By Zachary Jarrell for Washington Blade In May 2021, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) officially announced the worst year for anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in recent history. At the time, state lawmakers had introduced over 250 bills [...]
It’s that time of year again — and let’s just hope that this summer there's no surge and the only masks we see are feathered and bedazzled. For the first time since 2020, the state’s [...]
By Sen. Adam Hollier and Eli Savit No one can deny that the state of Michigan is making strides in ensuring equality for all communities. The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) was passed in 1976 [...]
By Andrew Roth, Michigan Advance A Republican candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives announced that, if elected, he would introduce legislation modeled on a Florida measure known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Jon [...]
By Amy Brainer and Naja Nile Naja Nile is a sophomore at the University of Michigan-Dearborn majoring in Women’s & Gender Studies with a certificate in LGBTQ+ Studies. Amy Brainer is an associate professor at [...]
Dear reader: Without free and independent media, Pride Source (and its print publication, Between The Lines) wouldn’t exist, and a community would go underserved when it comes to accessing vital content not found in traditional [...]
After serving as Pride Source Media Group’s Entertainment Editor and the Editor of Q Syndicate, the national LGBTQ+ wire service, Chris Azzopardi has been named the company’s new Editorial Director. The announcement comes as he [...]
In honor of Women’s History Month 2021, Between The Lines is featuring some of Michigan’s most prominent LGBTQ+ women leaders. Though our state is full of powerful women leaders using their skills, time and effort [...]
On Friday, March 5, Jad Abumrad, the host and creator of “Dolly Parton’s America” and “Radiolab,” a public radio program broadcast on nearly 600 stations across the nation and downloaded more than 12 million times [...]
Talk about trans inclusion. A film festival darling, “Lupe,” centers the story of a Cuban immigrant and boxer named Rafael (San Francisco-based Puerto Rican actor Rafael Albarrán) struggling with their transgender identity while searching for [...]
I first met Jan Stevenson and Susan Horowitz while serving them a plate of pasta with a rainbow Pride bracelet around my wrist. I was working at Noodles & Company as a shift manager. This was [...]
When it comes to increasing a community's property values, gays add more than curbside appeal, says author Ross Benes in his new book, "The Sex Effect." Published by Sourcebooks last month, "The Sex Effect" undresses [...]
On Aug. 21, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Though Ann Arbor isn't in the path of totality (where the moon will completely cover the sun), we'll still [...]
On Sept. 28, visit some of the best downtown Ann Arbor bars and restaurants and taste well-crafted beer and bite pairings to see how different craft beers and foods work together. While enjoying the beer [...]
As a child, there were two things I thought were unfathomable and absolutely morally wrong: nuclear war and Nazis. To see both in the news again as real threats to our country sickens and appalls [...]
Somewhere pressed in my book of tattered memories is a green carnation, still remarkably fresh with the passage of so much time. It's there with a wrist corsage I hadn't the courage to wear [...]
If you're a bigoted jerk in America you can trust that the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect sees you and isn't afraid to call you out by name. On Aug, 21, @AnneFrankCenter Tweeted, "To [...]
Stephen Bannon, whose appointment by President Trump as White House chief strategist was described by activists as "toxic" for the LGBT community, was forced out of his job this week by Trump, according to multiple [...]
Artist Feather J. Chiaverini Hosts Night of Art, Music and Surprises Feather J. Chiaverini will bring two worlds together and allow for a safe event for LGBTQIA individuals to perform and also escape. BTL Photo: [...]
With state legislative sessions wrapped in just about every state -- including two sessions to pass anti-trans legislation in Texas if you count the general session and the special session --2017 proved a mixed bag [...]
A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge on Aug. 18 handed down a sentence of 30 years in prison for one of two D.C. men charged in the April 2016 stabbing death of a transgender woman [...]
AT&T is working with the Human Rights Campaign to help the next generation of LGBT and allied leaders continue the fight for equality with AT&T's first-ever Live Proud on Campus campaign. The campaign calls on [...]
Community Raises Over $40,000 to Support LGBTQ Victims of Arson Hundreds gathered for a fundraiser on Tuesday night to support Nikki Joly and Chris Moore, an LGBTQ couple in the city of Jackson who lost [...]
Towanna Jackson and LaShawn Peterson didn't have a traditional engagement proposal. "I asked LaShawn a bunch of times and she told me 'no' a bunch of times," said Towanna. "She told me one day, 'We [...]
Recent Pro-LGBTQ Advances Met with Threats of Violence Update: On Aug. 14, director of police and fire service in the city of Jackson, Elmer Hitt, confirmed the fire, which started near the front door, is arson. [...]
Detroit Police Department Asks 'What Is Your Role?' During Third Annual LGBTQ Community Chat During the third annual LGBTQ Community Chat hosted by the Detroit Police Department in Palmer Park on Tuesday night, a moment of silence [...]
Rachel Crandall Crocker said she feels “wonderful” about this year’s Transgender Pride in the Park. The largest gathering of transgender and gender non-conforming people and their allies in Michigan happens on Aug. 12 from 12-6 [...]
UPDATE (10/16/13 3:30 p.m.) Friedman announced that he intends to hold a trial and that each side of the case will exchange witness lists. The trial will be Feb. 25. UPDATE (10/16/13 12:00 p.m.): The [...]
Are Christians truly homophobic bigots? Or, are all gays "activists" seeking to undermine the moral fabric of society? Neither is true and yet the church is being destroyed from controversy over the issue, asserts Justin [...]
South Lyon Centennial Middle School teacher Sue Johnson was suspended for three days Nov. 21 after presenting a YouTube clip of the hip-hop song "Same Love" by underground rapper Macklemore, which discusses struggles faced by [...]
1. Tell us about the Calhoun County Coalition for Inclusion. What purpose is it intended to serve? Calhoun County Coalition for Inclusion, or 3Ci as we affectionately call it is a coalition of faith leaders, [...]
Photo courtesy of Terry Johnston Photography 1. Tell us about the Calhoun County Coalition for Inclusion. What purpose is it intended to serve? Calhoun County Coalition for Inclusion, or 3Ci as we affectionately call [...]
A U.S. District Court jury decided Thursday evening that former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell must pay $4.5 million to gay student leader at the University of Michigan Chris Armstrong for having defamed and [...]
A U.S. District Court jury decided Thursday evening that former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell must pay $4.5 million to gay student leader at the University of Michigan Chris Armstrong for having defamed and [...]
A U.S. District Court jury decided Thursday evening that former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell must pay $4.5 million to gay student leader at the University of Michigan Chris Armstrong for having defamed and [...]
A U.S. District Court jury decided Thursday evening that former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell must pay $4.5 million to gay student leader at the University of Michigan Chris Armstrong for having defamed and [...]
Ann Arbor - Award-winning CNN and ESPN online gay journalist LZ Granderson will keynote the Jim Toy Community Center's Pride Dinner, honoring the advocate and scholar Dr. Sandra Cole June 25. Granderson was named the [...]
Ferndale Pride Thursday, June 14 Beyond The Bar 2012: Opening Reception Presenting Organization: Affirmations Time: 7 p.m. Location: Affirmations, 290 W. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale Contact: 248-398-7105, http://www.GoAffirmations.org Join Affirmations in celebrating a unique collection [...]
Chevrolet Volt's full page ad in Between The Lines' June Pride issue has taken the blogosphere and social networks by storm, receiving praise from LGBT and automobile bloggers, gay press and even George Takei. The [...]
LGBT organizations and volunteer organizers are gearing up for another fabulous summer of pride. Below is a comprehensive list of this year's June Pride season festivals. Check back for updated additional information and new pride [...]
WEST BLOOMFIELD - Jewish Gay Network of Michigan is co-sponsoring the 14th Annual Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival's presentation of "Melting Away (Namess Bageshem)" at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts. Assaf's father discovers [...]
The Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network has partnered with Equality Michigan, the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, KICK and Inclusive Justice to publish and distribute an Interfaith LGBTQ Toolkit to 400 Southeast Michigan [...]
LGBT organizations and volunteer organizers are gearing up for another fabulous summer of pride. Below is a comprehensive list of this year's June Pride season festivals. Check back for updated additional information and new pride [...]
DEARBORN - LGBT rights activist and gay Iraqi War veteran Lt. Dan Choi visits UM-Dearborn's campus April 5 for a lecture titled "Equality, Honor and Overturning 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'" in the University's BorgWarner Auditorium. [...]
Out Night returns to the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival, North America's longest-running independent and experimental film festival, in the Michigan Theater's main auditorium at 9:30 p.m. March 28. This year's Out Night - the [...]
Between LGBT-friendly health-care referrals, free HIV testing, the Transgender Health Fair and the upcoming Project Healthy Living Health Fair there is no question: for Affirmations, health is top priority. London Bell serves as the Health [...]
