Crystal A. Proxmire
Date meeting turns to robbery, beating
FERNDALE – At 2 a.m. March 26, Ferndale Police were called to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak after a 48-year-old male reported being beaten, robbed and held against his will beginning Thursday night at his Ferndale home. The victim said he had met [...]
Date turns into robbery, beating
On Friday, March 26, Ferndale Police were called to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak after a male victim reported being beaten, robbed and held against his will beginning Thursday night at his Ferndale home. The victim reportedly met the main [...]
Gay community helps cancer research
The American Cancer Society is seeking LGBT involvement, both in local Relay for Life events and in their upcoming Cancer Prevention Study. In order to make this third wave of long-term cancer studies as inclusive as possible, they made Christopher [...]
Big Read spreads literacy in Ferndale
A city-wide literacy initiative will connect readers throughout Ferndale for the month of March as The Big Read showcases "The Maltese Falcon," a 1930s detective novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring a tough and clever detective caught up in a [...]
Covey considers commission seat
FERNDALE – Ferndale Mayor Craig Covey is "strongly considering" running for a seat on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, and is expected to make an official announcement within the next two weeks. Covey said that although he really has [...]
Ferndale finances blamed for Pride loss
FERNDALE – The city that has hosted Motor City Pride for the past seven years is feeling a loss after Pride organizers announced the 2011 celebration will take place in Detroit's Hart Plaza. Pride brings $1 million into the Ferndale economy each [...]
Birthday wish: raise money for COLAGE
Lea Brown is the daughter of a lesbian. "I know first hand what it's like to be treated differently because of my family," she said. "Before COLAGE, I was always proud of my family, but not sure how and where I could articulate this pride. I grew [...]
Building a beautiful COLAGE
FERNDALE – Growing up, Lea Brown wasn't apt to tell people that she was the daughter of a lesbian. "No 13 year old wants their parents to have anything about them that is different," she says. "I didn't want to draw attention to it." But as she [...]
Opening quilts, opening hearts
Lisa, Joe and Janita Gaulezetti honored their mother at the Affirmations AIDS quilt opening on Dec. 4. Shirley Gaulzetti passed away from an AIDS-related illness in 1995. BTL photo by Crystal Proxmire FERNDALE – Since 1987, the NAMES Project has [...]
No church? No problem.
As social acceptance for homosexuality grows, so do the number of religion-based organizations seeking to consider gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people not as sinners, but as members. Dignity Detroit helps Catholic queers connect with [...]
Over 100 remembered
FERNDALE – As the names and stories of transgender murder victims cycled on video screens at each end of the room, over a hundred people mourned together in the Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit's ninth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance [...]
Going 'Beyond Intolerance'
KALAMAZOO – For years there has been a sense that youth are emotionally effected by the reactions of their families when they come out as gay or trans, but never before has there been hard data to track just how much of an impact families have. Dr. [...]