Michigan LGBTQ+ Community Members React to Colorado Springs Club Q Shooting
As news trickles in about the Colorado Springs shooting at Club Q, where a gunman killed five people and injured at least 25, Michigan government leaders and [...]
GoFundMe Campaign Launched for Lesbian Detroit Rapper Miz Korona
Detroit-based rapper Miz Korona is best-known for her role in the movie "8 Mile," for being named Female Artist of the Year at the Detroit Music Awards and [...]
At Royal Oak's Cafe Muse, Fine Dining Dates Are Back on the Menu This Valentine's Day
A traditional wine pairing dinner at a favorite restaurant may seem out of bounds right now due to the constraints brought on by the novel coronavirus [...]
Carmen Vázquez, Longtime LGBTQ Activist, Dies at 72
Carmen Vázquez, a longtime LGBTQ activist, died on Wednesday from coronavirus complications. She was 72. A press release that the National LGBTQ Task Force and [...]
We're Here, We're Accessible and We're Dedicated': Jim Toy Center President Talks 2021 Goals
The Jim Toy Community Center has gone through a lot of changes in recent weeks. Simultaneously came the news that it would be forced to close its doors because [...]
Thousands of COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Booked at Suburban Collection Showplace
PONTIAC — More than 100 Oakland County Health Division employees will provide the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines by appointment only to about 3,000 residents from 9 [...]
Kiefer Sutherland, Jeff Daniels Among Performers Featured in 44th Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival At Home
Like most entertainment venues in the state and, indeed, across the country, The Ark in Ann Arbor has struggled to find its footing in the midst of a pandemic [...]
Groundwork Laid, Dave Coulter Starts First Full Term in 2021 With Clear Vision
While most politicians running for their first full term in office can boast related experience and background, few can say they have firsthand experience. [...]
Jim Toy Community Center Announces Closure of its Physical Office Space, Launches GoFundMe Campaign
ANN ARBOR — Today the Jim Toy Community Center announced plans to close its physical office space, located at 319 Braun Court, at the end of the month. The [...]
COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in Oakland County EMS Vaccinations Begin Tomorrow
PONTIAC — The first 1,950 doses of the novel coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech arrived today at Oakland County Health Division. Initial vaccinations [...]
Church Militant, Other Anti-LGBTQ Groups Receive Millions in Pandemic Relief Funds
Millions in Loans Seven hate groups with explicitly anti-LGBTQ ideologies were awarded nearly $2.5 million combined in Paycheck Protection Program loans, [...]
Affirmations Updates Public on Programs, Finances and the Future
FERNDALE — When Dave Garcia came back to his old job as Executive Director of Affirmations community center after five years working for the nation's largest [...]
Michigan Physicians Support Governor's Response to COVID-19, Urge Legislature to Support her Measures
Following last week's Michigan Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's emergency powers in response to the novel coronavirus [...]
President Trump, First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19
In a tweet late Thursday evening, President Donald Trump announced that he and the First Lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive for the coronavirus. "Tonight [...]
Transgender Michigan Hosts its Health Fair Virtually
In light of the novel coronavirus pandemic, many nonprofits and community organizations have been forced to cancel regularly scheduled programming and events [...]
Affirmations LGBTQ Center Expands COVID-19 Food Help Program
Affirmations has announced the expansion of its 'Lettuce Help' Food Program and will be offering a second pickup date in light of the novel coronavirus [...]
Fauci: Politicization of COVID-19 Pandemic is 'Really Unfortunate'
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday described the politicization of the coronavirus pandemic as "really unfortunate." "The politicization, the hostility, back and [...]
LGBTQ Progress Update on Michigan's Racial Disparities Task Force
Having met regularly since spring, now that summer is almost at its end, the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities has been working in an [...]
Lesbian Detroit Rapper Miz Korona Riffs on COVID-19 with her 'The Virus' EP
Developing, writing and recording an album is no easy feat, but sometimes, when the environment is just right, one new idea can set off a creative chain [...]
COVID-19 Redraws 2020 LGBTQ Travel Roadmap
By Scott Stiffler When Dorothy returned from Oz and declared, "There's no place like home," that tribute to domesticity made sense, coming from a Kansas farm [...]
Nurse Asineth Little Talks Work During COVID-19, Care for LGBTQ Community
It's not easy to be a certified nurse assistant in the midst of a pandemic. But four months into the novel coronavirus crisis, and Asineth Little is continuing [...]
Coulter: $10 Million Nonprofit Recovery Fund to Aid COVID-19-Impacted Organizations
Today Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter held a press conference that announced a $10 million Oakland Together Community Response & Recovery Fund [...]
2 Detroit Activists Seek Help Handing out Care Packages to Fight COVID-19
For Ka'Juan Hill, doing HIV/AIDS advocacy and outreach is not just a job. It's a calling. By day, he's a community outreach specialist for Unified HIV Health [...]
