Ferndale Mayor Melanie Piana on Pride Month, Coronavirus and Being an Ally
Pride During a Pandemic While this is the 19th consecutive year that Ferndale is recognizing June as Pride Month, for a number of reasons it will be quite [...]
Ypsilanti Pride Festival Virtual Livestream at 5 p.m. on June 5
The Ypsi Pride festival is far from being canceled. But this year, rather than the traditional block party that takes up most of downtown Ypsilanti and South [...]
Detroit to Host Drive-By Census Kick-Off
DETROIT — The extent to which Detroit can quickly recover from the novel coronavirus pandemic directly depends on how many Detroiters fill out their 2020 [...]
COVID-19 Crisis Care: Michigan Nurse Weighs In
In a seemingly positive trend overall, Michigan headed into Memorial Day 2020 with the fewest reported novel coronavirus deaths since March. And while Gov. [...]
Be Queer Be Counted: LGBT Detroit's Census Project Airs June 16
DETROIT — LGBT Detroit is a nonprofit organization that serves Detroit's LGBTQ community. It has announced the rollout of a series of "Get Out The Census 2020" [...]
LGBT Detroit Addresses Intimate Partner Violence and Healthy Relationships Amid Pandemic
Increased Risk Stay-at-home orders designed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus have had some unintended victims: namely, those at risk of intimate [...]
Donating Blood in the Time of Coronavirus: Activists Say Gay Men Still Face Discrimination
The Need is Great Only about 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood. That's because of various restrictions like age and physical health [...]
Stagecrafters Community Theater Virtually Covers 'RENT'
In light of the isolation brought upon by the new coronavirus, members of the Royal Oak-based nonprofit community theater Stagecrafters presented a song from [...]
Black LGBTQ Community Innovates Black Pride in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
LGBT Detroit, the city's premier black LGBTQ service provider and producer of Hotter Than July, the world's now longest-running, uninterrupted Black LGBTQ [...]
Detroit Gallery Hosts Virtual Exhibit to Benefit Ruth Ellis Center
In a blend of the virtual and tangible, the Detroit-based gallery Library Street Collective has created a new digital exhibition platform called SITE: Art and [...]
Motor City Pride to Host June 6 Virtual Pride Celebration
While summer Pride festivals are a great opportunity for celebration, they're also annual reminders of LGBTQ history and the important strides that activists [...]
South Korea Activists Form Task Force to Fight Coronavirus-Fueled Discrimination
A group of activists in South Korea have formed a task force to fight anti-LGBTQ discrimination related to the coronavirus pandemic. Sung-Uk So on Thursday [...]
