Social media maven Chrissy Teigen is “mortified and sad” at who she used to be, according to multiple tweets she sent after being called out by Courtney Stodden for comments she made when the model [...]
In a still unfolding case, Elle Yared, 33, a trans woman from Grand Rapids, died in her apartment Friday, May 14, sometime after allegedly falling multiple times from a scooter she was riding in downtown [...]
Editor's Note: This list will be updated as more dates are finalized. By now it's understood that COVID-19 has thrown off long-term planning and that means that Pride season has become a lot more unpredictable. [...]
Detroit-based rapper Miz Korona is best-known for her role in the movie "8 Mile," for being named Female Artist of the Year at the Detroit Music Awards and last year’s "The Virus" EP. In recent [...]
While Instagram users have long been manually adding preferred pronouns to their bios on their own, the app has announced that it will now let all users add their preferred pronouns to their bios and [...]
Lesbian icon and all-around funny lady Ellen DeGeneres has announced she is walking away from her popular daily talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," next year. Over the past 18 seasons, Ellen has done well [...]
The City of Hazel Park and Corktown Health Center are partnering to host a walk-in Vaccine Clinic and Health Fair from 3 to 8 p.m on Thursday, May 13. The center will administer the Moderna [...]
The 13th annual Transgender Day of Empowerment conference will take place virtually May 17 through 22. “TDOE is a celebration of self, by understanding our journey thus far, and a day of decision, declaration and [...]
Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David is scheduled to speak at the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the Michigan Diversity Council’s virtual COLOURS Conference and Pride Awards. Billed as Michigan’s No. 1 LGBTQ+ [...]
Two LGBTQ-related bills are making their way through the state government, but they're polar opposites of each other and attracting a lot of attention. No. 1: Pro-Equality State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) introduced Senate [...]
The Biden administration announced yesterday that Donald Trump-era policies discriminating against LGBTQ+ people in health care are being rolled back. The decision means that the Department of Health and Human Services is back in line [...]
“Firefly” and "Playboy Club" star Sean Maher is serving as co-chair for the Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Chapter’s 2021 Spring Soirée at Neiman Marcus in the Somerset Collection in Troy. The event, which is in its [...]
A young lesbian couple was voted prom royalty by their classmates at Kings High School in Kings Mills, Ohio. Riley Loudermilk and Annie Wise were elected prom king and queen respectively. The couple, both 18, [...]
A new exhibition titled "Political and Personal: Images of Gay Identity" has opened at the Flint Institute of Arts. The exhibition, which features photos from the Jack B. Pierson Print Collection, was originally scheduled for [...]
The legendary stage and screen actress Olympia Dukakis, much beloved in the LGBTQ+ community for her portrayal of Anna Madrigal in “Tales of the City,” died Saturday, May 1. She was 89. Dukakis appeared in [...]
Jahaira DeAlto, an activist, vlogger, motivational speaker and legend in the ballroom scene, was stabbed to death this week. A suspect, Marcus Chavis, has been arrested in connection with the crime but as of this [...]
In his first interview since coming out as trans last year, actor Elliot Page was no match for Oprah, who reportedly had him near tears after asking what part of his transition brought him the [...]
Lev Raphael has done it again. Known as a literary voice who often weaves his Jewish heritage and his LGBTQ+ identity into bestsellers, Raphael has written 27 books to date, ranging in genre from literary [...]
It’s the newest show on the HGTV network and it’s filmed right here in Detroit. “Bargain Block” stars personal and professional partners Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas, transplants from Colorado, and follows the couple as [...]
The National Collegiate Athletics Association made its position clear. The Association does not support legislative attempts to disenfranchise trans student-athletes and states enacting such legislation will lose out on hosting lucrative NCAA championship games. “When [...]
Ann Arbor City Councilman Jeff Hayner, widely condemned over the past week for the use of a homophobic quote on social media, was stripped of his committee assignments at a special meeting of the council [...]
Coming to grocery store aisles across the country just in time for Pride month in June is Together with Pride, a gay-as-hell breakfast cereal that consists of – no lie – rainbow hearts and edible [...]
Motor City Pride has announced it has for the moment decided to postpone its June Pride festival until September. The new dates for Motor City Pride will be Sept. 18 and 19 in Hart Plaza [...]
LGBTQ+ leaders across Michigan have spoken out to praise the guilty verdict in the murder of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin, who was fired from the Minneapolis Police Department following his fatal exchange with Floyd last [...]
Affirmations LGBTQ+ Community Center, in partnership with Oakland County Health Division and the City of Ferndale, will begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations this month. The first dose will be offered on Thursday, April 29, and the [...]
Ann Arbor City Councilman Jeff Hayner has come under fire for a homophobic quote he shared on social media. Hayner quoted writer Hunter S. Thompson’s 1971 novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” in what [...]
She may have been born in Georgia, but Sutton Foster, star of the TV Land and Paramount+ original series “Younger,” is a Michigan girl at heart. “I owe a lot to Michigan,” she said recently [...]
Yes, the fabulously, flamboyantly gay Lil Nas X is atop the pop charts with his single "MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name)" in Saudi Arabia, a country where homosexuality or “cross-dressing” is punishable by fines, [...]
When “Younger” debuts its seventh and final season on April 15 on Paramount +, Nico Tortorella’s Josh will have left his mark on masculinity, says the queer nonbinary actor and activist. “Josh is a straight [...]
He was ‘The Bachelor’ in 2019’s season 23 of the popular ABC television series of the same name. Now Colton Underwood, 29, has come out as gay. “I’ve ran from myself for a long time,” [...]
Singer Demi Lovato recently revealed on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast that she is a member of the LGBTQ community and most closely identifies with the term pansexual. "I'm so fluid now,” she said on [...]
Michigan GOP Chair Ron Weiser is facing a big backlash to cruel comments he made last month at a North Oakland Republican Club meeting. The comments, which The Detroit News first published online in a [...]
Transgender Michigan Founder and Executive Director Rachel Crandall-Crocker was having coffee yesterday — an iced coffee with almond milk, to be exact — at her favorite spot, The Dovetail in Warren, when the news suddenly [...]
Family Equality transgender advocate and Chief Policy Officer Denise Brogan-Kator has announced her plans to retire at the end of May. She has a history of LGBTQ+ activism going back nearly 30 years. Brogan-Kator first [...]
It was a fitting farewell. LGBT Detroit honored former Between The Lines publishers Susan Horowitz and Jan Stevenson with the agency’s 2021 Women’s Herstory Month award during a Facebook Live celebration and discussion that took [...]
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 12 contestant Rock M. Sakura (aka Bryan Bradford) has, in the wake of this week’s alleged anti-Asian Atlanta massage parlor murders, revealed in an emotional series of tweets that prior to [...]
This week, another groundbreaking victory for the LGBTQ+ community: actress, dancer, activist and model Leyna Bloom has become the first trans woman of color to be featured in Sports Illustrated’s famed Swimsuit edition. “This is [...]
Elton John is pissed at Pope Francis. The pontiff said in a letter issued today through the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the church’s orthodoxy office, that Catholic clergy may not bless same-sex [...]
London Bell and her Bell Global Justice Institute will hold a parallel event at the 65th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The event, a panel discussion, is titled Visible [...]
Comedian and actor Patti Harrison has made LGBTQ+ history by becoming the first transgender actor to voice a character in a Disney animated film. In the new movie “Raya and the Last Dragon," Harrison is [...]
An incarcerated trans woman has filed a lawsuit alleging the Michigan Department of Corrections failed to keep her safe and, in fact, put her in a position to be harmed by forcing her to bunk [...]
Diabolique Paris Johnson, 34, of Indianapolis was charged Tuesday, March 2, with first-degree felony murder in the Sept. 5 shooting death of 39-year-old Joshua J. Smelser. Smelser, a videographer who had moved to Detroit only [...]
The National Black Justice Coalition released a statement this week alleging anti-Black and anti-LGBTQ+ bias in the ongoing prosecution of actor Jussie Smollett. The statement, released in cooperation with Black Gifted and Whole, the National [...]
Bethany Christian Services, the largest Christian adoption agency in the U.S., has announced a new policy of inclusivity that will allow LGBTQ+ people to foster and adopt in all 32 of the states its serves. [...]
May 17,1973 – Feb. 19, 2021 He was a singer, performance artist, celebrity stylist, makeup artist, fashion designer and much, much more. The multi-faceted Michiee DeVale died on Feb. 19, 2021. He was 47. DeVale [...]
Physical sciences professor at Ferris State University Thomas Brennan has been fired for tweeting homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic comments. Brennan was under investigation by the university since November when FSU President David Eisler issued a [...]
The Detroit LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the Michigan Diversity Council are partnering to present a virtual conference called Colours. The two-day event will take place May 13 and 14 and will focus on the [...]
Last week the owner of the private gay Michigan campsite Camp Boomerang, Bryan Quinn, said on social media that the camp required men to have a penis in order to purchase a membership. Boomerang has [...]
Retired attorney and activist Mark LaChey was reelected to the post of first vice chair of the Michigan Democratic Party at the party’s virtual State Spring Convention Saturday, Feb. 20. More than 1,300 delegates voted [...]
The Ruth Ellis Center’s annual Ruth Ellis Day celebration is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 28. Like most events these days, the celebration will be virtual and feature a screening of Yvonne Welbon’s documentary "Living with [...]
