Advertisement
Contributor

Crystal A. Proxmire

Crystal Proxmire is the editor and publisher of The Oakland County Times. She loves covering municipal governance and cheering on community efforts.

To Love, Honor and Be Recognized

FERNDALE – For the past five years, gay and lesbian couples have been affirming their love with a mass wedding ceremony as part of the events leading to the annual Motor City Pride Celebration in downtown Ferndale. This year, the ceremony, which [...]

Local couples flock to gay wedding expo

ST. CLAIR SHORES – For the past eleven years, Akita Stewart of Detroit and Bridie Johnson of Redford have shared the closeness of a dear friendship that has grown into a romance and love that they hope will last a lifetime. They attended the [...]

Learning, living and helping

FERNDALE – Over thirty local transpeople and supporters came out to Affirmations on Saturday, April 25, for the second annual Transgender Empowerment Day. They met to discuss topics like how to find and help educate a therapist, how to transition [...]

Affirmations offers free trial of Community Connections Board

FERNDALE – The time has come for the single LGBT people of the Detroit area to start hooking up at the Aff! At least that's the plan with Affirmation's new Community Connections Board, which allows people to post ads seeking friendship or [...]

Affirmations hits a home run with first-ever LGBT sports fair

FERNDALE – For years, Andrea Sorenson of Ortonville sat on the sidelines while her uncle Jeff Seconder batted for the Genuine Chiropractic team of the Metro Detroit Softball League. She's been the team's scorekeeper for the past three years, but [...]