How This Nonbinary Michigan Artist’s Feel-Good Sculpture Reflects a Life in Bloom
A super bloom is a phenomenon where an abundance of wildflowers blossom in the desert simultaneously. These events are rare and often symbolize [...]
Meet 3 Artists Creating Queer-Influenced Work for ArtPrize in Grand Rapids
Ahead of ArtPrize, the annual international art competition that takes over much of downtown Grand Rapids each year, hundreds of artists are finalizing details [...]
Meet Your Gaming Neighbor: Angela Washko Joins University of Michigan Arts Scene
Somewhere, a track coach is barking something — maybe motivational, definitely deafening — into the ear of a college freshman. If she listens [...]
Imagining What Queer Nightlife Will Look Like 30 Years in the Future
It’s impossible to predict what any given guest will experience at A Night at the Orfelia on June 29. That’s by design. The simplest [...]
How Machine Dazzle Is Transforming Our Collective Michigan Garbage Into Queer Joy
The dildo sitting upright on the tabletop next to me looks like if it attacked me, I wouldn’t stand a chance. I don’t necessarily feel like I have [...]
How Queer Art Offers Freedom Where Freedom Isn't Always Found
With Motor City Pride in Detroit — and Pride in cities throughout the country — queer festivals commemorate the fight for political equality [...]
How a Community of LGBTQ+ Artists in Ferndale Is Fostering Connection Through Creative Expression
The first time I drew, I was the only gay boy in the room. Oftentimes, I did it alone, a scared kid afraid of what people would think of me — drawing [...]
How Detroit Artist Tylonn Sawyer Is Remembering Pulse Nightclub Victims During Pride Month Exhibition
With the joy and defiance of Pride also comes grief and sadness as we honor those we’ve lost. For his piece, “Forever Young: Pulse Club [...]
Tiff Massey’s DIA Show Shines a Spotlight on the Culture of Black Adornment
It’s not that Detroit artist Tiff Massey wants audiences to find her work inscrutable. She simply wants visitors checking out her upcoming Detroit [...]
Don’t Sleep on These 2024 Mighty Real / Queer Detroit Events
In 2022, patrick burton embarked on a journey to highlight queer artists, and Mighty Real / Queer Detroit was born: an organization committed to honoring, [...]
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 [...]
