Crystal A. Proxmire
Detroit: Start somethin'
For two days in Detroit, an ambitious group of African Americans – gay, straight, bisexual and transgender – will use group-process therapy to create a unique kind of dialogue about how race, gender, attractionality, stereotypes and social justice [...]
Viewpoint: A taste of democracy
I just spent the busiest two days of my entire life running around Washington, D.C. – going to educational and community events, checking out the Newseum and other places I just had to see and conversing with every kind of person you might imagine [...]
Michiganders march in D.C.
Some Michiganders made signs before the Oct. 11 march and rally at an event hosted by Straight Women in Support of Homos. BTL photos by Crystal Proxmire WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least a couple hundred Michiganders made their way to the Nation's [...]
Not gay marriage
The first thing Evan Wolfson tells reporters is to stop calling the movement "gay marriage." "That makes it sound like something different or something new. Marriage isn't new. We have marriage in this country and the government issues certificates [...]
Hollywood in Michigan: Yay or nay?
Could glitzy red-carpet appearances like Drew Barrymore's become everyday events here in Michigan? With large tax incentives and a growing community of film-industry professionals, it seems to be a possibility. But that comes with increasing [...]
A night light
The season of charity walk-a-thons continues with the Light The Night series of walks for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Michigan. In five cities across the state, walkers will come together to raise money and awareness for blood cancer. They [...]
Gay, Pray and Stay OK
As churches become more accepting of people in the LGBT community, the need for information to bridge the gap between God and gays has prompted a new discussion series at Affirmations community center in Ferndale titled "Gay, Pray, and Stay OK!" The [...]
Cool drinks for good causes
Six-year-old Diego Garcia is thanked by the Ferndale City Council for his charitable contributions to local nonprofits, raised by a lemonade stand at Motor City Pride in June. BTL photo by Crystal Proxmire FERNDALE, Mich. – At the Aug. 10 City [...]
Pride in the Park
When Rachel Crandall and Susan Crocker started Transgender Michigan in 1997, they began with a vision of a world where transpeople could be themselves while feeling completely safe, welcome and not alone. Last year, for one afternoon, 93 people [...]
Pride and politics
DETROIT – Thousands of men and women gathered in Palmer Park on Saturday, July 25 for the 14th annual Hotter than July picnic celebrating black gay pride. Among them were several Detroit politicians, including Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and the first [...]
Ann Arbor gets its Pride back
For the first time in years, the LGBT community in Ann Arbor gathered for a Pride festival all its own. Tree Town Pride was held in Braun Court on June 20, nestled between the autBAR, Common Language Books, WRAP Resource Center, Trillium Real Estate [...]
Affirmations sports fair inspires repeat
Community spirit is traveling westward across Michigan, spawned by the success of the first LGBT Sports Fair in the state, hosted by Affirmations on March 19. In fact, two men who attended the fair were so inspired by the event that they decided to [...]