Eve Kucharski
Ferndale Affirmations LGBTQ Center 2020 Cash Update
As Affirmations celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, the LGBTQ community center in Ferndale also went through a slew of leadership and financial changes. With the appointment of Dave Garcia as its returning executive director, a restructuring [...]
Building a W'All for Love
Few forces in the world are as powerful or as visceral as the reaction one has to great music. Regardless of genre, when either words, melody or both align the right way, emotions of all kinds can be stirred — not least of which being love. That's [...]
Relationship to Crime
Mystery, murder and the age-old question of "why?" Each of these criteria is met in Stephen Dolginoff's crime musical "Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story." Recounting the tale of what was the "murder of the century" in 1924, "Thrill Me" takes [...]
Grosse Pointe PFLAG to Present 'Trans-Parent Love' Feb. 7
When Maureen Muldoon's son came out as transgender, the last thing that she thought would happen as a result of that would be a one-woman show. Still, the thought nagged at the former actress until she felt that it would be the best way to help not [...]
Stand With Trans Celebrates Valentine's Day With Annual Share the Love Event
Valentine's Day is often seen as an exclusively romantic holiday, but love can be about familial or community connection as well. Local nonprofit Stand With Trans is taking exactly that approach with its upcoming Share the Love event on Friday, Feb. [...]
Jax Anderson Talks New 'Heal' EP Before El Club Show Feb. 8
Regular self-reflection might seem like it's part and parcel of being a musician, but as with any career, it's easy to get bogged down by the everyday responsibilities. Things like touring, writing music and planning future projects might be [...]
The Risk of Good Intentions
The road to hell is paved with well-intentioned white women. Or at least, it's paved with those white women activists who don't consider the impact of their intentions. Lee Minora is the creator of "White Feminist," a show that unapologetically [...]
Inclusion in Prevention: MI Suicide Prevention Conference Puts Focus on LGBTQ Issues
A National Epidemic Claiming the lives of nearly 50,000 Americans annually, calling suicide an epidemic is by no means a stretch, and it's certainly not a silent issue. Even for those people who haven't been touched by suicide personally through [...]
Initiative Seeks to Add LGBTQ Protections to Michigan Civil Rights Law
A petition campaign is underway that seeks to create legislation that would expand the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act and ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity across Michigan. Created by a group called Fair and Equal [...]
Court of Appeals Rules Michigan Ethnic Intimidation Law Does Not Protect Trans People
LANSING— On Tuesday a Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled 2-1 that Michigan's state law criminalizing ethnic intimidation does not protect transgender people. It currently criminalizes "race, color, religion, gender or national origin." The [...]
Building on 'Love, Inclusion, Fairness, Equity'
For many in the LGBTQ community, the words "religion" and "progress" are seldom considered synonymous. Still, it's vital not to downplay the value of those pro-LGBTQ religious activists who have led the charge in both securing rights like marriage [...]
Michigan Statewide Rape Prevention Study Makes Strides but Misses Mark for Inclusion
Effective sexual violence prevention is a community effort — that's what researchers concluded in a recent statewide report. In October of 2019 the Center for Healthy Communities at the Michigan Public Health Institute developed the Michigan Sexual [...]