LANSING - In a 4-0 vote Tuesday, the state Board of Canvassers approved the form and language of a ballot initiative to amend the Michigan constitution to protect the LGBT community from discrimination. The proposal [...]

LANSING -- A federal waiver granted to Spring Arbor University is causing officials in the city of Lansing to take a second look at the city's human rights ordinance. The law was passed in 2006 [...]

In the 34 years since HIV was first identified by science, much has changed. It's no longer just a matter of whether someone is HIV-positive or not -- today, with medical advances, people living with [...]

Alex Saenz is a gregarious 27-year-old gay man, but his bubbly exterior hides a rough and tumble life. The 2009 Eastern High graduate struggled with addiction, specifically meth, a popular sex drug in gay communities [...]

LANSING -- In the shadow of the state Christmas tree, about 400 people rallied against what they say is escalating Christian persecution. Top on the list of the persecution they claim? Marriage equality. Rep. Tom [...]

State Rep. Tom Hooker, R-Jackson, praying with two rally participants Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Hooker introduced a resolution calling on state elected officials to ignore the June 26 SCOTUS decision making marriage equality the law [...]

Nearly 500 Democrats and supporters gathered in the first major fundraising event in West Michigan Saturday night to hear Julian Castro, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Castro is regularly mentioned as a likely [...]

Dana Nessel Two weeks ago Dana Nessel, the attorney who first brought the DeBoer case -- one of four marriage cases decided by the Supreme Court in June which led to full marriage [...]

Stephanie White Age: 46 Hometown: Kansas City Metro area Current Home: Ann Arbor Education: Bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University Marital Status: Married nine years to Emma; one son, age 5. Work experience: Political Director [...]

Equality Michigan, the statewide LGBT organization, has announced four new board members. But one of those appointments is raising eyebrows. Jim Murray, president of AT&T Michigan, was at the center of a firestorm of controversy [...]

"Absolutely yes, there is a crisis." That's how Yvonne Siferd, victim services director at Equality Michigan, summarized her response to a huge national survey on campus climates and sexual assault at 27 U.S. universities, including [...]

Lorie Adams, 41, and her partner of 14 years, Patti, 54, had two chilidren they were fostering and trying to adopt abruptly removed over three weeks ago by Bethany Christian Services. The agency was one [...]

In June, the Federal District Court in Detroit ruled that Michigan's confidentiality law, which subjects those who reveal HIV testing information and medical files to potential criminal and civil actions, does not apply to "government [...]

LANSING - On Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the Michigan Court of Appeals to reconsider its findings in a custody dispute between an upper peninsula couple - Jennifer Stankevich and Leann Milliron. The couple [...]

Dale G. Young /Detroit News via AP LANSING -- Tea party conservative lawmakers Reps. Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, and Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, are no longer representatives in the Michigan House. After a marathon session of [...]

Hey! Hey you! Wanna see the pages and pages of documents amassed by the Michigan House Business Office during its investigation into whether or not Reps. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, and Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, abused public [...]

"It's pretty hard to be afraid of something you know... Ultimately, when people know the trans community, that undermines those blatant lies." -Amy Hunter, coordinator ACLU Trans Advocacy Project A new advertisement running on radio [...]

Spiral, the normally booming dance club located in Lansing's Old Town, is bringing more than drag shows and drink specials to LGBT people. Kick Back Sunday, sponsored by Space for Grace, is a new nondenominational [...]

Minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marriage was legal for same-gender couples in the entire country, Barb Byrum had a couple before her who wanted to be married. The 37-year-old clerk hadn't even [...]

Tea party darlings and self-admitted adulterers Reps. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, and Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, have been cited for "misconduct" and "misuse of taxpayer resources" in a draft report from the House Business Office handed over [...]

The Unholy Trinity -- freshmen Reps. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer; Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell; and Gary Glenn, R-Midland -- is breaking up. Seems Glenn couldn't brook the hypocrisy of his own family values caucus. The trio came [...]

EAST LANSING - Christopher Zemer has been flying the confederate flag on his antique rootbeer stand for the past 12 years. But this year the flag is not hoisted on a pole along with an [...]

In this Jan. 14, 2015 photo, Rep. Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, and Rep Todd Courser, R-Lapeer wave to reporters in the House of Representatives in Lansing. A Michigan House leader on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015 requested [...]

Despite having introduced legislation to "protect traditional marriage," State Rep. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, was also struggling to hide his own marital infidelity with Plainwell Republican lawmaker Cindy Gamrat, according to an explosive new report from [...]

If the legal team that represented April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse prevails, the state of Michigan will be on the line to pay them nearly $2 million in fees. The legal team filed a motion [...]

Former Michigan State Representative and GOP National Committeeman Dave Agema wants the national governing body to approve a resolution calling for "truth in sex education." The resolution would require schools that teach about LGBT people [...]

The federal government announced last week that it will push for universal access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as well as full viral suppression of all persons living with HIV by 2020. Health officials in Michigan [...]

State Rep. Brandon Dillon, D-Grand Rapids, is the new chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party. He is addressing a gathering of LGBT and allies in Flint Sunday, emphazing the commitment the state Democratic Party has [...]

Political Hors D'oeuvres {Gamrat And Course Rumors} The rumors about Reps. Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser have been flying fast and furious around the Capitol City. Rumor has it the two tea party darlings and [...]

LANSING - Within hours of the release of a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriages across the country, Michigan politicians on both sides of the issue were commenting on it. "Same-sex marriage [...]

By the time Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum closed down her offices Friday, June 26, she had issued 26 marriage licenses and performed 16 ceremonies herself. She was definitely the first in Michigan to perform [...]

LANSING -- As the nation awaits a decision by the United States Supreme Court as to to whether or not same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle [...]

A new poll by Glengariff group and released by WDIV in Detroit has found that the majority of Michigan citizens support legalizing marriage equality, recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states and amending the state's [...]

The ring Patch Harrison, 27, bought Jessi Fox, 23, to firm up their engagement. ADRIAN, MICHIGAN -- Patch Harrison and Jessi Fox are in love. If, sometime this month, the U.S. Supreme Court rules [...]

Editor's Note: The anti-adoption bills were not the only regressive legislation signed and introduced. The Republican majority government was busy at work on a number of issues you can read here LANSING -- Gov. Rick [...]

LANSING - A source with a large national LGBT organization, speaking to Between The Lines on background, says Gov. Rick Snyder traded his signature on anti-gay adoptions bills - dubbed RFRA-style bills by the ACLU [...]

Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, one of four county clerks to marry same-sex couples last year, is "cautiously optimistic" the Supreme Court will issue a ruling in favor of marriage equality this month. To prepare, [...]

LANSING -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a controversial three bill legislative package which would allow faith-based adoption and foster agencies paid public dollars to refuse service to adoptive or foster parents based on [...]

LANSING -- Voting along party lines, the Michigan Senate approved a three bill package this afternoon to allow adoption agencies in the state to refuse to adopt or place foster children in homes which do [...]

A West Michigan business owner who made headlines in April for declaring he would refuse to provide mechanic's services to openly gay persons is planning a June 11 event at Jenison Public Schools Center for [...]

State House Reps. Jeremy Moss and Jon Hoadley assumed office in January. BTL photo: Rita Deibler LANSING - Every Michigander is given 525,600 minutes to experience the mitten state each year. Some use that [...]

Scientists ended a multi-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, 18 months early because it showed those who started anti-HIV therapies reduced the risk of death or development of AIDS by half. The [...]

LANSING -- As the Tuesday Supreme Court hearings neared, anti-gay activists vehemently opposed to marriage equality were ramping up in preparation for any ruling which would allow same-sex marriage to become the law of the [...]

A Michigan Senate Committee has approved, on a party line vote, a three bill package opponents say would codify discrimination by adoption agencies. The committee -- Family, Seniors and Human Services -- voted the three [...]

In December, protestors gathered at the state capitol in Lansing to stop a MiRFRA bill being considered during the lame duck session. LANSING - Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge,, chair of the Michigan Senate [...]