Abdul El-Sayed
Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary as LGBTQ+ Candidates Make Historic Gains
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's closely watched U.S. Senate Democratic primary Tuesday with 49% of the vote, narrowly edging out moderate U.S. Rep. Haley [...]Read more about Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary as LGBTQ+ Candidates Make Historic Gains
Haley Stevens Faces Backlash Over Ad Featuring Anti-LGBTQ+ Pastor
With just one day before Michigan’s Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens released a campaign ad featuring Bishop Christopher Martin of [...]Read more about Haley Stevens Faces Backlash Over Ad Featuring Anti-LGBTQ+ Pastor
Haley Stevens or Abdul El-Sayed? Michigan's LGBTQ+ Voters Are Split
Ask two different left-leaning LGBTQ+ Michigan voters who they're selecting in the Aug. 4 U.S. Senate Democratic primary and there's a decent chance [...]Read more about Haley Stevens or Abdul El-Sayed? Michigan's LGBTQ+ Voters Are Split
Senate Candidate Haley Stevens Shows Us Her Receipts
When many of the country's centrist Democrats found reasons to lower their voices on LGBTQ+ rights after the 2024 election, Haley Stevens went in the other [...]Read more about Senate Candidate Haley Stevens Shows Us Her Receipts
McMorrow Suspends U.S. Senate Campaign
Democratic state Sen. Mallory McMorrow suspended her campaign for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat on Sunday, leaving the Aug. 4 Democratic primary race a [...]Read more about McMorrow Suspends U.S. Senate Campaign
Abdul El-Sayed Vows to Be a ‘Lion’ for LGBTQ+ Rights in Senate
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed isn't running a typical Senate campaign, and at this point it's hard to miss. The physician and former health director for both the [...]Read more about Abdul El-Sayed Vows to Be a ‘Lion’ for LGBTQ+ Rights in Senate
Mallory McMorrow on Allyship, Her Viral Pro-LGBTQ+ Statehouse Speech and Running for U.S. Senate
Update: Sen. McMorrow suspended her U.S. senate campaign on July 5, 2026. U.S. Rep Haley Stevens and Detroit public health leader Dr. Abdul El-Sayed are still [...]Read more about Mallory McMorrow on Allyship, Her Viral Pro-LGBTQ+ Statehouse Speech and Running for U.S. Senate
2025 Election Recap: Pontiac Elects First Out LGBTQ+ Mayor While Detroit Council Strengthens Queer Representation
The 2025 election cycle has come to a close, and there has been a lot of noise around a few high-profile Democratic wins in New York City, Virginia and New [...]Read more about 2025 Election Recap: Pontiac Elects First Out LGBTQ+ Mayor While Detroit Council Strengthens Queer Representation
Michigan Furry Brings Honey Badger Energy — and Medicare for All — to His Fight for a Seat in the U.S. Congress
Elyon Badger doesn't look anything like how one expects a candidate for office to look. Often clad in marijuana-themed attire or a honey badger fursuit, [...]Read more about Michigan Furry Brings Honey Badger Energy — and Medicare for All — to His Fight for a Seat in the U.S. Congress
At Capitol Protest, Rep. Laurie Pohutsky Tells Crowd She Underwent Sterilization to Avoid Pregnancy During First Trump Term
Out bisexual Michigan state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) said Wednesday that she underwent surgery earlier this year to become voluntarily sterile out of [...]Read more about At Capitol Protest, Rep. Laurie Pohutsky Tells Crowd She Underwent Sterilization to Avoid Pregnancy During First Trump Term
We Must Not Betray Their Sacrifices
The New York Stock Exchange. St. Patrick's Cathedral. The National Institutes of Health. All three locations are icons in America not just because of their [...]Read more about We Must Not Betray Their Sacrifices
Welcome to Detroit: Creating Change Overview
BY KATE OPALEWSKI AND EVE KUCHARSKI Last Sunday marked the end of The National LGBTQ Task Force's 2019 Creating Change Conference — an annual event attended by [...]Read more about Welcome to Detroit: Creating Change Overview
Creating Change Returns to Detroit
Back in the D For the third time in its 31-year history, the National LGBTQ Task Force's annual Creating Change Conference will take place in the Motor City. [...]Read more about Creating Change Returns to Detroit
Dana Nessel Joined by Dr. Abdul El-Sayed at Dearborn Town Hall
Candidate for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel fielded questions on what she'll do to fight hate crimes, tackle the opioid epidemic and safeguard abortion [...]Read more about Dana Nessel Joined by Dr. Abdul El-Sayed at Dearborn Town Hall
Big Wins, Some Losses for LGBTQ Community in 2018 Michigan Primary
Last Tuesday's election brought some great wins for the LGBTQ community, most notably for State Rep. (D) Jeremy Moss who won with over 50 percent of the [...]Read more about Big Wins, Some Losses for LGBTQ Community in 2018 Michigan Primary
Gubernatorial Candidate Gretchen Whitmer Talks LGBTQ Issues
By this time next week, Michiganders will have already voted in the Aug. 7 primaries. However, in anticipation of that vote, Between The Lines reached out to [...]Read more about Gubernatorial Candidate Gretchen Whitmer Talks LGBTQ Issues
Gubernatorial Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Talks LGBTQ Issues
By this time next week, Michiganders will have already voted in the Aug. 7 primaries. However, in anticipation of that vote, Between The Lines reached out to [...]Read more about Gubernatorial Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Talks LGBTQ Issues
Gubernatorial Candidate Shri Thanedar Talks LGBTQ Issues
By this time next week, Michiganders will have already voted in the Aug. 7 primaries. However, in anticipation of that vote, Between The Lines reached out to [...]Read more about Gubernatorial Candidate Shri Thanedar Talks LGBTQ Issues
Candidates Make Case for LGBTQ Support at Black Gay Pride
It's just days before the primary elections, and candidates running for office took one of the last remaining opportunities beforehand to talk to LGBTQ folks [...]Read more about Candidates Make Case for LGBTQ Support at Black Gay Pride
When There Were Seven
What We Learned About the Seven Candidates Vying to Be the Next Governor NEWS ANALYSIS Come Jan. 1 there will be a new governor, but for now, there are seven [...]Read more about When There Were Seven
Robust LGBTQA Caucus Sets Records at MI Dem. Convention, Dinner
DETROIT — A treacherous ice storm and a 9 a.m. Sunday morning start time did not deter over 150 people from attending the LGTQ&A Caucus of the Michigan [...]Read more about Robust LGBTQA Caucus Sets Records at MI Dem. Convention, Dinner
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Challenges Tradition as Gubernatorial Candidate
He's an outsider with no formal elective office experience, but Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is the upstart candidate in the Democratic primary for governor. He is [...]Read more about Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Challenges Tradition as Gubernatorial Candidate
Students, Progressive Leaders Rally for Gun Violence Prevention in Lansing
LANSING, Mich. — Students, candidates for office, and elected leaders will rally in support of gun violence prevention at the State Capitol on Thursday [...]Read more about Students, Progressive Leaders Rally for Gun Violence Prevention in Lansing
The Political Perils of HIV Policy
Scientists and public health officials are in agreement. Treatment options and prevention drugs combined with testing could bring an end to the HIV epidemic in [...]Read more about The Political Perils of HIV Policy
Looming Outbreak
Federal and state health officials have quietly been preparing for an opioid related outbreak of HIV in northern lower Michigan, but lawmakers and the governor [...]Read more about Looming Outbreak
To the LGBT Community: Remain Engaged in the Political Process
BY ERIC RADER As we near the end of 2017, our sights turn to 2018 and the many challenges and opportunities that await in the new year. Few of us will be sad [...]Read more about To the LGBT Community: Remain Engaged in the Political Process
Gretchen Whitmer On LGBTQ Issues
No stranger to duking it out, Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Gretchen Whitmer is showing up for the LGBTQ fight. "That's one of the first and most [...]Read more about Gretchen Whitmer On LGBTQ Issues
Stonewall for Revolution to Host Gubernatorial Forum
Shri Thanedar, Abdul El-Sayed and Bill Cobbs Democratic candidates running for governor will have a chance to speak directly to voters during a forum on LGBT [...]Read more about Stonewall for Revolution to Host Gubernatorial Forum
Dem Gubernatorial Candidates Call for Reform of State's HIV-Specific Law
Abdul El-Sayed Gretchen Whitmer LANSING – Calling Michigan's HIV-specific felony law "discriminatory" and "wrong to criminalize sickness," the two declared [...]Read more about Dem Gubernatorial Candidates Call for Reform of State's HIV-Specific Law
Getting to the Goal: Making Michigan a No Kill State
BY AJ TRAGER In efforts to end the killing of healthy and treatable homeless cats and dogs in Michigan, 40 percent of the counties in the state practice the [...]Read more about Getting to the Goal: Making Michigan a No Kill State
NAACP Hosts Town Hall For Clergy On The Black Church And HIV
Rev. William Francis of Atlanta, who identified himself as HIV-positive, moderated the meeting. BTL photo: Jason A. Michael DETROIT – Through their program, [...]Read more about NAACP Hosts Town Hall For Clergy On The Black Church And HIV
World AIDS Day
BY DR. ABDUL EL-SAYED "Rare Cancer Seen in 44 Homosexuals" read a 1981 headline in the New York Times. Few realized that it would herald a pandemic that would [...]Read more about World AIDS Day
