Liam Clymer
Liam Clymer is a Michigan State University broadcast journalism student and freelance reporter with Pride Source/Between The Lines. He has previously written for The State News as their Events Reporter. He sees journalistic work as an opportunity to translate his love of learning into digestible material to spur thinking in others.
The Michigan Roots of the Midwest Princess: Chappell Roan’s Interlochen Instructor on the Impact of an Artist Who ‘Knocked Me Out Immediately’
For its princess, Chappell Roan, the roots to the Midwest run deep. At Michigan’s own Interlochen Arts Camp, Roan wrote the song that would help launch her career into the realm of superstardom nearly a decade later. Artist and educator [...]
'Optimism, Hope and Love’: Everything You Need to Know About the Harris-Walz Rally in Detroit
With many LGBTQ+ supporters eagerly awaiting her arrival, Kamala Harris made an entrance fit for a presidential nominee in Detroit on Aug. 7. “I just got a text message — we’re about to see something very magical happen here [...]
Trans Community Finds Refuge in Detroit: 'Looking Good, Feeling Great' Empowers Transmasculine Individuals
Outside, abrasive rhetoric and assumptions toward trans individuals are becoming horrifically commonplace in American politics. But inside Common Haus in Pleasant Ridge on the morning of July 28, trans men and transmasculine individuals found a way [...]
Go on a Queer Bike Ride, Express Yourself Through Writing, Unwind Over a Board Game, Attend an August Pride Fest
Are you feeling like you just fell out of a coconut tree? Does the context that you exist in happen to be dazed and feature a throbbing headache? No one can blame you. Over the last couple of weeks, amongst brat edits and shattered fundraising [...]
Where Are They Now? Catching Up with Sean Kosofsky, Former Policy and Political Director at Michigan's Triangle Foundation
Our "Where Are They Now?" series will get you up-to-date on the lives of LGBTQ+ community advocates who have contributed to Michigan with years of tireless activism before embarking on new chapters, whether in retirement or pursuit of fresh [...]
Attend Ann Arbor and Royal Oak Pride, Get Tickets for Miss Gay Michigan America, Watch a New Bay City Madonna Documentary, Go Climb a Rock
As the humidity of mid-summer days glues you to your seat, if you can find a way to scrape yourself free, there are plenty of queer things to see and do throughout Michigan. Cool off at the Delta College Planetarium while enjoying a video tour of [...]
Leading Michigan LGBTQ+ and Ally Officials React to Kamala Harris' Presidential Run
On Sunday, President Joe Biden released a letter to the American people detailing his decision to step aside and no longer seek reelection. Moments later, he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place, and the cogs in the political [...]
Motor City Pride Drag Performer Crystal Harding Hopes to Inspire Younger Generations
For the “Arabian Princess” Crystal Harding, Motor City Pride marks a new opportunity to bring joy to the Michigan community — a community with which Harding’s performance roots run deep.Harding told Pride Source that the start [...]
Lansing Pride Just Keeps Getting Bigger — Find Out How Organizers Are Finding Success, Community Support
Pulling off a successful community event is a tremendous undertaking, but for Lansing Pride organizers like Ben Dowd, board president, and Brad Johnson, board treasurer, the festival is well worth the effort.“When you look out across the crowd [...]
Michigan's Trans Migration Project Is Helping to Protect Trans People Just By Getting Them Somewhere Safe
A faith-based collective of partners across Michigan is shepherding out-of-state trans people to Michigan for the gender-affirming care and affirmation they can't access in their home states through a movement called the Trans Migration Project.Rev. [...]