“America, You Kill Me,” a new documentary about Michigan LGBTQ+ activist Jeffrey Montgomery, is making its long-awaited world premiere as part of this year’s Freep Film Festival in Detroit. The film was first scheduled to [...]
With Thursday’s historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), many in the LGBTQ+ community are left to wonder how, and even if, it will [...]
As YouTube, social media, and self-released music platform Bandcamp grew in popularity, musicians could create music and garner followings from their own bedrooms: hence “bedroom pop” was born, and so was the career of UK-born, [...]
My Screen Time notifications are set to Sundays, and they'll usually pop up on my iPhone with a chipper little buzz while I'm eating a late breakfast or, if I'm feeling industrious that morning, an [...]
While the stereotype that waiters and bartenders are commonly gay persists, evidence that LGBTQ+ individuals are overrepresented in the restaurant industry is lacking. Still, it stands to reason that LGBTQ+ people in Michigan’s service industry [...]
Twenty-two years ago, Amanda and Kay Shelton faced discrimination when they were shopping for a venue for their commitment ceremony. Then they traveled over 700 miles to see the one retired judge in South Carolina [...]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he was appointing Andi Mudryk to the bench. The appointment makes Mudryk, 58, the first trans person to be appointed to the bench in California. Mudryk also becomes [...]
In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked attack, much of the country’s architecture sits in smoldering ruins and thousands of citizens and soldiers have died. To date, more than three million people [...]
During this post-COVID era, take some time out of your busy schedule to experience life again and let down your hair. Take in an in-person opera, network at a mixer or expand your small business [...]
Michigan’s out and proud Attorney General Dana Nessel is in the news once again. This time, it’s for calling her Texas counterpart, AG Ken Paxton, a “walking hate crime.” Nessel used those choice words to [...]
By Andrew Roth, Michigan Advance A Republican candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives announced that, if elected, he would introduce legislation modeled on a Florida measure known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Jon [...]
TD Charitable Foundation (TDCF), the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, has awarded the Ruth Ellis Center (REC) a $250,000 Housing for Everyone grant to help support the Center’s continuum of affordable supportive housing options [...]
Without looking at the date on the calendar, it wouldn’t be hard to know it’s election season from the number of solicitations from candidates and related groups cluttering inboxes everywhere. But before deciding whether or [...]
By Amy Brainer and Naja Nile Naja Nile is a sophomore at the University of Michigan-Dearborn majoring in Women’s & Gender Studies with a certificate in LGBTQ+ Studies. Amy Brainer is an associate professor at [...]
Theater lovers, get out your calendars. Live entertainment is back in full swing at Ferndale’s The Ringwald Theatre, which will feature all-new shows, a musical and a holiday performance during its 2022/2023 season. Since moving [...]
Openly bisexual Michigan State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D – Livonia) spoke out against Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill in a series of tweets on Friday. “Let’s have a serious talk about the Don’t Say [...]
March is that time of year when the world seems to come alive again after those long, cold winter months. Not only is spring on the way, but March is designated as Women’s History Month [...]
One of this year’s virtual displays during LGBT Detroit’s Cold as Hell event, which was titled “Dungeons in Detroit,” featured a self-guided pleasure demonstration with helpful tips that popped up on the screen during a [...]
It's official: Motor City Pride (MCP) is making a June comeback! This summer, MCP will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 11 and 12, returning to June Pride Month for the first time since 2019. [...]
Detroiters Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas are back on HGTV! The personal and professional couple and stars of HGTV’s “Bargain Block" are featured in the third season of the HGTV series “Rock the Block,” which [...]
Right now, in Ukraine, transgender people are forced to go without their prescribed hormones. “Pharmacies are out of stock of pretty much everything,” said Lenny Emson, executive director of KyivPride, a non-governmental organization in Ukraine’s [...]
Staffing at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service Division on HIV and STIs is woefully unrepresentative of those living with or at risk for HIV, new data reveals. While Black men who have [...]
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel argued yesterday before the Michigan Supreme Court that the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) prohibits discrimination because of a person’s sexual orientation. "I have long fought for equal treatment under [...]
The weather outside may still be winter-ish, and spring is still several weeks away, but that shouldn’t stop you from living your best life. Take on the town with a Broadway show about a disco [...]
Every year, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) releases its Municipal Equality Index Report (MEI). In it, they highlight cities throughout the country leading in LGBTQ+ inclusivity and representation. And, every year, for the past 10 years, [...]
The Michigan LGBTQ+ Community Center Network has issued a statement condemning Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine. The Network, which consists of 13 LGBTQ+ groups across the state, joined human rights organizations all over the world [...]
For anyone who values reproductive freedom, the stakes couldn’t be higher. In what’s widely considered the most consequential Supreme Court case regarding abortion in decades, a majority of justices appear poised to overturn Roe v. [...]
Without fanfare or discussion, the Village of Holly Council unanimously passed a resolution declaring June 2022 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month at their Feb. 8 meeting. Introduced by Council member Ryan Delaney, the resolution states that [...]
OutFront Kalamazoo (OFK) has hired Cristina B. Suárez-Ross to be the center’s new director of homeless youth programs. This comes just as OFK is preparing to open its first transitional living facility, Legacy House. The [...]
“I want this festival to speak up for those who don’t get to speak up very often, especially in dance,” Rachel Miller, Regional Alternative Dance (RAD) Fest curator, recently told Pride Source. Miller, who has [...]
Early coordinator of the Detroit Gay Liberation Front, a founder of the Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit, and a constant gadfly for change within the Episcopal Church, John Kavanaugh died Dec. 17 at age 82. [...]
Whatever outdated notions one has about the world of pageantry, Grand Rapids radio personality Jackie Blankenship is here to upend them. Blankenship, who in November was crowned Mrs. America 2022, counts herself as part of [...]
February is, of course, Black History Month. It’s a good opportunity to celebrate and learn more about Black history, but it can be challenging to piece together Black LGBTQ+ history, much of which has been [...]
The Black community has been pioneering American culture for centuries, from the arts to the civil rights movement. This is especially true for the Black LGBTQ+ community. Look no further than Ball culture to see [...]
Conversion therapy for minors has been officially banned by the Hazel Park City Council after a unanimous vote Tuesday. “This ordinance prohibiting conversion therapy embodies our ongoing commitment to the LGBTQ community, while also protecting [...]
Ypsilanti’s Tower Inn is getting a Mary makeover. Tower Inn Cafe owners Rois and Nathalie Savvides were putting the final touches on their new, pared-down menu when Pride Source checked in with them recently. Many [...]
A group of 19 organizations came together to condemn Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Mark Boonstra. In a letter to Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack and Michigan Court of Appeals Chief Judge Elizabeth [...]
Hazel Park City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Mike McFall announced this week that he’s running for State Representative in Michigan’s 8th House District, which encompasses Hazel Park, Madison Heights, Highland Park and parts of [...]
As a kid, Kevin Heard, Detroit native and founder of the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce, never felt like he belonged. He grew up “in a lower to middle-class home” and went to the [...]
Claim Valentine’s Day from the greeting card companies and make it your own this year. It’s a day to celebrate all kinds of love, whether you’re queer, straight, coupled, singled, throupled, or just really enamored [...]
Affirmations LGBTQ+ community center in Ferndale has announced three new hires. The addition of Aneesa Alphonsus, Sara Krahel and Jules Fisher will bring the Affirmations team total to 17. It’s a remarkable accomplishment considering the [...]
Kerene Moore has never had a problem speaking up. Before her current position as judicial attorney in the Washtenaw County Circuit Court and before announcing her 2022 candidacy for Michigan’s Third District Court of Appeals, [...]
In a stunning blow to LGBTQ+ families, a proposed settlement filed in Federal Court Tuesday would allow faith-based adoption agencies in Michigan that contract with the state to decline to place children with same-sex couples. [...]
Walter Houston loves listening to Motown music just like anyone who was born and raised in Detroit would. But when he’s ready to play, you’ll find him cranking up some Judas Priest, Kiss and Alice [...]
An Arizona mother recently tried to purchase a Delta airline ticket for her adult nonbinary child only to be told they would have to fly as either male or female. This is despite the fact [...]
Here’s to a new year and a new COVID strain! Right? Of course, an ongoing pandemic is not ideal, but it’s not going to halt our joy. You’ll find plenty of safe and virtual events [...]
Robert Anderson, the former University of Michigan Health Services director and, later, senior physician for the athletic department, who sexually abused countless students — mostly men — died of pulmonary fibrosis in 2008. Today, his [...]
This recap contains spoilers. Read at your own risk. Though she was eliminated in the first episode of Season 14, that squirrelly RuPaul surprised the remaining contestants on “Drag Race” and brought back the two contestants [...]
In the most recent Amy Schneider news, the current and reigning “Jeopardy!” champion admits that she draws inspiration from Eminem’s Oscar-winning “8-Mile” theme song “Lose Yourself.” Schneider shared the surprising fact — the Detroit rapper, [...]
TikTok influencer Rory Teasley was planning to spend the upcoming weekend in Dallas. His flights and an Airbnb were already booked — a much-anticipated trip to celebrate a good friend’s birthday. But the only celebrations [...]
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