Something is afoul in Cass County. Russell Ball, a physical education and health teacher at Three Rivers Middle School, walked off the job in the middle of the school day Monday after school officials told [...]
It’s hard to imagine a kerfuffle over putting library cards in the hands of school kids. But in Williamston, a small town east of Lansing considered politically purple, there have been some heated discussions. The [...]
Local government matters. Who sits on your city commission is important because those are the people who make the decisions that are closest to your front door. Municipal races don’t get the kind of breathless [...]
Listen, we know you’re tired. This year has been relentless. So you can imagine how excited we are about the extended weekends and holiday observances coming up. We’re ready to relax, celebrate and recharge. If [...]
Affirmations LGBTQ+ community center in Ferndale is enhancing and expanding their Behavioral Health Services program thanks to a new $250,000 grant from Oakland County. The grant, which will be administered by the United Way for [...]
Treva Bell Bass, who died November 8, was born into one of the most prominent and well-respected African American families in Detroit. Bass made her entrance into the world on July 31, 1955, the same [...]
Saturday, Nov. 20, marks the annual commemoration of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). It’s a day that nationally celebrates the lives of the transgender people we’ve lost. The special day was created in 1999 by [...]
Acting as primary caregiver for a dying parent is a heavy burden for anyone. Martin, who preferred not to use his last name, assumed that role for his mother after outliving his own cancer prognosis [...]
Sometimes, the universe delivers a full-circle moment capable of healing old wounds. Rev. Dr. Selma Massey, recently named the first LGBTQ+ moderator of the Detroit Metropolitan Association of the United Church of Christ (DMAUCC), is [...]
Michiganders who identify outside the male/female binary can finally hold a state ID or driver’s license with the correct gender marker thanks to a new Secretary of State policy. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson [...]
For the first time ever, this year’s People’s Sexiest Men Alive list includes a trans man, actor and Ann Arbor native Brian Michael Smith. “I’ve been called many things, this is a first,” said the [...]
We are organizations across the State of Michigan that serve members of the LGBTQ+ community and we write this statement in opposition to the so-called “Secure Michigan Vote” petition drive. We believe that such initiative, [...]
"Two Bloody Marys" is what Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel consumed at the MSU-UM men's football game on Oct. 30, according to a statement she released on Nov. 10 via Facebook. Michiganders were quick to [...]
We’re in the acceptance phase of fall — the phase where we’ve finally come to terms with the fact that summer is officially over and it’s time to get ready for the holiday season. But [...]
Depending on who you ask, Grace Bacon is known as either the mother or grandmother of the Michigan transgender community. But, however you recognize Bacon, one thing remains true: she is the founder of Crossroads, [...]
Dominick Evans has an alter ego: the Crip Crusader. He’s on a mission to make sure that disabled and transgender people are represented in the media and not just by cisgender and able-bodied actors. Evans [...]
A new online support community is helping transgender individuals find their (literal) voices. Pride Source reached out to the group’s founder, Dr. Ramya Konnai, a speech pathologist in Oakland County with almost two decades of [...]
It’s been just over a month since the tragic shooting death of 34-year-old Lance Sutherland just outside The Woodward Bar in Midtown on Sept. 29. Today, suspect Jovin Morice Taylor, 38, of Detroit, sits in [...]
Let’s face it, we’ve officially reached the winter holiday season. The frost outside your window, sunset at 6 p.m. and holiday jingles piped through every store’s speakers all confirm we’ve entered the season of merriment [...]
In the world of politics, it’s always election season. That said, with the 2021 elections now in the rearview mirror, it’s time to gear up for 2022. Pride Source checked in with three political prognosticators [...]
Pride Source is thrilled to announce the success of three local openly LGBTQ+ first-time candidates and join them in celebrating their historic wins. We asked each of them the following question: What does winning your [...]
With Caitlyn Jenner busy upholding the bashing of trans folk by comedian Dave Chappelle, Pride Source thought it would take a look at some kinder, gentler but still kick-ass trans individuals whose activism inspires us. [...]
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. [...]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten, who are Traverse City home owners, spent Halloween in the hospital. The two adopted twins Joseph August and Penelope Rose in August. Sadly, their 2-month-old, Joseph [...]
Colin Thanh is used to raving under extreme conditions. Pouring rain or searing hot, it doesn’t matter: Thanh is there among the drugs and sweat. After many hours of soaked dancing in the mud at [...]
Call us your genie in the bottle because all your fall wishes are about to come true. Whether you’re into the gore of Halloween or a relaxing experience sans the costumes, we’ve got an event [...]
Twenty two years ago, Ann Arbor resident Debra Miller came out at age 44 after a long marriage. The first LGBTQ+ space she went to was the Aut Bar. “When I came out, I didn’t [...]
Aleisha, a trans woman of color with masculine facial features, has endured decades of suffering. Because her face “outs” her as a transgender woman, she’s had to deal with discrimination at work and when looking [...]
For as long as there have been drag shows, there have been drag fundraisers. Drag queens have raised money for funeral expenses, fallen friends and queens, hospital bills and even pageants for girls trying to [...]
Disabled people are sexual beings. Unfortunately, this fact is rarely depicted in the media or even something most able-bodied people consider. Photographer and Yale MFA graduate Robert Andy Coombs seeks to change that with his [...]
LGBT Detroit is continuing its efforts in support of the Palmer Park neighborhood of Detroit being kept together as one voting block. Yesterday, several LGBT Detroit staff members and volunteers spoke at the Michigan Independent [...]
You might be surprised to learn that the LGBTQ+ community is advancing the auto industry — yep, queers are engineering, too. And in addition to owning Backstreet at Large Multiplex, the LGBTQ+ bar in Detroit, [...]
Allied Media Projects (AMP), a Detroit-based media collective, makes it their mission to shine a light on “all the ways we communicate with the world.” Through their connections — locally and throughout the country — [...]
When Merrilee Melvin, then 24, came out as lesbian to some coworkers in 1972, she didn't expect to lose her job. "I was working at a little print shop in Detroit, and I had come [...]
In the early days, when Black queer house music was beginning to catch on, queer and transgender Black, indigenous, people of color (QTBIPOC) artists often kept their creations on the down low, and for good [...]
"It all started with a Beetle." This could be the beginning of a story about someone who went on to become a "car nut" engineer or somebody who went on to become an entomologist. In [...]
Earlier this week Texas Governor Greg Abbott bowed to a political opponent and had a web page containing suicide prevention information for LGBTQ+ youth taken down. A part of the Texas Department of Family and [...]
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel came under fire at a rally on the Capitol steps in Lansing on Tuesday. Matthew DePerno, a Republican attorney who has announced his intention to run for attorney general and [...]
For the first time ever, Macomb County Pride (MCP) will take over downtown Mount Clemens this weekend. The event, set for Friday, Oct. 15 to Sunday, Oct. 17, will celebrate the local LGBTQ+ community with [...]
Covid worked hard to cancel any semblance of joy these almost two years, but the LGBTQ+ community worked harder. At every obstacle, we've pivoted and cultivated space for the community to feel seen and supported [...]
Artist Bryan Hoffman, a Michigan native, was recently awarded the Muskegon Museum of Art’s Best of Show Award at the 92nd Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition for his painting “Kellie Looks Left.” The piece depicts a [...]
The death of a child is the stuff of nightmares for parents. The pain and the anguish never really go away, and the entire family is reshaped by such a tragic event. Such was the [...]
Affirmations LGBTQ community center has announced the launch of a three-year collaboration of community partners across the state designed to increase the rate of Covid vaccination throughout the LGBTQ+ community. The Michigan Department of Health [...]
Last month Equality Michigan’s Erin Knott urged LGBTQ+ voters to get involved in the redistricting process to create more local representation and realign Michigan’s voting districts, which have long skewed in favor of Republicans. LGBT [...]
Who says three’s a crowd? Not this Michigan couple who recently welcomed rare identical triplets. Kevin O’Neill and Eric Portenga of Ann Arbor welcomed baby girls Parker, Robin and Sylvie O’Neill via their surrogate Maureen [...]
The return to safe and comfortable live events has been a bumpy road for most everyone after many months of Covid-related ups and downs. For the organizers behind the fifth annual Trans Stellar Film Festival, [...]
Marshall Kilgore couldn't make it to Motor City Pride this year. Instead, the 22-year-old candidate for Kalamazoo city commission stayed close to home, juggling work, family and campaign responsibilities. Kilgore was still able to celebrate [...]
Detroit native Ka’Juan Hill is a man who wears many hats. By day he works in HIV/AIDS prevention and by night he hosts parties — around town and around the country — as KHAOS. He [...]
“Looking Back Through Stained Glass,” a limited run “live-band drag extravaganza,” will wrap up this weekend at Ant Hall in Hamtramck. “Stained Glass,” a joint project presented by Michigan Stage and non-profit performing arts organization [...]
Gigi’s Cabaret, the Detroit gay bar with the longest-running female impersonation show in Southeast Michigan, is back with their Miss Gigi’s Pageant from Oct. 23-24. Since its opening in 1972, the bar has been known [...]
