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Grand Rapids Pride Center Hosting 31st Annual Grand Rapids Pride Festival
The Grand Rapids Pride Center, a local nonprofit organization that empowers the West Michigan LGBTQ community through supportive services and awareness, will be hosting the 31st Annual Grand Rapids Pride Festival on Saturday, June 15, from noon to [...]
Whitmerjoins LGBTQ Caucus Call to Expand Elliott-Larsen Protections
LANSING — Today, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, along with Sen. Jeremy Moss (D–Southfield), and Reps. Jon Hoadley (D–Kalamazoo) and Tim Sneller (D–Burton) — members of the Michigan Legislature's LGBTQ Caucus — renewed [...]
Gov. Whitmer Orders Flags Lowered After Mass Shooting in Virginia Beach
LANSING – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and on all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on June 4, 2019, to honor the victims of the deadly mass shooting in Virginia [...]
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BoxFest Detroit Announced at Planet Ant, Submissions Due June 3
by David Kiley DETROIT — The producers of BoxFest Detroit have announced performance dates for BoxFest Detroit 2019, an annual theater festival that showcases and creates opportunities for female-identifying directors. BoxFest Detroit 2019 will run [...]
We're With You Charles
Our beloved writer, friend and confidant Charles Alexander suffered a stroke Monday and is currently recuperating at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Charles has written for the paper since its inception in 1993, completing nearly 1,000 of his weekly [...]
Affirmations Hosts its Own Ferndale Pride Drag Queen Story Hour
As LGBTQ people and their allies make their way to Ferndale Pride this Saturday, June 1, they can look forward to not only adult-specific events but family oriented ones as well. Perhaps most notably, this year, the Affirmations LGBTQ community [...]
3rd Annual Ypsi Pride June 7
As pride month kicks off, Ypsilanti residents can gear up to celebrate the LGBTQ inclusivity in the city via the third annual Ypsi Pride happening on Friday, June 7, from 5 to 10 p.m. And, as organizer's put it, "Y'all aren't ready for what we have [...]
Kalamazoo Pride June 7 Through 8
The West Michigan LGBTQ community and its allies have a scheduled weekend of fun starting Friday, June 7, and lasting through Saturday, June 8. This event will, among its other aspects, serve to commemorate all the successes in the fight for [...]
Bad Habit Bingo Pride Edition
On June 2 all LGBTQ-affirming Detroiters are invited to join the Motor City Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for Bad Habit Bingo Pride Edition. This monthly fundraising game raises funds for local causes and this year hopes to get $1,000 for the [...]
Pride Yoga With Rusty LeBlanc
Ferndale Pride attendees are invited to join the Affirmations LGBTQ community center on the Sky Deck during Ferndale Pride 2019 for a morning of Pride Yoga with longtime Center Volunteer' Rusty LeBlanc. The event starts on Saturday, June 1, at 11:30 [...]