Queer Delights Await: What You Should Know About This Year’s Dirty Show in Detroit
If you could pick up Detroit’s Dirty Show and plunk it down in any other city, it wouldn’t be the same. There’s something uniquely Detroit [...]
The Black, Gay ‘Michelangelo of Detroit’ Finally Gets His Own Show
Out before the Civil Rights Era, LeRoy Foster created a mural that Detroiters see every day.
Why You’ve Probably Never Heard of Edward Brezinski, a Gay Michigan Artist Who Desperately Wanted to Become Famous
‘Make Me Famous’ doc explores the strange, sometimes sad ‘70s and ‘80s art scene.
My Little Needle Tattoo Artists Affirm Every Client at This Queer-Run Plymouth Shop
At My Little Needle Tattoos in Plymouth, the staff invites clients in with open arms. The mostly queer team shares a mission to make the vulnerable experience [...]
Queer Erotic Art Show at Affirmations Showcases Senior Talent
A new art exhibit at Affirmations, Ferndale’s LGBTQ+ community center, has a unique focus: erotic art created by senior artists. Four artists from [...]
This Pansexual Artist Makes Pretty Paraphernalia for Smoking Pot
Weed smoke and queer folk came together at Ferndale Pride this year. The smell of marijuana was in the air, and many local dispensaries handed out goodies and [...]
Final Show For Late Artist, Pride Source/Between The Lines Columnist to Open This Week
He left us in December but his memory will always linger on in metro Detroit’s queer community.The work of artist and longtime Between The Lines columnist [...]
How One Lesbian Michigan Artist Faced Her Past to Embrace Her Present and Future, One Journal at a Time
It’s not possible to truly peer inside the mind of another person, but Ruth Crowe’s “The Journal Project” art installation comes close [...]
Detroit Painter Mieyoshi Ragernoir Focuses on Black and Brown Joy and Radiance in a Challenging Era
Of all the joyful Black and Brown faces filling the frames of Mieyoshi Ragernoir’s vibrant paintings, only one is a self-portrait, but then again, she [...]
With His Empowering Sundance Debut, Antonio Marziale Is Provocative with Purpose
Writing and directing for the first time in his filmmaking career, Antonio Marziale didn’t make “Starfuckers,” which he also acts in, with the [...]
Normalizing Queerness, One Gay Kiss at a Time: Michael Cimino and George Sear Talk 'Love, Victor'
"Love, Victor," now in its second season, refuses to navigate coming out as simply a one-note experience. The gay teen-romance, a series spinoff of the [...]
The Groundbreaking Trans Documentary That Almost Didn't Happen
Jonathan Skurnik: The Director Back in the 1970s, as a gender-fluid kid who painted his toenails and played with dolls, Jonathan Skurnik was bullied in school. [...]
The Queer Library Is Open: 17 LGBTQ+ Must-Reads to Get You in the Pride Spirit
Finding LGBTQ+ books used to be a challenge. You couldn't just Google "lesbian romance novels" or "books with trans characters." But now, luckily, that's no [...]
Gay Identity Explored in FIA Jack B. Pierson Art Exhibit
A new exhibition titled "Political and Personal: Images of Gay Identity" has opened at the Flint Institute of Arts. The exhibition, which features photos from [...]
Midland Center to Virtually Present Playwright Ricardo Perez Gonzalez in Masters Series
Human rights activist and playwright Ricardo Perez Gonzalez will be featured in a special virtual event Wednesday, Oct. 28, presented by the Midland [...]
Historical Corktown Workers Rowhouse Showcases Both Detroit History and Modern Art
From The Guardian Building to the GM Renaissance Center, Detroit has its fair share of grand buildings that have made architectural history over the years, but [...]
Unhung Heroes of the Metropolitan Art Zoom Tour Sept. 12
Calling all art lovers and size queens. Have you ever wondered why when you go to the art museum the guys without clothes are distinctly below average [...]
