Eve Kucharski
Retirement Made LGBTQ-Friendly
Having only lived in their new home for a matter of weeks, Ed Ploegar and Rick Hahn decided to make their way to their community's biweekly movie night for some entertainment and maybe to meet some of their new neighbors. To their pleasant surprise, [...]
New Smithsonian Channel Documentary Proves American War Hero is Intersex
Hida Viloria. Courtesy photo. For those who aren't history buffs, the name of the Polish General Casimir Pulaski likely doesn't ring any bells, but without his contributions during the American Revolutionary War, there's a high chance George [...]
Affirmations Spring Bash Commemorates 30 Years of Center History, Fresh Start Into New Decade
Hundreds of guests filled one of MGM Grand Detroit's largest ballrooms Saturday to commemorate the Affirmations Spring Bash. As planned, the annual event served as a spotlight for the LGBTQ community center's achievements and as a key fundraiser. [...]
Famika Edmond Named Black AIDS Institute Detroit Ambassador
On a national scale, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported that new HIV diagnoses have remained relatively stable in recent years — as of 2017, new diagnoses hovered roughly around 39,000. Despite that stability, however, [...]
Planned Parenthood of Michigan Fights Back Against Title X Gag Rule
More than 40 years old, Title X has long been the nation's only federal grant program that provides family planning and preventative health services to roughly 4 million people across the U.S. Perhaps the best-known organization funded by Title X is [...]
Art + Feminism Comes to Windsor
The leather-bound encyclopedias found on library shelves can be a great resource, but type a quick query into a search engine and Wikipedia's likely to have the same answer, just at one's fingertips. A 2005 study done by the journal Nature even [...]
EQMI, Battle Creek Pride Collaborate on Grassroots for Good Fundraiser
Equality Michigan is a statewide political advocacy organization that works to ensure LGBTQ Michiganders not only achieve equality in all aspects of life but have the resources they need if they fall victim to discrimination. Partnering their [...]
Affirmations to Celebrate 30th Anniversary at Spring Bash 2019
An annual spring fundraiser for the Affirmations LGBTQ community center, Spring Bash has long been a mainstay on the 501(C)(3)'s calendar. However, this year is special in two ways: it's a celebration of the organization 30th birthday and the [...]
Michigan Receives 'C' Grade for Its Gun Safety Laws
A part of its Annual Gun Law Scorecard, the California-based Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence ranks all 50 states on a multi-point gun safety rubric and issues both a ranking and letter grade to each. Last month the 25-year-old nonprofit [...]
NAGLREP Greater Detroit Launch Party Brings LGBTQ Professionals Together
Originally established in 2007, the Florida-based 501(c)(3) National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals was started with the direct intention of not only bringing both allied and LGBTQ business professionals together, but to [...]
Pop Art at the DIA
Colors, clear-cut lines and often, deceptive simplicity; those are just a few common characteristics of the pop art movement and exactly what will grace the Detroit Institute of Arts' walls now through late August of this year in the exhibition [...]
Michigan's Arianna Morales Recognized as Engineer of the Year
Along with three other awardees, Dr. Arianna T. Morales was highlighted for exemplary work by the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals Inc. As a result of her recognition, Michigan-based Morales received a [...]