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 [...]
Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 2. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court [...]
Don't speak? Gwen Stefani can't help it as she opens up about her latest release - the "record that saved my life." Featuring a multitude of diary-like outpourings related to Gavin Rossdale, whom the No [...]
Hard time keeping your hands out of the cookie jar this winter? Polish off those last few Oreos then set your sights on spring with these easy-to-integrate activities that'll have you sweating and shedding in [...]
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EAST LANSING - Twenty-year Broadway stage veteran, Los Angeles actor and beloved MSU Department of Theater professor Greg Reuter was one of theater's fiercest supporters and an avid teacher for actors nationwide. Since his untimely [...]
Take a break from the Easter weekend holiday festivities on Saturday, March 26 and put your bowling skills -- or lack of skills -- to good use and have a little fun, make new friends [...]
BY AJ TRAGER LANSING -- The Michigan Catholic Conference, in a letter sent mid-March to pastors and employees of the Catholic Church in Michigan, said that it will be modifying its health care coverage to [...]
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT -- Between the Lines/Pride Source hosted its largest LGBT wedding expo yet this past weekend, featuring over 110 vendors and nearly 800 attendees all packed into [...]
AJ TRAGER FERNDALE -- Since launching the event on March 31, 2009, Executive Director of Transgender Michigan Rachel Crandall is pleased to see that the Transgender Day of Visibility has truly gone international and will [...]
"Is it OK to come in?" Amy Krizanek, co-owner of Bombshell Bridal Boutique (http://www.bombshellbridal.boutique/) in St. Clair Shores, remembers when a [...]
FERNDALE -- Pastor Frank Turner will speak at a March 31 town hall about LGBTQ people's experiences with faith, planned by the Affirmations Faith Alliance. Members of the Faith Alliance will discuss an exciting launch [...]
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE -- In order to help the LGBT and ally community better navigate their relationships whether they are good, bad or somewhere in between, The Michigan Network -- which consists of Affirmations, [...]
In a reversal of previous policy by the Republican secretary of state, some transgender and gender non-conforming Michiganders could soon see their state issued driver's licenses and identifications reflect their gender identity. On March 17, [...]
By Lisa Keen Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, has ruled against gay plaintiffs three times. This is the kind of record that might usually guarantee that Republican senators would [...]
It's almost that time of year again: April 15 is the annual Day of Silence where students across the country choose to spend the day without speaking in order to call attention to anti-LGBT bullying [...]
In 1953, a madam by the name of Polly Adler wrote a tell-all best seller about her 30 years in the brothel business, "A House is Not a Home." It created a sensation. (I was [...]
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Michael Savage is, like any number of other right-wing talk-radio hosts, no stranger to courting controversy. He's made inflammatory statements from groups ranging from the Catholic Church to veterans suffering from [...]
AJ TRAGER LANSING - The Michigan Department of Education's Office of School Support Services is requesting public comment on the draft "Statement and Guidance on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments" for LGBT Students, which will [...]
