What’s at Stake for the LGBTQ+ Community When Extremists Dissolve the County Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office?
Last year’s highly publicized grassroots movement to defund the Patmos Library in Jamestown Township was just the start of a larger conservative push in West Michigan. That effort, spearheaded by...
Rainbow Railroad to Participate in New US Refugee Resettlement Program
Michael Lavers | Washington Blade Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association A group that works with LGBTQ+ and intersex refugees and asylum seekers will participate in a State Department...
These Two Russian-American Women Are Leading an Effort in Michigan to Aid LGBTQ+ Ukrainians
In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked attack, much of the country’s architecture sits in smoldering ruins and thousands of citizens and soldiers have died. To date,...
In Conversation with KyivPride: What LGBTQ+ People Need to Know Right Now About the Russian Invasion of Ukraine (Exclusive)
Right now, in Ukraine, transgender people are forced to go without their prescribed hormones. “Pharmacies are out of stock of pretty much everything,” said Lenny Emson, executive director of KyivPride,...
Warlord Who Persecuted Gay Chechens Killed in Ukraine Fighting
One of the top warlords and close advisor to Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov was killed Saturday in the battle for Antonov Airport, also known as Hostomel Airport, an international cargo...