D'Anne Witkowski
The Ringwald and TheatreNOVAto Release 'A New Brain' On Demand
FERNDALE — What do you get when you combine The Ringwald — a theater with a mission to give voice to LGBTQ+ and other marginalized people — Theatre NOVA — a theater dedicated to showcasing new plays and new voices — and the COVID-19 shutdown? You [...]
Hats Off to Hate: Owner Burns Down Hat Shop to Own the Libs
I remember it like it was yesterday: Trump supporters flying flags that said, "Fuck your feelings," wearing "Suck it up, Buttercup" T-shirts and making fun of safe spaces. Now, these same people are demanding that we stop teaching about racism in [...]
Study Finds High LGBQ Police Interactions, but Trainings, Community Relationships Could Help
The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law has found that LGBQ people have more interactions with the police than the general public according to their new study. "Six times as many LGBQ people as people in the general population were stopped by [...]
It Burns! It Burns! Andrew Wommack Proposes a New Mark of the Beast for Gays
When I was a kid in the '80s I saw an episode of the "Twilight Zone" called "To See the Invisible Man." In a future society, people get a mark on their foreheads, kind of raised and fleshy, like a circle of scar tissue, as punishment. Once someone [...]
Tennessee Makes Teachers Wait 30 Days to Utter 'Pete Buttigieg' in Front of Students
Tennessee is on an anti-LGBTQ+ roll, y'all. You may remember that I wrote about how gay country music star T.J. Osborne was supposed to get honored by the state legislature via a resolution. But a Republican, Rep. Jeremy Faison, stepped in and said, [...]
Rep. Jeremy Faison Attempts to Kill Gay Country Music Star Bill
You know how they say there's no such thing as bad publicity? And also how they say don't feed the trolls? Well, in a convergence of the two I have discovered The Brothers Osborne, a country music duo who are, I have on good authority, brothers. [...]
First Openly LGBTQ+ Elected Official, Michigander Kathy Kozachenko, Inducted Into LGBTQ Victory Hall of Fame
On May 2, The Victory Institute inducted 21 leaders to its newly formed LGBTQ Victory Hall of Fame. The intention behind the Hall of Fame is "to honor the LGBTQ elected officials, appointed officials and candidates who made a lasting impact on LGBTQ [...]
Pro-Gay Raccoon Outed By Nosey Dog After Pride Flag Theft in Ohio (Yes, Really)
Raccoons get called many things: nuisance animals, bandits, trash pandas. But one raccoon in University Heights, Ohio made it clear that what they want to be called is "Fabulous." But without a way to communicate this desire to the neighborhood [...]
Citizen Initiative to Add LGBTQ+ Protections to Michigan Law Backed by Business Community
LANSING — A large contingent of Michigan's business community has come out in favor of a ballot initiative that would ask voters to amend Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include discrimination protections for both sexual orientation [...]
Kalamazoo Mental Health Agency Uses Grant to Support LGBTQ-Targeted Services
KALAMAZOO — Integrated Services of Kalamazoo is using a $75,000 grant to become "more inclusive in our practices and approach" regarding the LGBTQ+ population, Project Director Carlos Brown tells Pride Source. The grant comes from an initiative [...]
Ferndale Teen Runs for Her Family Life, Raises Money for COLAGE
How far would you run for your family? For 16-year-old Katie Christian, who lives in Ferndale with her two moms, Karen and Stephanie, that answer was 13.1 miles — or a half-marathon that she completed on March 28. But Christian wasn't running solely [...]
SAGE Metro Detroit Bids Farewell to Angie Perone, Seeks New Executive Director
When Angie Perone began as the Executive Director of SAGE Metro Detroit in 2015, the organization had a few part-time staff and a budget of under $50,000. Since then, SAGE, whose mission is to build awareness and promote change so that LGBTQ+ older [...]