With a larger festival footprint, 40 percent more booths, as well as new initiatives to support the asexual and intersex communities, Ferndale Pride 2018 is looking to be an even bigger celebration than years past.
Longtime Ferndale Pride ‘Mascot’ Gordon Matson on Living Long, Proud and Out Loud Whenever someone references “standing on the shoulders” of those who came before them in the fight for equality, they are talking about people like Gordon Matson. Today, it's simply part of local tradition to witness him, ever-changing rainbow costume and all, out and proud as Ferndale's pride mascot. However, before he could become the rainbow headdress-wearing, acceptance-spreading, veritable pope of pride, like most in his position, the Ferndale native spent a large portion of his formative years in the closet.
MAY 31-JUNE 11 "Company" 8 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays & Mondays; 5 p.m. on June 3 & 10 The Ringwald Theatre 22742 Woodward Ave., Ferndale Tickets: $25 on Fridays & Saturdays; $20 on Sundays; [...]
DJ CoolkidSue calls herself a "rebel," a "blast" and a "party animal." All of which make her a perfect fit to perform at this year's Ferndale Pride at 4:15 p.m. on June 2 on the Genisys Credit Union DJ Dance Stage.
Mainstream newspapers, including the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News, the Lansing State Journal, the Traverse City Record-Eagle, the Flint Journal, and the Grand Rapids Press, have documented queer lives for decades, in both [...]
Ypsi Pride is set to host their second annual block party in Downtown Ypsilanti on Friday, June 1. Ypsi Pride, a program of First Fridays Ypsilanti, brings two stages of lively, family-friendly local entertainment, a children’s area, outdoor beer gardens, food trucks, vendors and organizations to the North and Sout Washington Street blocks in Ypsilanti.
A plethora of performers will keep people entertained during Ferndale Pride on June 2, but no one will be hotter than Alexa Rae.
West Bloomfield's Jewish Ensemble Theatre will be putting on a production of Harvey Fierstein's Tony Award-Winning 'Casa Valentina'. The play opens on May 24 and runs through June 17. It follows the lives of women named Miranda, Bessie, Valentina, Charlotte, Gloria, Terry and Amy who meet regularly at their favorite vacation spot in the Catskills.
For many LGBTQ southeast Michiganders, Ferndale pride is a must-see when celebrating throughout the month of June. This year, the Affirmations LGBTQ community center is hosting its own miniature Ferndale pride in-house to provide Affirmations [...]
This week’s special Pride Issue installment for the BTL series, Michigan Mayors Against LGBT Discrimination, features Ferndale’s own openly gay mayor, Dave Coulter. Coulter has been mayor of Ferndale since 2011.
In 1987, a group of black, gay men decided to form an upscale social club that has come to be known as the Billionaire Boys Club. Robert Tate, a founding member, said Byron Combs was [...]
Photo courtesy of Gerald Terrell, OneFour3 Entertainment. When Walter Cooper started going out at the age of 17, he would frequent Inuendo Nightclub in Detroit. "As a young person coming out, going to the [...]
Rico Pruitt is new on the adult entertainment scene and is making quite an impression. His debut scene on BlackBoyAddictionz.com broke records in March with the most downloads on the six-year-old website. Pruitt's internet fame [...]
A diverse group of artists will come together in support of each other during Hotter Than July's Fine Arts Reception from 6-8 p.m. on July 27 at the Wayne State University Integrative Biosciences Center on [...]
The 22nd annual Hotter Than July's theme is "I Am Because We Are." The theme for this year's black LGBTQ Pride event in Detroit comes from the ancient African word Ubuntu, according to Curtis Lipscomb, [...]
BTL Photo: Andrew Potter The 22nd annual Hotter Than July's theme is "I Am Because We Are." The theme for this year's black LGBTQ Pride event in Detroit comes from the ancient African word [...]
Motor City Pride is Michigan's largest Pride celebration with more than 40,000 participants in its Pride events. Dave Wait, event chair, said he is feeling "really good" about the festival this year June 10-11 at [...]
PRISM Chorus rehearses weekly in Madison Heights. BTL Photo: Jason A. Michael Randall Wrisinger has always loved playing the piano. "My grandmother bought me a cord organ when I was four and I really [...]
Photo courtesy of David Graff AUGUST 12 Transgender Pride in the Park 12-6 p.m. Donald Red Geary Park, Earle Boulevard at Pinecrest, Ferndale http://www.transgendermichigan.org Celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Compton's Cafeteria Riot AUGUST [...]
photo: S2_PrideCallout1_2523.jpg Sing out Detroit, established in 2008, performed at Motor City Pride for the first time in 2009 and have performed there each year ever since. The mixed soprano, alto, tenor and bass chorus [...]
photo: The LGBTQ women's motorcycle club, Dykes on Bikes Detroit, began in 2008 with Heather O'Brian as president, Marianne Waugh as vice president, Tracy Brown as treasurer and Ronda Wright as secretary. Since then, the [...]
The seventh annual LGBT Older Adult Summit will be held from 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on June 24 at MSU Detroit Campus located at 3408 Woodward Ave. in Detroit. The event, organized by SAGE [...]
Now thru JULY 28 "Summer of Pride" Exhibit Pittman-Puckett Gallery Hours: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Affirmations, 290 W. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale http://www.goaffirmations.org Honors the struggles of the LGBTQ+ community through activism during Ferndale [...]
Slipstream Theatre Initiative proudly presents an all-male version of Aristophanes' classic "Lysistrata" June 17-July 9 at 460 Hilton Road in Ferndale. In this fresh version of the raunchy comedy, "Lysistrata" is a washed up drag [...]
UNIFIED HIV Health & Beyond began over a decade ago engaging individuals with the otherwise closed ballroom communities. For generations, ball culture has been a place of escape and defiance for young black and Latino [...]
In August 1966, a group of transgender women fought back against a police raid at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco. The riot that ensued marks what many believe was the beginning of the transgender equality [...]
In 2017, LGBTQ America is looking to find a balance between being political and celebratory during the month of June. As LGBTQ people and their allies defy the hatred and violence that targets them, they [...]
Tunde Olaniran built his audience in Michigan through great shows at places like Loving Touch and the DIY Street Fair in Ferndale. The majority of "Yung Archetype" and "Transgressor" (his first full-length album released in [...]
Like many 501(c)3 non-profit organizations, Michigan Pride operates on the kindness of volunteers. If volunteers are lacking or there is a decline in participation for a particular event, as a result, the organization chooses not [...]
It's an age old story: Alise King got her start singing in church. "When I was about 12, I discovered that I had a voice," said King, who grew up on Detroit's east side and [...]
Johnathan Celestin loves performing at Pride festivals. "It's always big energy and lots of love," said the Washington, D.C.-based singer. "I think a lot of time people come to Prides to celebrate. It's a celebration [...]
Sam Tolson is an oddity. A native of Toledo, Ohio, she didn't grow up singing. Never sang in church. Never really sang anywhere in fact. Until, that is, the beginning of 2012 when she suddenly [...]
Photo:Andrew Potter DETROIT - It's that time of year again. The rainbow flag will be waving high over Hart Plaza when Motor City Pride comes to downtown Detroit June 11-12. The festival will be [...]
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE - Over the past four years city employees in over 400 municipalities nationwide have gone through and reported their list of policies and regulations that extend discrimination protections for LGBT individuals [...]
Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles said they are "hilarious and wild" with a charisma and chemistry she found to be "utterly charming," and Nancy Wilson of the legendary rock band Heart called them "the real [...]
FERNDALE - For Alyssa Atkinson, volunteering is therapeutic. "I've had problems in the past with depression and anxiety and I sometimes will find it hard to go out and do things with people because I [...]
DETROIT - Get your motor runnin' and get ready to head out on the dance floor because MotorBall is back. An official after party of Motor City Pride, the main event will take place Saturday, [...]
Detroit's Black Gay Pride is here! The 2016 Hotter Than July celebration will feature nearly a week of activities for the LGBT community beginning July 26 stretching to July 31. The week kicks off with [...]
The Michigan Primary Care Association will host its first Michigan LGBT Health Summit June 13 at the Doubletree Hotel in Bay City, Michigan. The summit will include panels and breakout sessions that will focus on [...]
An LGBT Pride Month exhibit of the art of well-known Detroit artist and Between The Lines columnist Charles Alexander will be held in the Scarab Club Second Floor Gallery, June 8-25. Meet-the-artist reception with refreshments [...]
By ED English Where in the world is Carmen Electra? The model-TV personality-sex symbol-singer's recent hit "Around The World" says it all. And so does her Instagram feed. One minute, she's bikini-clad for photo shoots [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus Hot off Season 7 of the Logo TV's "RuPaul's Drag Race" phenomenon, Darienne Lake of Season 6 spoke with Between the Lines about her upcoming gig at Motor City Pride June [...]
Thelma Houston A Mississippi native, Houston's fame hit when she teamed up with Motown Records. The single "Don't Leave Me This Way" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B Singles and Dance Music charts [...]
The King & Queens Ball 8 p.m. June 6 Chene Park 2600 Atwater St. in Detroit For tickets visit http://ticketmaster.com She is large and in charge, chunky yet funky. Yes, the one and only Latrice [...]
By ED English An outreach coordinator for Planned Parenthood by day and a war paint-clad musician by night, Flint native Tunde Olaniran bridges social justice with gender-bending beats. "I try to talk about things that [...]
The King & Queens Ball 8 p.m. June 6 Chene Park 2600 Atwater St. in Detroit For tickets visit http://ticketmaster.com She is large and in charge, chunky yet funky. Yes, the one and only Latrice [...]
By Shelby Clark Petkus It's not too early to start planning a trip to Lansing for Michigan Pride. The multi-day event celebrates LGBTQ pride in the state's capital, featuring a variety of adult and family-oriented [...]
It's year 19 and the theme is Happy Together. KICK, the Agency for LGBT African Americans, which produces the annual week-long celebration, has been holding Hotter Than July planning committee meetings since January. "It's still [...]
] Kalamazoo Pride June 13 & 14 Kalamazoo http://www.kglrc.org/pride ] Rocking the Calder for Equality June 14 Grand Rapids http://www.grlgbt.org/pride-2014/ ] World Pride Toronto June 20-29 Toronto http://www.worldpridetoronto.com ] Holland Area Pride June 28 Holland [...]
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