Charles Pugh
All people →
Sex, Detroit and The Historic Woodward Bar: How This Journalist’s Debut Novel Incorporates All Three
When Aaron Foley heard about the recent fire that burned down the historic Woodward Bar & Grill, notably the oldest LGBTQ+ bar in Detroit, he couldn’t stop [...]Read more about Sex, Detroit and The Historic Woodward Bar: How This Journalist’s Debut Novel Incorporates All Three
Regional LGBT Chamber Of Commerce Founder Kevin Heard Knows That If Detroit Wins, He Wins
As a kid, Kevin Heard, Detroit native and founder of the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce, never felt like he belonged.He grew up “in a lower to [...]Read more about Regional LGBT Chamber Of Commerce Founder Kevin Heard Knows That If Detroit Wins, He Wins
Gabriela Santiago-Romero on Detroit City Council Win: 'I'm Still Processing My Emotions and Feeling Overwhelmed With Joy and Pride'
Gabriela Santiago-Romero, a first-generation Mexican American from southwest Detroit, became the first Latinx out LGBTQ+ woman elected to the Detroit City [...]Read more about Gabriela Santiago-Romero on Detroit City Council Win: 'I'm Still Processing My Emotions and Feeling Overwhelmed With Joy and Pride'
Charles Pugh Is Set to Be Released From Prison in December: 'I've Learned That the Past Is to Inform Us' (Exclusive)
Before Charles Pugh is released from prison on or around Dec. 22, the former Detroit City Council president tells Pride Source exclusively that he has learned [...]Read more about Charles Pugh Is Set to Be Released From Prison in December: 'I've Learned That the Past Is to Inform Us' (Exclusive)
Community Leaders, Friends Remember Slain Detroit City Council Aid
By all accounts, DeAndree Watson had a bright future ahead of him. The 30-year old legislative aid to the Detroit City Council even dreamed of being elected [...]Read more about Community Leaders, Friends Remember Slain Detroit City Council Aid
Obituary: Brent Dorian Carpenter
April 19, 1964 – March 23, 2020 Author Brent Dorian Carpenter, a former reporter and columnist for Between The Lines, died March 23 from complications from [...]Read more about Obituary: Brent Dorian Carpenter
NBJC to honor local organizations at NAACP conference
DETROIT – The National Black Justice Coalition is hosting a reception honoring local LGBT organizations that are empowering and enhancing the lives of black [...]Read more about NBJC to honor local organizations at NAACP conference
Why I Took on Charles Pugh
By Austin Williams Last week after Charles Pugh took a plea deal https://pridesource.com/article.html?article=78771, the victim in that case identified [...]Read more about Why I Took on Charles Pugh
Pugh Hits Rock Bottom in Fall from Grace
DETROIT – Former City Council President Charles Pugh avoided a potentially damaging trial and possible life sentence Wednesday by accepting a deal. Pugh plead [...]Read more about Pugh Hits Rock Bottom in Fall from Grace
Pugh Update: Case Moves Forward Following Preliminary Hearing; Defense Request to Lower Bail Granted
DETROIT – Judge Deborah Langston from the 36th District Court had some harsh words to say about former Detroit City Council President and Fox 2 news anchor [...]Read more about Pugh Update: Case Moves Forward Following Preliminary Hearing; Defense Request to Lower Bail Granted
Pugh Extradited, Headed Home to Detroit to Face Molestation Charges
NEW YORK – Former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh appeared in court last Thursday and, waiving extradition, was ordered back to Detroit to face [...]Read more about Pugh Extradited, Headed Home to Detroit to Face Molestation Charges
Charles Pugh Arrested in New York
Then Detroit City Council President-Elect on election night in 2009. BTL file photo: Andrew Potter NEW YORK – Once the second most powerful man in Detroit [...]Read more about Charles Pugh Arrested in New York
Pugh Starts Paying Damages to Former Student
DETROIT – Three years after Charles Pugh, a former Fox 2 news anchor and Detroit City Councilman, fled Detroit in the middle of the night running from a sex [...]Read more about Pugh Starts Paying Damages to Former Student
Pugh Trial: A Recap
DETROIT – The long awaited Charles Pugh trial – for sexual grooming, as the mainstream media calls it – finally took place last week. Though Pugh, quite [...]Read more about Pugh Trial: A Recap
Pugh Trial Postponed To Nov. 3 Amid New Allegations
DETROIT – Former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh has returned to the news over the past week as the start date for his civil trial nears. Pugh's [...]Read more about Pugh Trial Postponed To Nov. 3 Amid New Allegations
Homophobia in Detroit town hall meeting Jan. 28
A town hall meeting about homophobia in Detroit will take place Wed. Jan. 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Charles H. Wright museum of African-American History (315 E. [...]Read more about Homophobia in Detroit town hall meeting Jan. 28
Update: Pugh Wants Accuser Named
DETROIT – Two separate motions were filed this week in the Charles Pugh text messaging scandal court case. First, Pugh, former Detroit City Council [...]Read more about Update: Pugh Wants Accuser Named
Trial Date Set For Pugh Case
DETROIT – Former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh has come out swinging in a recent court filing, and he's taken aim at the mother of his accuser, [...]Read more about Trial Date Set For Pugh Case
Pugh Update: Civil Suit Filed
DETROIT – A week after a federal judge ruled that he could not sue the city of Detroit outside of bankruptcy court, a former high school student has filed a [...]Read more about Pugh Update: Civil Suit Filed
PUGH UPDATE: Civil Suit Coming, Seeks $1 Million In Damages
DETROIT – Farmington Hills attorney Bill Seikaly, representing former Frederick Douglass Academy student and Charles Pugh mentee Khody Sanford, made it clear [...]Read more about PUGH UPDATE: Civil Suit Coming, Seeks $1 Million In Damages
Pugh Owes LGBT Community An Apology
BTL Staff Editorial Former Detroit City Council President - and before that, Fox 2 news personality - Charles Pugh is back in the news again. The Free Press, [...]Read more about Pugh Owes LGBT Community An Apology
Mayor's Race More Than Just A Gay 'Duel,' Four On Ballot For Nov. 5
Ferndale Mayoral Candidates from left: Ferndale Mayor Dave Coulter, Sherry Wells, Linda Parton and Craig Covey will be running Nov. 5. FERNDALE – The [...]Read more about Mayor's Race More Than Just A Gay 'Duel,' Four On Ballot For Nov. 5
The 2013 Wilde Award Nominations
Professional theaters from across Michigan will share the spotlight Aug. 19 when The 2013 Wilde Awards are presented at The Berman Center for the Performing [...]Read more about The 2013 Wilde Award Nominations
Pugh: So Far, More Questions Than Facts
BTL Editorial On such a landmark day for gay rights and marriage equality Wednesday, it's so dispiriting that the number one trending story in Detroit was of [...]Read more about Pugh: So Far, More Questions Than Facts
Detroiters Contemplate Creating LGBT Business District
DETROIT – Chicago has Boystown, San Francisco has the Castro and Washington, D.C. has Dupont Circle. So what's Detroit got? Well, nothing at the moment, but [...]Read more about Detroiters Contemplate Creating LGBT Business District
Training For A New Life
Kimo Frederiksen (back) teaches Kyle Williams how to be a personal trainer. BTL photo: Crystal A. Proxmire When Kyle Williams lost his breath walking up a [...]Read more about Training For A New Life
Gathering Aims To Promote Inclusion In Educational, Other Settings
ROCHESTER – With a goal to create more supportive and inclusive educational environments for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and [...]Read more about Gathering Aims To Promote Inclusion In Educational, Other Settings
Second Year Statewide Conference on LGBT Issues In Education Coming Up
Last year's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Initiative Conference at Oakland University was such a hit that organizers are stepping it up for 2013, [...]Read more about Second Year Statewide Conference on LGBT Issues In Education Coming Up
LGBT Economic Empowerment Tour Launches, Partners With National Black Justice Coalition And SBA
Charles Pugh Joins Tour As Ambassador The National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Road Show has one goal; tell the story of the business equality movement [...]Read more about LGBT Economic Empowerment Tour Launches, Partners With National Black Justice Coalition And SBA
It All Starts With The Kids
By Charles Pugh 2012 has been a historic and transformative year in many ways in terms of LGBT rights, especially on the national level with several states [...]Read more about It All Starts With The Kids
Young LGBT Leaders Of Color
Kirsten Ussery Meet Kirsten Ussery: She has worked on behalf of LBGT children in the Detroit Public Schools and her leadership in the lesbian women of color [...]Read more about Young LGBT Leaders Of Color
Step Up or Shut Up: Pugh on the Hunger Strike and on Detroit Politics
FERNDALE – "Stop complaining if you're not doing anything to change it. Step up or shut up." That's what Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh has to [...]Read more about Step Up or Shut Up: Pugh on the Hunger Strike and on Detroit Politics
Hungry4Equality: Week 4
Day 22 – Tobias Davis quote: During the past 17 years I've been out, I have been shunned, rejected, assaulted, and experienced many other negative issues as a [...]Read more about Hungry4Equality: Week 4
Turning up the Heat: Barb Murray and Ron Thomas Honored at HTJ
DETROIT – "Sometimes there ain't nothin' wrong with puttin' up your dukes." That's what longtime AIDS Activist Ron Turner said about the ongoing struggle to [...]Read more about Turning up the Heat: Barb Murray and Ron Thomas Honored at HTJ
How Hot Was It?
DETROIT – "How hot is it?" "Hotter Than July!" This is the rallying cry heard throughout the week-long Hotter Than July celebration put on by KICK and the [...]Read more about How Hot Was It?
Michiganders are Hungry 4 Equality
123456789101112BTL Photos 2-4: Crystal A. Proxmire. BTL Photos 4-12: Andrew Potter FERNDALE – For all Michiganders who are Hungry 4 Equality, now [...]Read more about Michiganders are Hungry 4 Equality
Hotter Than July Ready to Sizzle Detroit
By Crystal Proxmire DETROIT – How many ways can you honor your black gay and transgender heritage? That's what the organizers of Hotter Than July! are trying [...]Read more about Hotter Than July Ready to Sizzle Detroit
Leadership Project Profiles
Desiree Cooper is a lawyer, an award-winning columnist and a former public radio personality. She is currently a new media content specialist who helps [...]Read more about Leadership Project Profiles
Leaders of Color Visibility Project
An exciting media partnership is bringing the stories of young LGBT leaders of color not only to the state's gay press readership, but to mainstream media and [...]Read more about Leaders of Color Visibility Project
World AIDS Day Dec. 1 to mark 30th anniversary of epidemic
Monday, Nov. 28 Saginaw County Red Ribbon, A giant lighted red ribbon will light up the Saginaw County Governmental Center. Volunteers will construct the [...]Read more about World AIDS Day Dec. 1 to mark 30th anniversary of epidemic
From closeted activist to Detroit dynamo
By Desiree Cooper Detroiter Kirsten Ussery is not afraid of a challenge. At 33, she has done communications work for a global auto supplier, for a group of [...]Read more about From closeted activist to Detroit dynamo
Ruth Ellis Center shows off its 'Voices'
By Ruchi Naresh HIGHLAND PARK- Last Wednesday, one of the Ruth Ellis Center's creative writing projects came full circle in the form of "Voices," a published [...]Read more about Ruth Ellis Center shows off its 'Voices'
Sparks fly over need for 'gayborhood'
DETROIT- Two LGBT community leaders squared off at a feisty town hall meeting in downtown Detroit on June 21. For Joe Posch of Supergay Detroit, the need is [...]Read more about Sparks fly over need for 'gayborhood'
A kick-start to the heart
By Tara Cavanaugh and Ruchi Naresh Curtis Lipscomb, the new executive director of KICK, shows off KICK's new space in Detroit's Tech Town. BTL photo: Andrew [...]Read more about A kick-start to the heart
Local activists make OUT magazine list
By Tara Cavanaugh OUT magazine, a popular LGBT publication, recently released its annual OUT Power 50, a list of the most influential LGBTs in the country. [...]Read more about Local activists make OUT magazine list
Speaking the unspeakable
By Jack VanHecke DETROIT- Sixty people met at the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit to take part in a series of discussions about the experiences of [...]Read more about Speaking the unspeakable
Agape Spirit Ministries hosts series on faith in black LGBTQ communities
DETROIT- Agape Spirit Ministries launches a series of discussions called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Exploring the impact of silence on the African American [...]Read more about Agape Spirit Ministries hosts series on faith in black LGBTQ communities
