Crystal A. Proxmire
Victory Fund endorses two candidates in Michigan races
The Victory Fund is providing support and endorsement for two county-level races in Michigan for the 2012 election: Kevin Howley for Oakland County Executive and Craig Covey in his bid for re-election to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. [...]
Leaders of Color Visibility Project
An exciting media partnership is bringing the stories of young LGBT leaders of color not only to the state's gay press readership, but to mainstream media and the circle of arts, culture and philanthropy as well. It's Between The Lines first such [...]
Eleven young leaders emerge
DETROIT – Eleven young people of color are the first wave of graduates of the new KICK LEAD program, which stands for Learn, Educate, Advocate and Drive. They were recognized in a graduation ceremony on Saturday. Brandon Gleaton, Ronald Morris, [...]
Department of Civil Rights seeks stories as Elliot-Larsen considered
The push to amend the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act is on, and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights needs your help gathering information on instances of discrimination in the state. On April 17, Senator Rebekah Warren introduced Senate Bill [...]
Oakland County: Republican divide and conquer strategy breaks up core communities
Democracy in Oakland County is going to look different in 2013, and likely much more Republican. A series of well-orchestrated political moves changed the rules of the political process. Thanks to what Democrats are calling "the Republican Power [...]
Stonewall Bar Association president shares passion for LGBT law
GROSSE POINTE – The law is a complex, ever-changing puzzle, the nitty-gritty details of which intrigue attorney Timothy Cordes. Though he is married to a lovely woman and labels himself a straight guy, Cordes is president of the Stonewall Bar [...]
Jeff Erno talks
OXFORD – Eight years ago, depression hit Jeff Erno. A seven-year relationship had ended suddenly. His mother had passed away after years of caring for her. And the northern Michigan grocery store chain where he worked as a manager was killed off by [...]
Counseling changes lives at Ruth Ellis
A 14 year old kid from Detroit got busted for stealing. The judge put him on probation and he got caught stealing again. So what? Another bad kid, doing bad things, going through the system, right? To a lot of people it can seem that way. With [...]
Why aren't all crimes hate crimes?
When a transgender woman was murdered last year after assisting Madison Heights police with a drug bust, some wondered why the killer was not charged with a hate crime, though her body had been badly mutilated and burned. In January, Channel 7 News [...]
A power team of employee activism
DETROIT – When one of the founders of Ford Globe met one of the founders of Chrysler's People of Diversity at an employee resource event in 1998, the wheels started turning on a relationship based on mutual love for each other and for [...]
Tough love
M Kelley and her wife Bec married legally on July 23, 2010 in a large Grand Rapids church with about 120 friends and family there in support. The marriage is legal despite M's feminine appearance, because the gender box on her driver's license [...]
Princess charming
"Getting married is not a political statement; it's a lifelong commitment that I hope people will take seriously." Kay Shelton should know. She and her wife Amanda took the plunge on July 22, 2000. The Beverly Hills, Mich. couple put a lot of [...]