Buttigieg Starts Path to Confirmation as Transportation Secretary
Fielding questions during his confirmation hearing, Pete Buttigieg started his path Thursday toward becoming the first openly gay Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate, promising infrastructure would be key in...
Biden Administration, LGBT Detroit Team Up to Talk Equity in First 100 Days
This week the nation felt a distinct political shift as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office. Within hours of taking on his new role, Biden signed...
Poll: 70 Percent of U.S. Voters Willing to Vote for Gay Male President
With Pete Buttigieg continuing to show strong numbers in the Democratic presidential primary, a new poll has found 70 percent of voters would be open to voting for a gay...
2018 Michigan Midterm LGBTQ Analysis: State Supreme Court
The current makeup of the seven-member court is five Republicans and two Democrats. Two Republicans were up for re-election Tuesday: Kurtis Wilder, who was appointed to the Court in 2017...
Detroit Bus Company Bussed Voters to Polls, Free
The Detroit Bus Company donated busses and organized volunteers to give free rides to the polls last Tuesday to anyone who needed one throughout Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park. “Detroit...
Prominent Transgender Activist in Colombia Dies
A prominent transgender activist in Colombia died on Saturday. Laura Weinstein, director of Fundación Grupo de Acción y Apoyo a Personas Trans (GAAT), a trans rights group based in the...
ILGA World Releases Update on State of Homophobia in UN Member States
ILGA World, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, has released a new update to its report on state-sponsored homophobia. The update, released in December and titled There’s...
Final Vote on Switzerland ‘Marriage for All’ Bill to Take Place Friday
By Philip Van Slooten Switzerland’s Federal Assembly on Friday will vote on a marriage equality bill that passed in both chambers on Dec. 9. The Swiss Green Liberal Party first...