Todd Heywood
Beacon Press launches new LBGT book series
{URL Capitol Correspondent NEW YORK CITY- As Michael Bronski, a longtime LBGT journalist and activist, taught classes on LBGT theories at Dartmouth he realized something. Books about the issues facing the queer community were either lacking in [...]
Conservative activist coming out
Capitol Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. – An 18-year-old leader of Young Americans for Freedom and a conservative campaign operative is coming out of the closet. Tyler Whitney, the immediate past chair of Western Michigan University YAF, the chair [...]
Domestic Partner Benefits to be cut in Kalamazoo
{ITAL Capitol Correspondent And wire reports} KALAMAZOO- The city of Kalamazoo has become the first public employer in Michigan to end its domestic partnership program which had provided health benefits to same-sex partners of LBGT [...]
Gay Men's Chorus hosts annual spring concert June 8 and 9
{ITAL Capitol Correspondent} LANSING– The Greater Lansing Gay Men's Chorus will hold its annual spring concert June 8 and 9. The event will be held at Dart Auditorium on the campus of Lansing Community College. The tickets for the event are $10-$25 [...]
Michigan Pride in trouble
Capitol Correspondent LANSING- Michigan Pride, the organization that sponsors the annual pride event in Lansing, is in trouble. The organization has missed deadlines, is behind nearly $10,000 in fundraising, and is desperately seeking volunteers [...]
Teen injured in bullying incident
Capitol Correspondent NAPOLEAN TWP- According to reports from PFLAG Jackson and the Jackson Citizen Patriot, a 15-year-old, openly gay Napolean High School student, Brandon Gallentine, was assaulted in the hallways of his school on May 8. On May [...]
Michigan Supreme Court agrees to hear domestic partners appeal
Capitol Correspondent LANSING – Just days after more than 100 citizens marched on the Hall of Justice demanding the Michigan Supreme Court hear the case on domestic partner benefits, the Michigan Supreme Court announced today that it would hear [...]
Rally for DP benefits in Lansing
Capitol Correspondent LANSING- Late Tuesday, more than a 150 people rallied on the steps of the state capitol to send one clear message: Restore Domestic Partner Benefits now. "I hope this rally achieves public attention on a devestating issue for [...]
Second Parent Adoption bill moves out of committee
Capitol Correspondent LANSING–The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony May 9 regarding the importance of passing the Second Parent Adoption bill. The bill would allow two unmarried persons to both adopt a child. It would allow people like an [...]
Second parent adoption: A heartbreaking story from the front lines
Capitol Correspondent LANSING– Marie Wolf prefers a quiet, private life. She never imagined herself as an advocate for LBGT issues. But circumstances have a way of changing one's life perspective, and Wolf's has indeed changed. "You will do [...]
The Falwell legacy: An interview with Rev. Mel White
Capitol Correspondent Lynchburg, VA – The Rev. Mel White, founder of SoulForce, knows better than most who Rev. Jerry Falwell was and what he was about. White was hired by Falwell to ghost write his autobiography. "It's been out there that I had a [...]
Domestic Partnership supporters plan rally at State Capitol
Capitol Correspondent LANSING- When the state court of appeals ruling came down last year saying that offering domestic partner benefits violated a new state constitutional amendment, Mike Spencer a student at the University of Michigan School of [...]