Pride Source Staff
LGBT Chevy ad goes viral
Chevrolet Volt's full page ad in Between The Lines' June Pride issue has taken the blogosphere and social networks by storm, receiving praise from LGBT and automobile bloggers, gay press and even George Takei. The advertisement features a silver [...]
Jewish Gay Network co-sponsors 'Melting Away'
WEST BLOOMFIELD – Jewish Gay Network of Michigan is co-sponsoring the 14th Annual Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival's presentation of "Melting Away (Namess Bageshem)" at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts. Assaf's father discovers he is [...]
Interfaith LGBTQ Toolkit provides resources to SE Mich. religious groups
The Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network has partnered with Equality Michigan, the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, KICK and Inclusive Justice to publish and distribute an Interfaith LGBTQ Toolkit to 400 Southeast [...]
LGBT activist, Iraq War vet to speak at UM-Dearborn
DEARBORN – LGBT rights activist and gay Iraqi War veteran Lt. Dan Choi visits UM-Dearborn's campus April 5 for a lecture titled "Equality, Honor and Overturning 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'" in the University's BorgWarner Auditorium. Lt. Choi [...]
Out Night returns to Ann Arbor Film Festival
Out Night returns to the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival, North America's longest-running independent and experimental film festival, in the Michigan Theater's main auditorium at 9:30 p.m. March 28. This year's Out Night – the 11th of its kind – [...]
Saved by the Bell
Between LGBT-friendly health-care referrals, free HIV testing, the Transgender Health Fair and the upcoming Project Healthy Living Health Fair there is no question: for Affirmations, health is top priority. London Bell serves as the Health and [...]
ACLU Lansing Branch to host Rights at Risk in Michigan panel
"We're hoping anyone interested in learning more about these issues and what they can do to assist in defending, furthering and supporting the maintenance of the democratic process, bargaining rights and the LGBT rights will attend." -Paulette [...]
Democrats: Say I do
S/he Said "I think (the Democratic platform) should (include marriage equality), period, end of sentence," she said. "But it sort of goes to the conversation we just had about President Obama – he needs to evolve faster, he needs to know where his [...]
Spectrum Center to celebrate 40th anniversary
The Spectrum Center of the University of Michigan celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with a weekend of commemorative events. Founded in 1971 by Radical Lesbians leader Cindy Gair and longtime LGBT rights activist Jim Toy, the center works to [...]
First openly gay bishop talks death threats, 9/11
Openly gay bishop and controversial figure Gene Robinson may be retiring in two years but his commitment to LGBT equality still shines bright. Bishop Robinson entered office in March 2004. He was consecrated as the ninth Bishop of New Hampshire, [...]
Second Transgender Health Fair returns to Affirmations
FERNDALE- The second annual Transgender Health Fair comes to Affirmations community center on Saturday, Sept. 17. At the fair, which is organized by Affirmations and Transgender Michigan, community organizations and guest speakers will provide [...]
Exhibit showcases local LGBT talent
DETROIT- There's more to David Wysocki than being a gay man. He loves wine, travel, sewing and interior decorating. He also installs roofs, works as a landscaper, and has been a graphic designer for 17 years. Wysocki is just one of the many [...]