Eve Kucharski
Faith-Based Adoption Agency Sues After AG Nessel's Pro-LGBTQ Settlement
Faith-based adoption agencies are suing the state of Michigan again, this time challenging a settlement made by Attorney General Dana Nessel earlier this year mandating that faith-based adoption and foster agencies not discriminate based [...]
UK Designer Carmen Liu is Empowering Transgender Women One Pair of Panties at a Time
Picking out an outfit for the day can be a highlight, a dreaded ritual, or a dealt-with-and-forgotten routine. Whatever one's relationship with clothes, however, that morning decision is a necessity. And perhaps the last thing on anyone's mind when [...]
C2P Continues Detroit's Fight Against HIV/AIDS
With a rate of HIV infection in Detroit almost four times higher than that of Ingham and Saginaw Counties as of a 2017 statewide HIV study by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, it's fair to say that the city's struggle with the [...]
Dynamo Marketing Generates Buzz for Detroit's LGBTQ-Owned Businesses
Similar to the machine for which it is named, the Dynamo digital marketing company is helping businesses across the Metro Detroit area generate energy around their products and services by both better-utilizing and properly curating their digital [...]
Trump Administration Gag Rule Forces Planned Parenthood of Michigan out of Title X, National Program for Birth Control
ANN ARBOR — Yesterday Planned Parenthood of Michigan announced that the Trump-Pence administration has forced PPMI out of Title X, the nation's decades-old bipartisan program for affordable birth control and reproductive health care after a [...]
Work of Detroit-Born Gay Artist James C. Harrison Featured in Schmidt's Antiques Exhibit
At times figural and at others completely abstract, the work of openly gay artist James C. Harrison is hard to classify. So much so that even regular patterns in his pieces take on different feels depending on the work — but that variability of [...]
Growing Calls for Resignation of Michigan Civil Rights Director
Public controversy has surrounded Michigan Department of Civil Rights Executive Director Agustin Arbulu since early August when documents were released alleging that in May he urged a department employee to "check out" a woman's "ass" among other [...]
Stand With Trans Family Picnic in the Park Grows, Draws Hundreds
Held last Sunday, Aug. 11, at Royal Oak's Memorial Park, Stand With Trans hosted its fourth annual Family Picnic in the Park. Attendees were invited to bring a dish to share and to come hang out with both transgender and allied members of the LGBTQ [...]
Modern Renaissance Marriage Made Real
When Joe Pawelezyke and Michael Pytlik met on Match.com in 2012 they knew they had similar interests, but it wasn't until they dated for a while that they realized they both had a flair for fashion — Renaissance fashion, that is. But it's not enough [...]
Ann Arbor Pride Bingo Brunch Aug. 4 Featuring Jujubee
The love of food, music, drag and of course bingo will collide on Sunday, Aug. 4, during Ann Arbor Pride's Bingo Brunch at the Blue LLama Jazz Club. The event is a fundraiser for Ann Arbor's Jim Toy Community Center, which provides support for the [...]
Calling All Bears
For many members of the LGBTQ community it's a familiar uncomfortable feeling: walking into a public or social space and feeling unsure if being open about one's identity will be welcomed or not. And depending on the progressiveness of a person's [...]
$30,000 Raised for Services at Affirmations No Place Like Home Fundraiser
In under 10 minutes last Friday, community members pulled together just over $10,000 for the Affirmations LGBTQ community center. As soon as that sum was made official, two $10,000 matching grants were pledged by DTE Energy and longtime supporters [...]