Increased Risk Stay-at-home orders designed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus have had some unintended victims: namely, those at risk of intimate partner violence who are forced to isolate with their abuser. And [...]
The Need is Great Only about 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood. That’s because of various restrictions like age and physical health of the potential donor plus factors intended to [...]
Last week Equality Michigan, a statewide nonprofit LGBTQ-advocacy organization, and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson co-hosted a Tele-Town Hall event to remind voters how to prepare for upcoming elections and to [...]
LGBT Detroit, the city’s premier black LGBTQ service provider and producer of Hotter Than July, the world’s now longest-running, uninterrupted Black LGBTQ Pride celebration for the last 25 years, is taking its 2020 festivities digital. [...]
In a blend of the virtual and tangible, the Detroit-based gallery Library Street Collective has created a new digital exhibition platform called SITE: Art and Architecture in the Digital Space. Set in Detroit’s historic State [...]
While summer Pride festivals are a great opportunity for celebration, they're also annual reminders of LGBTQ history and the important strides that activists have made in the fight for full equality. In that spirit, Motor [...]
Aimee Stephens did not start out wanting to be a warrior for transgender rights. She simply wanted to be Aimee Stephens. When she announced she was transgender and would be presenting as her true, female [...]
The Affirmations LGBTQ community center has teamed up with Gleaners Food Bank and Wayne State University to offer free food box pickup every Friday for any LGBTQ person in need. From 10 a.m. to 2 [...]
LGBT Detroit’s Executive Director Curtis Lipscomb said that when he learned that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was putting together a Task Force on Racial Disparities to help fight the novel coronavirus pandemic he was thrilled. But he was honored [...]
Tried and True It’s more than a slogan. “Care. No Matter What” is Planned Parenthood’s guiding principle and a mandate now more than ever as the organization faces its latest external threat: the novel coronavirus. [...]
LIVONIA - On May 8, Between The Lines received a $100,000 grant from Facebook to support the paper’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on Michigan’s LGBTQ community. “We are thrilled to receive this support [...]
Aimee Stephens, whose landmark case was the first case about the civil rights of transgender people to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, died today at her home in Metro Detroit with her wife, [...]
The novel coronavirus has swept the nation clean of any summer 2020 plans, and with 2020 Pride events being canceled, too, many local queer entertainment groups in Southeast Michigan are now out of work and [...]
DETROIT – Corktown Health Center, Michigan’s first LGBTQ-focused medical home, announced it will host a contactless condom distribution event called “Safer Sex in the Time of COVID” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, [...]
DETROIT — LGBT Detroit announces the rollout of a series of conversations on healthy relationships and healing during COVID-19. The inaugural event “Meet The Council” airs virtually on Zoom and Facebook Live platforms on Friday, [...]
Stress from the stay-at-home order, growing fears of the unknown about one’s livelihood or life itself — those are just some of the reasons the coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on the emotional well-being [...]
Rachel Crandall-Crocker is a licensed master social worker and the executive director of Transgender Michigan. In addition, she's the primary volunteer for the Transgender Michigan Helpline. She explained its function and that it serves a [...]
Nearly seven years after being fired for coming out as transgender at R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes in Garden City, Aimee Stephens has stayed strong in a legal battle for LGBTQ rights that has [...]
The organizers of Kalamazoo Pride, OutFront Kalamazoo, recently announced that the annual summer event would be canceled this year. While it was initially expected that the June celebration would be merely postponed till April, OutFront [...]
As the novel coronavirus pandemic has spread across the world, the respiratory illness' hit to dense population areas has been especially devastating. And while rural areas are impacted, too, it's clear that maintaining ideal social [...]
Had the novel coronavirus pandemic not come to pass, this March five female Detroit activists would have attended the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women to talk about women's equality. Their event was to [...]
Community Mainstay Menjo’s is perhaps the best-known gay bar in Detroit and has been a mainstay in the community for more than 40 years. Now, temporarily shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, the adjoining theater [...]
On Friday, May 1, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Stand with Trans will hold a Facebook Live “Ask the Expert” event featuring Dr. Toni Caretto, a local authority on gender. Caretto is a fully licensed [...]
LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today signed Executive Order 2020-64, which reaffirms the state’s commitment to equitable access to health care, and requires health care facilities to develop protocols that ensure non-discrimination in the event [...]
SAGE Metro Detroit is an organization that works to advocate for LGBTQ elders across the Metro area. On Thursday, April 30, at 11 a.m. the organization is inviting attendees to a digital social gathering and [...]
“I don’t think I’ve ever been sicker in my life.” Those words were spoken by Brendan Johnson, candidate for Michigan’s 45th State House District, in a video message posted on his campaign Facebook page shortly [...]
Change of Plans Baking Irish soda bread in one’s kitchen while answering questions from potential voters might seem like an unusual way to campaign for office, but Brendan Johnson is not a typical candidate and [...]
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Treasury today announced Michiganders who have student loans guaranteed by the state will be provided assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Collection activities on delinquent Federal Family Education Loan Program [...]
On Wednesday, April 29, constituents are invited to a Zoom video chat for a 30-minute conversation with State Rep. Jon Hoadley. Hoadley is running for U.S. Congress in Michigan's 6th congressional district. Listeners can learn [...]
The Hotter Than July Retrospective is a collaboration between the largest Black-led LGBT nonprofit in North America, LGBT Detroit, and the largest and longest-running LGBTQ publication in Michigan, PrideSource’s Between the Lines. The Hotter Than [...]
Abracadabra Jewelry and Gem Gallery in downtown Ann Arbor is hosting a weekly giveaway as a way of showing gratitude to health care workers, first responders, grocers, postal staff, delivery folks and everyone risking their [...]
"Added Pressures" As governors across the U.S. extend stay-at-home orders, millions of Americans are becoming accustomed to a temporarily altered, home-bound way of life. But for HIV-positive people, those concerns are compounded due to their [...]
DETROIT — The COLOURS Conference and Gala 2020 presented by the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the Michigan Diversity Council has been postponed to May 2021. Kevin Heard, president of the DRLGBTCC said [...]
Change of Course As every aspect of the 2020 election cycle adapts to the constraints of social distancing, a campaign in Michigan that seeks to secure equal rights for LGBTQ people has found a novel [...]
Originally scheduled for June 6 through 7 at Hart Plaza in Detroit, Motor City Pride 2020 has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. Festival representatives released an official statement on their site explaining the decision. [...]
LGBT Detroit has announced the launch of LGBT Detroit Mobilization, a new 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization aimed at endorsing candidates that support protections and rights for individuals regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender [...]
April 19, 1964 – March 23, 2020 Author Brent Dorian Carpenter, a former reporter and columnist for Between The Lines, died March 23 from complications from heart surgery. He was 55. A native Detroiter, Carpenter [...]
Thirty years ago the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, or CARE Act, was passed. Named for an Indiana teenager who contracted AIDS via a blood transfusion and was subsequently expelled from school because [...]
Whether working from home or not working at all, most people have extra time on their hands as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And while it’s true in theory that one could pen their [...]
DETROIT – Michigan’s “Big Three” automakers announced today their joint support for Fair and Equal Michigan, joining other business leaders, LGBTQ groups and leaders from both sides of the political aisle to add LGBTQ protections [...]
Shaking Up the Routine It's undeniable that coronavirus has drastically changed the patterns of daily life around the world. Whether one is temporarily unemployed and quarantined at home, attending work via Zoom meetings or ramping [...]
Creative Problem-Solving If there’s one thing the Ruth Ellis Center and the youth it serves are known for, it’s the ability to adapt and problem-solve when faced with challenges. And as the community navigates a [...]
The Freep Film Festival was scheduled to take place April 22 through 26. It was to open with the premiere of "America, You Kill Me," the documentary that tells the story of the late LGBTQ [...]
Michigan National Guard helps out at food banks across the state The Michigan National Guard has offered its support to food banks across Michigan. A total of 10 airmen from the 127th Wing at Selfridge [...]
In light of coronavirus-related public safety concerns, the 10th-annual Ferndale Pride event has been rescheduled to Sept. 26, 2020. Event Chair Julia Music released a letter to the community today explaining this decision. Read it [...]
Mighty Real/Queer Detroit, the month-long, multi-venue LGBTQ art exhibition scheduled for June, has been postponed until next year. “In keeping with public health directives, the Mighty Real/Queer Detroit exhibition has been rescheduled for June 2021, [...]
Dear Aff Family, I hope as you are reading this that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. The past couple of weeks have been immensely challenging for us all. I want to [...]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, the U.S. will begin what President Trump has called the "toughest week" of the crisis yet. That means that extra care should be taken to adhere to the [...]
As the nation anxiously awaits the arrival of the federal government’s promised stimulus checks, people continue to struggle financially and seek relief. The staff of the LGBTQ community’s favorite nightspots have been amongst those hardest [...]
From a physical standpoint, it's obvious that coronavirus has taken a massive toll not only in Michigan but around the world. Because of this, Michigan's governor, along with others in dozens of states, has issued [...]
