It is an all-hands-on-deck moment in Michigan and our nation. Today’s opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade should be a siren blaring in the night, waking people up from every corner of the country and motivating them to take action — [...]
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel swiftly issued a statement following the news that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, which granted women in all 50 states the right to have an abortion if [...]
It’s a sickening national trend causing much pain and suffering to our community’s most vulnerable: trans youth. All across the country, state legislatures are enacting anti-trans laws — HRC reports that so far this year [...]
Berkley City Councilman Dennis Hennen faced a standing-room only crowd at Monday’s Council meeting, with many coming out to call upon him to resign. Hennen left a lot of Berkley residents bewildered and disappointed at [...]
“It’s not easy, but it’s what we do.” That’s Evan Thomas, speaking about the vision he shares with his life and business partner Keith Bynum to convert Detroit one block at a time. In Episode [...]
Berkley City Councilman Dennis Hennen has raised the ire of his fellow councilpersons and, apparently, a large portion of the city he represents. Hennen was the only councilperson to vote no on the Downtown Development [...]
What’s in a name? Well, if you’re trans, and you’ve lived your life feeling trapped in the wrong body, referred to by incorrect pronouns and called something that does not align with your gender identity [...]
Detroit-based pop sensation J. Santino is back with a new single. “Gemini,” a self-penned tune. Santino announced the release on TikTok. Santino, 23, said he wrote “Gemini” as a release. “At the time I was [...]
SAGE Metro Detroit, Detroit’s only nonprofit dedicated to services and advocacy for LGBTQ+ older adults, recently announced that they will no longer be connected to the national SAGE organization. This comes as SAGE national moves [...]
In what appears to be the new thematic style of HGTV’s brilliant “Bargain Block,” which airs on the network Wednesdays at 9 p.m., Episode 2 of the show’s second season starts off with a Detroit [...]
I turned 50 earlier this year. That means I’ve been going to The Woodward Bar & Grill for about half of my life. I had no idea of its history as the oldest gay bar [...]
It’s the end of an era. The Woodward Bar & Grill, Detroit’s oldest gay bar, caught fire yesterday morning around 10:30 a.m. and burned down in a 3-alarm fire. The structure still stands, but the [...]
Firefighters are working to extinguish a three-alarm fire at the iconic Woodward Bar & Grill, Detroit’s oldest gay bar. Media outlets reported the fire around 10:30 a.m. — and now, as the Metro Times reports, [...]
Long lines to get into Motor City Pride (MCP) in Hart Plaza in Detroit on Saturday and Sunday marred the experience for many Pridegoers. In fact, organizers, fearing they were reaching capacity in the plaza, [...]
From the first note, there’s no doubt about it: HGTV’s “Bargain Block,” which premiered last night, is Detroit, through and through. The show starts with a montage featuring MotorCity Casino, Hart Plaza and other Motown [...]
Dave Wait has always been an activist at heart. In eighth grade, Wait organized a sit-in at school when the cafeteria refused to serve chocolate milk. The group of disgruntled students got hauled down to [...]
The 49th governor of Michigan, Gretchen “Big Gretch” Whitmer, made her first-ever appearance at Ferndale Pride Saturday morning. She welcomed everyone at the opening ceremony and then, like the other candidates up for a second [...]
While anyone can get monkeypox, the mainstream media — and some very right of mainstream media — have been reporting that the disease is showing up in larger than average numbers in gay men. This [...]
We saw her only briefly on Season 14 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” but Orion Story, who will headline Kalamazoo Pride on Saturday, June 4, made quite an impression. Self-described as “what would happen if you [...]
Back in June where it belongs, this year’s Ferndale Pride, set for June 4, is sure to be a fun and fantastic opportunity to come out loud and proud. With a wide range of entertainment options, [...]
The youth group at Affirmations LGBTQ+ community center in Ferndale has, for the second year in a row, designed a T-shirt for sale. All proceeds from the tee, priced at $35-40, goes back into the [...]
With so many acts to choose from all weekend across four entertainment stages, there’s something for everyone at Motor City Pride, from June 11-12. Add these seven not-to-be-missed performances to your short list. Jody Watley [...]
The Michigan LGBTQ+ philanthropy community is in mourning following news that longtime LGBTQ+ activist and philanthropist Urvashi Vaid died at age 63 earlier this month. Vaid was a superstar in the movement for LGBTQ+ equality [...]
Personal and professional partners Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas are flippers with heart. They do it to the delight of TV viewers across the country on their hit HGTV show “Bargain Block,” which returns for [...]
Greater Detroit is about to become awash in queer art — including rare pieces from as far back as the '40s. Seventeen galleries, organizations, businesses and public spaces across the metro Detroit area will join [...]
LGBT Detroit, organizers of Hotter Than July (HTJ), the world’s second oldest Black LGBTQ+ Pride, have announced the crowning of 2022 Mister and Miss Hotter Than July. For the first time ever, a cis woman, [...]
As bitter, homophobic parents across the country continue to attack books with LGBTQ+ content to get them banned from school libraries and classrooms, author Robbie Couch feels his mission is reaffirmed. The Michigan native is [...]
Gay men get down in a variety of ways, so if you’re not a top, bottom or vers, then maybe you’re a “side.” The term was coined right here in Michigan, by Royal Oak psychotherapist [...]
The Ringwald Theatre, now operating inside Affirmations LGBTQ+ community center in Ferndale, has unveiled a new mural by local artist detroit_baklava, aka Brian Lacey. The mural, which is untitled and measures 20-by-12 feet, now resides [...]
Affirmations LGBTQ+ community center in Ferndale welcomed a crowd of over 250 to their annual Wine Party — the first since the pandemic — on Saturday, April 30. The party raised a total of $31,000 [...]
Lambda Literary Award-winning author and Pleasant Ridge resident Frank Anthony Polito has a new book out this month. “Renovated to Death,” billed as the first in a new series, will be released May 31 (Kensington [...]
Chicago-based artist Nancy Rosen, the creative force behind Lily Tomlin’s Frankie on Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie,” has watched with glee as the show, popular with LGBTQ+ audiences, has exposed her artwork to the world. Frankie [...]
Ferndale Pride has just announced details for its 2022 Pride celebration, set for Saturday, June 4, including an exciting entertainment lineup and several unique opportunities to join in the fun. For a second time, Flint [...]
The one and only Lil Nas X has announced his first tour. The “Long Live Montero” tour will kick off Tuesday, Sept. 6 in Detroit at The Fillmore. Tickets are on sale now. Lil Nas [...]
You’ve heard of a bed-and-breakfast. But have you ever heard of a bud-and-breakfast? Copper House is, holistically speaking, an oasis in the middle of northwest Detroit for the conscious cannabis consumer. And if you need [...]
Mattea Roach, the 23-year-old Toronto-based tutor, has emerged from the shadows of trans “Jeopardy!” Champion Amy Schneider and suddenly found herself in the midst of her own incredible winning streak. Roach, who identifies as lesbian [...]
There is a lot to be gleaned from the new Jeffrey Montgomery documentary “America, You Kill Me.” Viewers learn of his early days, the death of his lover, the creation of the Detroit-based Triangle Foundation [...]
Former State Rep. Jon Hoadley, appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to serve on the board of Western Michigan University, was denied that opportunity by the Republican-controlled Michigan Senate in what opponents say amounts to homophobia. [...]
As Jerry Peterson resigns his position as executive director of the Ruth Ellis Center (REC) after nearly a decade, he speaks of leaving Detroit, the city he has called home for the past nine years, [...]
The CDC has awarded a $2 million grant — the total amount for five years — focused on HIV prevention to Community Health Awareness Group (CHAG). The grant will go toward implementing a high-impact project [...]
“America, You Kill Me,” a new documentary about Michigan LGBTQ+ activist Jeffrey Montgomery, is making its long-awaited world premiere as part of this year’s Freep Film Festival in Detroit. The film was first scheduled to [...]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he was appointing Andi Mudryk to the bench. The appointment makes Mudryk, 58, the first trans person to be appointed to the bench in California. Mudryk also becomes [...]
In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked attack, much of the country’s architecture sits in smoldering ruins and thousands of citizens and soldiers have died. To date, more than three million people [...]
Michigan’s out and proud Attorney General Dana Nessel is in the news once again. This time, it’s for calling her Texas counterpart, AG Ken Paxton, a “walking hate crime.” Nessel used those choice words to [...]
TD Charitable Foundation (TDCF), the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, has awarded the Ruth Ellis Center (REC) a $250,000 Housing for Everyone grant to help support the Center’s continuum of affordable supportive housing options [...]
Openly bisexual Michigan State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D – Livonia) spoke out against Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill in a series of tweets on Friday. “Let’s have a serious talk about the Don’t Say [...]
It's official: Motor City Pride (MCP) is making a June comeback! This summer, MCP will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 11 and 12, returning to June Pride Month for the first time since 2019. [...]
Detroiters Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas are back on HGTV! The personal and professional couple and stars of HGTV’s “Bargain Block" are featured in the third season of the HGTV series “Rock the Block,” which [...]
Ed Buck is a monster. A maniacal, meth-addicted sexual predator. And a racist for good measure. So it's not surprising that “Beyond Ed Buck,” the new documentary from Jayce Baron and “Pose” star Hailie Sahar, [...]
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel argued yesterday before the Michigan Supreme Court that the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) prohibits discrimination because of a person’s sexual orientation. "I have long fought for equal treatment under [...]
The Michigan LGBTQ+ Community Center Network has issued a statement condemning Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine. The Network, which consists of 13 LGBTQ+ groups across the state, joined human rights organizations all over the world [...]
