When They Go Low, We Go Sideways: Finding Queer Light in Dark Times
Pride Month means endless ear-bashing about history, community and being a "key voter" — so join me in front of the TV and we'll zone out for a bit to [...]
Taylor Swift Makes Strong Case for Gay Icon Status During Eras Stop in Detroit
On my way to Ford Field in downtown Detroit for the first night of Taylor Swift’s brilliant and breathtaking Eras Tour, I joked with my concert mate that [...]
Queer Play Marks a New Era for This Northville Theater
When Tracy Spada left Northville and her role as stage manager, director and actor at Northville’s Tipping Point Theatre in 2020, she couldn’t have [...]
Lansing Pride Performer Orion Story on Drag Bans, Voting and the Power of Drag
Every June, the LGBTQ+ community gets an opportunity to reflect on the importance of Pride. It can serve as a reminder of strides made, past and future battles, [...]
At Pride Especially, Drag Queens Won’t Be Stopped
Last month, Montana became the first state to explicitly ban the act of people reading books to children dressed in drag at public schools and libraries. This [...]
Motor City Pride Performer Jordy on His High Michigan Recording Sessions and Making His Career Work For Him
Emerging pop artist Jordy challenged himself on his recent tour and failed. The challenge? “I tried getting through the whole tour with one [...]
Queering 'Don Pasquale': Opera MODO Considers LGBTQ+ Representation in New Imagining of the Classic Italian Production
When "Don Pasquale" first premiered in January of 1843, it joined a long tradition of opera buffa, or comedic operas, that had begun a century before. The [...]
This Ferndale Pride Performer Knows Where Your Power Lies
Ahead of her appearance at 6 p.m. June 3 on the Ferndale Pride Dance Stage, Pride Source spent some time getting to know DJ and music producer Alexa Rae Neff, [...]
Where the Past Meets the Present: Capturing Pride 40 Years Ago
Are we capturing history every day without even knowing it? Forty years ago, photographer Nicholas Blair wasn’t intentionally immortalizing a specific era [...]
On His Latest Disco-Heavy Album, Jake Shears Dances Through the Heartbreak
Listening to his newest album, you wouldn’t know Jake Shears went through a pandemic breakup. After all, he doesn’t process his personal hardships [...]
Hannah Gadsby Thinks You Deserve a Break
A lot has changed since Hannah Gadsby first took audiences on the unexpected journey that was “Nanette,” their 2018 career-making Netflix special. [...]
LGBTQ+ Books Are Being Attacked, But Many Are Still Being Published. Here Are 15 New Queer Titles.
In an era when books by or about LGBTQ+ people are being taken off library shelves and banned in grade schools, there’s never been a more important time [...]
