Sarah Bricker Hunt
What Queer Community Means to Ann Arbor Folk Fest Performer Lizzie No
A good folk song might feel innocent on the surface, especially when it’s a lilting, acoustic-driven ballad, but hardcore folk fans aren’t drawn to this genre because it’s easy listening. Good folk music demands more of its [...]
Lil Nas X Puts Christianity on Blast. Again. Or Does He?
With a fresh new 2024 stretching out before us with all the hope and promise we can manage to muster while basking in the afterglow of yet another dumpster fire of a year, Lil Nas X has arrived just on time to define his new era. Sort of. The [...]
Madonna Was an AIDS Advocate Before the President Would Even Say the Word
These highlights from her long career are just a few examples of how the pop queen has always advocated for AIDS patients and their loved ones.
Join a Queer Bowling League, Attend Ann Arbor Folk Fest, Compete in a Queer Euchre Tournament
Now that we’ve officially crossed into the part of the winter season where the days are longer than the nights, it’s time to look ahead with renewed hope and curiosity. May your 2024 bring an abundance of light and laughter and plenty of [...]
New Year, New Opportunities for Community Connection for LGBTQ+ Michigan Seniors
An innovative initiative in 2024 will bring enhanced community resources to seniors in the local area. In collaboration with Corktown Health Center and Affirmations, the organization will establish dedicated community centers catering to the unique [...]
Pope Francis Paves the Way for Same-Sex Catholic Blessings
Catholic priests will no longer be barred from blessing same-sex relationships after a Dec. 18 announcement from the Vatican on behalf of Pope Francis. Longstanding Catholic practices have forbidden these blessings due to the church’s marriage [...]
‘Breaking Free’ Changed Everything for This Once-Closeted Secret Service Agent
Growing up, Cory Allen found inspiration for what his adult life would become in an unexpected place: the police officers who frequently visited his childhood home in rural Virginia to resolve domestic disputes between his mother and live-in [...]
Play Bingo with Latrice Royale, Sing Christmas Carols with PRISM, Join the Roller Derby
You did it! Another sometimes tumultuous, whirlwind year is in the books, and here you are, triumphant and not at all tired or ready for one of those long winter’s naps. Or maybe you are, and that’s fine, too. When you’re ready to [...]
How a Conductor from Michigan Is Creating Safe Spaces for the Queer Musician Community in Deep Red Florida
Chances are, if you were to close your eyes and picture an orchestra conductor, you’d likely conjure up a stereotypical image: “old, white man in a tuxedo with gray hair,” says conductor Kevin Fitzgerald. “These are the images [...]
Good Riddance, George Santos — Long Live Kitara Ravache!
The sad, predictable ousting of George Santos from the esteemed (just kidding) halls of our nation’s Congress isn’t the satisfying end to the saga of the “proud, gay thief” I’d been hoping for. I’m still left with [...]
Newsflash: Bowen Yang Is Not Joel Kim Booster, Despite What You May Have Read in Other Queer Outlets
At this point, we almost feel bad for the editorial team at Out magazine, who just cannot seem to nail down the basics when it comes to the apparently Herculean task of correctly identifying two entirely separate human beings who happen to both be [...]
How the Late Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s First Female Supreme Court Justice, Evolved on LGBTQ+ Rights Late in Her Career
When Sandra Day O’Connor, who died Nov. 30 at age 93 and served as America’s first female Supreme Court Justice, officiated the first same-sex marriage conducted at the Supreme Court in 2013, she’d been retired from the bench for [...]