LGBT Chevy ad goes viral
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 [...]
Michigan June Pride Season 2012
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 [...]
Interfaith LGBTQ Toolkit provides resources to SE Mich. religious groups
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 [...]
Jewish Gay Network co-sponsors ‘Melting Away’
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 [...]
LGBT activist, Iraq War vet to speak at UM-Dearborn
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. [...]
Michigan June Pride Season 2012
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 [...]
Out Night returns to Ann Arbor Film Festival
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 [...]
Saved by the Bell
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 [...]
ACLU Lansing Branch to host Rights at Risk in Michigan panel
"We're hoping anyone interested in learning more about these issues and what they can do to assist in defending, furthering and supporting the maintenance of the democratic process, bargaining rights and the LGBT rights will [...]
Democrats: Say I do
S/he Said "I think (the Democratic platform) should (include marriage equality), period, end of sentence," she said. "But it sort of goes to the conversation we just had about President Obama - he needs to [...]
Spectrum Center to celebrate 40th anniversary
The Spectrum Center of the University of Michigan celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with a weekend of commemorative events. Founded in 1971 by Radical Lesbians leader Cindy Gair and longtime LGBT rights activist Jim [...]
First openly gay bishop talks death threats, 9/11
Openly gay bishop and controversial figure Gene Robinson may be retiring in two years but his commitment to LGBT equality still shines bright. Bishop Robinson entered office in March 2004. He was consecrated as the [...]
Second Transgender Health Fair returns to Affirmations
FERNDALE- The second annual Transgender Health Fair comes to Affirmations community center on Saturday, Sept. 17. At the fair, which is organized by Affirmations and Transgender Michigan, community organizations and guest speakers will provide information [...]
Exhibit showcases local LGBT talent
DETROIT- There's more to David Wysocki than being a gay man. He loves wine, travel, sewing and interior decorating. He also installs roofs, works as a landscaper, and has been a graphic designer for 17 [...]
Openly gay bishop to speak at University of Michigan Dearborn
DEARBORN- On Oct. 5, Gene Robinson, the first openly gay priest ordained in a major Christian denomination, will speak at the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus. Following the speech and discussion, the bishop will attend [...]
Resource center founder dies from pneumonia
KALAMAZOO- James B. Knox died of pneumonia on Monday, June 27. Knox was a co-founder of the Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center and also a co-founder of the Community AIDS Resource and Education Services. [...]
Dave Garcia to lead Affirmations
FERNDALE- Affirmations community center has chosen a new exective director. Dave Garcia will take over the post as executive director on Aug. 15. Affirmations' community-based search committee, consisting of Metro Detroit area LGBT and allied [...]
Resource center founder dies from pneumonia
KALAMAZOO- James B. Knox died of pneumonia on Monday, June 27. Knox was a co-founder of the Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center and also a co-founder of the Community AIDS Resource and Education Services. [...]
Affirmations hires executive director
FERNDALE- Affirmations community center has chosen a new exective director. Dave Garcia will take over the post as executive director on Aug. 15. Affirmations' community-based search committee, consisting of Metro Detroit area LGBT and allied [...]
VIDEO: Gutsy teens lobby lawmakers to pass anti-bullying law
LANSING- On Wednesday, students lobbied lawmakers to pass anti-bullying legislation that protects all students, including LGBTs. Michigan is one of only six states without any anti-bullying law. Before the teens met with their elected officials, [...]
The history of Pride
1972 - The Michigan Gay Confederation organized Detroit's very first gay pride march. It was known as "Christopher Street Detroit '72," named after [...]
PFLAG Detroit celebrates 25th anniversary
The Detroit chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, a national non-profit organization comprised of more than 200,000 members, celebrates its 25th anniversary this weekend with a dinner catered by the Ukrainian [...]
Marriage support in New York
"Our nation's permanent mission is to form a 'more perfect union,' deepening the meaning of freedom, broadening the reach of opportunity, strengthening the bonds of community. That mission has inspired and empowered us to extend [...]
Transgender safety and rights
S/he Said "I believe that coming out makes for a happier life, but that's not a matter of ethics, that's just corny advice." -Rachel Maddow, about a criticism she supposedly made towards Anderson Copper in [...]
Ruth Ellis goal: $100,000
DETROIT- The Ruth Ellis Center, a non-profit dedicated to LGBT homeless, runaway and at-risk youth, is currently fundraising with a goal of $100,000 before the end of September. Every $2 raised by the center will [...]
A campus in transition
LGBT students at Central Michigan University walk a fine line between acceptance and rejection. While they know they can take solace in supportive student organizations, they're also wary of a vocal opposition that sometimes lashes [...]
EMU: Protecting LGBTQ students and faculty?
Eastern Michigan University is one of the few state universities that include sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity in its equal opportunity and non-discrimination policy. But its policy also includes some ambiguous language that [...]
Ally women’s art on display at Affirmations
Affirmations in downtown Ferndale will open its latest Pittman/Puckett Art Gallery exhibit, "Four Womyn Only," on Feb. 25. The exhibit features the unique paintings and photography of four straight female artists: Deborah Marlowe Kashdan, Lynn [...]
Chick-fil-A sponsors anti-gay marriage conference
Family-owned restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is knee-deep in controversy after a blogger and students and faculty at Indiana University South Bend discovered it gave money to anti-LGBT organizations. In early January, a Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A franchise agreed [...]
University Project: Eastern Michigan University
When it comes to providing resources and a safe environment on campus for students, Michigan universities vary- some give full support for LGBTQ's while others give no support for the "LGBT...Who?" But with events such [...]
Chick-fil-A sponsors anti-gay marriage conference
Family-owned restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is knee-deep in controversy after a blogger and students and faculty at Indiana University South Bend discovered it gave money to anti-LGBT organizations. In early January, a Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A franchise agreed [...]
U-M to host country’s largest LGBTQA college conference
This February, the University of Michigan will host the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference, the country's largest conference of this nature, featuring over 90 diverse workshops as well as nationally known keynote [...]