the repressive president of that country. In many [...]

KALAMAZOO - Correction: The original article said David Kirby, not David Feaster. This issue has been corrected. Community AIDS Resource and Education Services appointed two interim co-directors, Amy Bartell and David Feaster, while it searches [...]

YPSILANTI - The Michigan Democratic Party's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies Caucus will host an anti-bullying action conference on Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Ypsilanti Library. The free conference, which takes place from 10 [...]

By Dana Rudolphs A film about two lesbian moms, "The Kids Are All Right," is an Oscar contender this month. ABC's "Modern Family," which features two gay dads, won last year's Best Comedy Emmy. But [...]