Although Grosse Pointe is shedding its reputation as a conservative bastion, it’s still notable voters in the Grosse Pointe Public School System (GPPSS) just elected their first LGBTQ+ school board trustee. Even the winner herself [...]
Brody Levesque| Washington Blade Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association LGBTQ Victory Fund President Annise Parker always tells prospective LGBTQ+ candidates that her best advice is to “knock on doors and tell voters what [...]
The predicted Nov. 8 “Red Wave” that became a “Blue Tsunami” in Michigan brought some hopeful results, with the legislative future in Lansing essentially flipping from hostility to optimism for the LGBTQ+ community. Here are [...]
There’s a mood in Michigan today, and it’s very, very blue. And in a good way! Democrats now control both chambers of the state house, the governorship, the attorney general seat and the secretary of [...]
Progressive LGBTQ+ groups celebrated the pro-equality LGBTQ+ candidates running in key midterm races across the country on Tuesday, several of whom claimed victory as Election Day stretched into the night. Becca Balint and Maura Healey [...]
The bigoted efforts of those attempting to ban books in Dearborn has garnered national attention. It happened last week when late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert expressed skepticism at a claim made by Michigan's anti-queer, [...]
She hasn’t even taken office yet as the new president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and already Kelley Robinson, who’ll take the big chair Nov. 26, is on tour. She's been stumping to get [...]
In a move disappointing to Michigan progressives, the state’s Chamber of Commerce came out earlier this week in support of gubernatorial candidate Republican Tudor Dixon. The candidate has devoted much of her campaigning to anti-LGBTQ+ [...]
Susan Estep, a Saline Area Schools Board of Education trustee, says she’s passionate about her role as an elected official. But openly queer Estep possesses an unusual determination to carry out her official duties in [...]
38th State House District candidate Joey Andrews is on a mission to get the word out about Southwest Michigan. Despite a general sentiment he sees coming out of Lansing, the area is not strictly an [...]
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist's LGBTQ+ allyship began when he was just a kid because of, he says, "someone I had a great deal of love for." That person was his Uncle Glen. Gilchrist’s father’s [...]
A new bill introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives would make it illegal for parents and guardians to get gender-affirming care for minors. HB 6454 would make obtaining such care a felony, punishable by [...]
There are three statewide proposals on the Nov. 8 ballot in Michigan, and while not explicitly about the LGBTQ+ community, each of them has a connection worth considering. Proposal 22-1: Voters for Transparency and Term Limits [...]
Megan Cottington-Heath, an attorney who owns a family law practice, calls it the worst divorce she’s ever seen. The candidate for an open seat on the Saginaw County Circuit Court made that assessment after reading [...]
Last month, Michigan GOP Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock targeted U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg with a homophobic tweet, calling him a “weak little girl” while mocking his move to Michigan. Despite widespread condemnation of her [...]
Governor Tudor Dixon. It’s a possibility that sends a shudder down the spine of anyone in Michigan's LGBTQ+ community. And for good reason. It is no exaggeration to say that there has never been a [...]
Jason Morgan is no “Debbie Downer.” Yet that’s what the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners Chair and candidate for Michigan’s 23rd State House District fears people might think upon learning he has Becker Muscular Dystrophy. [...]
Bestselling romance author Nora Roberts tells Pride Source she has a simple reason for donating $50,000 to the Patmos Library in Michigan after she learned that, in August, voters in Jamestown Township voted to defund [...]
Within months of losing his job and health insurance during the last recession, Justin Mendoza’s late father was hospitalized with an infection in his legs. Three days later, he returned home with $10,000 in medical [...]
We are under attack. It’s not exaggeration or hyperbole to say that there are those in America today who want to seriously harm individuals in the LGBTQ+ community. This applies to you regardless of your [...]
In an outrageous move that strains credulity — and just plain common sense — the Family Research Council (FRC) has obtained "church" status with the IRS. Specifically, they claim to be an “association of churches,” [...]
Good morning, angels! Michigan’s Trifecta of Female Badassery (Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson) struck this “Charlie’s Angels”-inspired pose at the Michigan Democratic Party 2022 State Nominating Convention [...]
While she and other white allies were painting an outdoor mural the summer of George Floyd’s murder, Lansing resident Emily Dievendorf was hit head on by a white supremacist on a motorcycle. In that moment [...]
As recently as a few weeks ago, those who support an anti-gay agenda in Michigan were out in full force. Voters in west Michigan’s Jamestown Township were so outraged by their library offering age-appropriate reading [...]
There’s an old adage that advises people to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. With the U.S. Supreme Court now dominated by a conservative majority that apparently has no shame in overturning [...]
I am writing this on Primary Election Eve. By the time you’re reading this, races across the country will be decided, for better or worse. In Michigan, we have a clown car of right-wing Republican [...]
Gabriela Santiago-Romero, a first-generation Mexican American from southwest Detroit, became the first Latinx out LGBTQ+ woman elected to the Detroit City Council Tuesday. The win comes after Santiago-Romero spoke to Pride Source about her run. [...]
Michigan’s August 2021 primary elections will be held today, Tuesday, Aug. 3, and, like Michiganders in the rest of the state, Detroiters are gearing up to vote. But if reviewing the candidates on the ballot [...]
When current Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack campaigned for reelection last year, she said she wouldn’t consider it a win unless newcomer Elizabeth Welch won, too. The double victory meant that the [...]
Sarah McBride, who once made history at the Democratic National Convention in 2016, achieved another milestone Tuesday night by winning an election in Delaware to become the highest-ranking openly transgender state legislator in the United [...]
Early data from exit polls conducted with voters on Nov. 3 indicate that 2/3 of the LGBTQ vote went to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who appears to have be poised Friday morning to easily [...]
After days of thorough ballot counting, former Vice President Joe Biden emerged as the victor of the 2020 presidential election on Saturday, ousting President Trump from the White House as a one-term president. The Associated [...]
Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack won reelection Tuesday. She had previously said she would not consider it a victory unless Elizabeth Welch was also elected to the court and indeed she was. [...]
The results of the presidential election as of Wednesday afternoon remained up in the air. The New York Times reports Joe Biden as of 11:30 a.m. was ahead of President Trump in the Electoral College [...]
One of two Senate Democrats up for reelection in Michigan, a state won by Donald Trump in 2016, Sen. Gary Peters has declared victory against Republican challenger John James. In a very tight race, Peters [...]
Attorney Jaimie Powell Horowitz was elected to one of the two open judge seats in Oak Park's 45th District Court today. She beat her challenger, Brenda Richard, by earning 57% of the vote. In this [...]
As of the Nov. 3 election, openly gay incumbent Democrat David Coulter has been elected to a four-year term as Oakland County Executive, the county's top official. He is the first openly gay Democrat to [...]
Gina Ortiz Jones on Tuesday lost to her Republican challenger in Texas’ 23rd congressional district. The New York Times reported Republican Tony Gonzales defeated Jones, who was an Air Force intelligence officer during the second Iraq war, [...]
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) on Tuesday won reelection. The Associated Press declared the gay Democrat the winner of his race against Republican Matt Mowers in New Hampshire’s 1st congressional district at 12:40 a.m. [...]
By Parker Purifoy Mia Mason has lost her race to unseat U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) in Maryland’s 1st congressional district. The Associated Press called the race for Harris around 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday with [...]
It’s official: Voters in New York have given final approval Tuesday night to U.S. House candidates Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres, making them the first openly gay Black candidates elected to Congress. Jones was elected [...]
Jon Hoadley on Tuesday lost to U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.). The Associated Press declared Upton the winner early Wednesday morning. Hoadley, the former president of the now-defunct National Stonewall Democrats, is a member of [...]
Editor's note: This article will be continuously updated with the latest election results. As the results from the Tuesday, Nov. 3, presidential election continue to be submitted, an increase in mail-in absentee ballots due to [...]
Two gay campaign surrogates — Richard Grenell and Pete Buttigieg — are making waves in the media highlighting LGBTQ support in the presidential election, but they’re on opposing sides in making the case for which [...]
Call to Action Cold, windy weather could not deter a group of about 40 activists who gathered in Detroit’s Krainz Park Monday to gain inspiration from local and national voting rights advocates in a last-minute [...]
Today at an LGBTQ-focused get-out-the-vote rally held at the home of openly gay Sen. Jeremy Moss, Sens. Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow came together alongside other elected officials to deliver a resounding message: vote. "This [...]
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee guided through President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, said Saturday her confirmation demonstrates women in America can achieve anything [...]
A growing number of businesses in downtown D.C. have boarded up their windows in anticipation of potential unrest after Election Day. The Washington Blade on Sunday morning recorded two videos near Black Lives Matter Plaza, [...]
All eyes on election night will be on the results of the presidential race, but a number of races throughout the country have major LGBTQ implications. Here’s our rundown of races to watch while you’re [...]
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