Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the State of Michigan after a plan to kidnap her and other Michigan government officials was thwarted by state and federal law enforcement agencies. She started by saying thank you to law enforcement and FBI agents who participated in stopping this [...]
Keen News Service http://keennewsservice.com RELIGIOUS BIAS IS PRO-GAY? Proponents of a stalled religious bias bill in Kansas are sending out letters claiming the bill helps LGBT people. According to the Wichita Eagle, a group called [...]
Keen News Service http://keennewsservice.com KANSAS BACKS OFF RELIGION BILL: The chairman of the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee announced Tuesday that his committee would not advance a bill that would allow any "individual or religious entity" [...]
The largest unrestricted gift in Affirmations Community Center's 25-year history - close to $800,000 - will help the Center retire it's remaining mortgage. Above is BTL file photo from 2007 of the center just days [...]
Then Detroit City Council President-Elect on election night in 2009. BTL file photo: Andrew Potter His beginnings were humble, if not downright horrific. His mother was murdered when he was only three. At seven, [...]
By Jason A. Michael and Tim Retzloff U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) with Dr. Henry Messer and President Barack Obama at the White House. Photo: Henry Messer Longtime community activist, Triangle Foundation co-founder and [...]
Jennifer Nettles is the voice of one of country's biggest acts, but it wasn't always that way. Before Sugarland, in the late '90s, the Atlanta singer was fronting two little-known bands, Soul Miner's Daughter and [...]
Keen News Service Security Advisor Susan Rice has called Ugandan President urging him not to sign anti-gay law. http://keennewsservice.com RICE CALLS UGANDAN PRESIDENT: White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice posted several messages on [...]
Keen News Service U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (Texas-R) will introduce a bill Wednesday trying to slow the pace of pro-gay marriage success. Recent cases decided in Utah, Kentucky and Virginia, by federal judges have alarmed [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service A federal judge in Norfolk, Virginia, Friday struck down the state's ban on same-sex couples marrying but stayed the execution of her order, that the state stop enforcing the [...]
Keen News Service http://keennewsservice.com WYOMING DEFEATS TWO MARRIAGE BILLS: The Wyoming House rejected two marriage-related bills Thursday. One, introduced by openly gay State Rep. Cathy Connolly (D-Laramie), sought to allow same-sex couples to marry. That [...]
By Shelby Clark Metro Detroiters recently raised their glasses for some good causes in Royal Oak. On Jan. 18, Royal Oak craft beer supporters, the Polar Beer Club, threw the Royal Oak Beer Fest at [...]
Lee Daniels' The Butler When "The Butler" - excuse me, "Lee Daniels' The Butler" - was released last year, it seemed Oscar bound. It had social issues. It had the "inspired by a true story" [...]
Against Me!, 'Transgender Dysphoria Blues' The remarkable thing about "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" - besides, of course, it being an emancipating declaration of independence - is that it even exists. Can you imagine, in the late [...]
Across 1 Country house, to Nureyev 6 Not impotent 10 Ingrid's role in "Casablanca" 14 " ___ Shoes" (Toni Collette movie) 15 Tank contents 16 Void's partner 17 With 28-Across, story by Binyavanga Wainaina 19 [...]
By John Quinn {ITAL I'm nobody! Who are you?/Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us - don't tell!/They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody!/How public, like a frog To [...]
By Carolyn Hayes However harsh and cold this Michigan winter proves, the swiftly modernizing world in the wake of the Industrial Revolution was a far harsher and colder place. Lionel Bart's "Oliver!" uses music to [...]
By Judith Cookis Rubens If you're shifting uncomfortably in your seat at Farmers Alley's latest offering, "Clybourne Park," it's probably not the stiff seat cushion to blame. It's the anxious tension swirling onstage in Bruce [...]
By John Quinn A major part of an actor's craft is discovering and understanding his or her character. When the characters and actors are both married couples, a lot of the discovery is already done. [...]
When welcoming the conference attendees including teachers, counselors and students, SOGI Initiative Director Timothy Larrabee gave a perspective that guided the tone of the day's learning. "The SOGI Education Conference is about sexual orientation and [...]
There is more to the experience of transgender youth than whether or not they can use the proper restroom at school, and ACLU Staff Attorney Jay Kaplan was at the SOGI Education Conference on Feb. [...]
Nikk Selik took care to stress that every persons journey is unique and that most journeys are always ongoing. An idealized appearance is not necessarily an endpoint. He also said that gender is not binary. [...]
Exiting Michigan Log Cabin Republican Chairman Joe Sylvester has high hopes for the new leadership of the organization he ran for the past five years. In a recent press release he announced that Brian Savage [...]
Kelloggs K-Pride Affinity Group members who received the Retail Award. Photography by Terry Johnston Photography. Visit his facebook page for event photos. KALAMAZOO -- Those who work towards LGBT support and equality were recognized [...]
Equality Michigan and Motor City Casino present the 2014 Annual Dinner. Richard Carlbom, the current director of state campaigns at Freedom to Marry, will be making a special announcement about marriage equality in Michigan. The [...]
Sound the alarm! Radical homosexuals are coming for your God-given rights! And they probably are armed with pie tins full of whipped cream and/or glitter. If you don't want to take my word for it, [...]
It's Saturday last. For the past two hours I and four dining friends have been in three places one after the other, each thousands of miles apart. Detroit. China. Russia. We met to dine at [...]
Reaction to Missouri All-American and NFL prospect Michael Sam saying in interviews with ESPN, Outsports and The New York Times that he is gay: "It takes an incredible amount of courage to break ground on [...]
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith A new study conducted by Ann P. Haas and Philip L. Rodgers of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Jody L. Herman of UCLA Law School's Williams Institute forges an [...]
Keen News Service http://keennewsservice.com IDAHO HIGH COURT RE ADOPTION: In a unanimous decision, the Idaho Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a magistrate judge violated the constitutional rights of lesbian Darcy Drake Simpson when the [...]
Keen News Service http://keennewsservice.com VICTORY IN KENTUCKY: A federal judge in Louisville, Kentucky, ruled Wednesday that the state's ban on same-sex couples marrying violates their rights to equal protection. Judge John Heyburn (a nominee of [...]
