by Rex Wockner
Chicago voters elected the city's second openly gay alderman April 5. James Cappleman will represent the 46th Ward on the North Side.
Gay Alderman Tom Tunney has represented the heavily gay 44th Ward, just south of the 46th, since 2003.
In the Illinois state capital, Springfield, voters also elected an openly gay alderman April 5. Republican Cory Jobe will represent the city's 6th Ward.
Democratic state Sen. Mallory McMorrow suspended her campaign for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat on Sunday, leaving the Aug. 4 Democratic primary race a [...]
This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet.Related read: 1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Lesbian, [...]
This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet.Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series [...]
Allyship doesn't always look the way we expect. It's not always the loudest voice in the room, or the most predictable place. Sometimes it's an [...]
At Pride festivals across Michigan this summer, you'll find many expressions of queer joy: drag performers, food trucks with penis-shaped bagels, vendors [...]
When Toni Mua first ran for Michigan's state legislature in 2022, she put her deadname on the ballot. She didn't make a big deal of it — running as a [...]
An anonymous caller sent Child Protective Services and police to Pete Buttigieg's Traverse City home last week, falsely alleging that the former [...]
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed isn't running a typical Senate campaign, and at this point it's hard to miss. The physician and former health director for both the [...]
With the August primary weeks away, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is deep in the race for governor — and she's making the case that she’s [...]
The Ann Arbor District Library's sixth annual Big Gay Read is diving into "Bury Your Gays," a darkly funny horror novel by masked author Chuck [...]
Update: Sen. McMorrow suspended her U.S. senate campaign on July 5, 2026. U.S. Rep Haley Stevens and Detroit public health leader Dr. Abdul El-Sayed are still [...]
Bosco has never wanted to be the hero. Not on “RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars,” where the Seattle queen's razor-sharp instincts and unapologetically [...]
