When Backlash Triggered Pushback: A History of LGBTQ+ Resilience in Michigan
What LGBTQ+ Michiganders — and all Americans — are living through in 2025 with the bombardment of attacks on our community is, in many ways, all too [...]
How to Be a Better Ally (Even If You’re Already a Good One)
Being an LGBTQ+ ally means more than just posting rainbow flags on social media or attending Pride events — though those gestures matter too. True [...]
How Michigan’s Bree Taylor Transformed Personal Struggle into Transgender Advocacy
From the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., Bree Taylor's voice carried across a crowd of over 1,000 people. The scientist-turned-activist spoke with [...]
Supreme Court Upholds Trans Healthcare Ban as Michigan Leaders Vow Protection, Decry ‘Attack on Children’
Supreme Court Upholds Trans Healthcare Ban as Michigan Leaders Vow Protection, Decry 'Attack on Children'Rep. Pohutsky and Equality Michigan's Emme Zanotti [...]
Record Turnout Powers Michigan's Largest LGBTQ+ Capitol Day
More than 265 LGBTQ+ advocates and allies made their voices heard at the Michigan Capitol on May 14, turning out for Equality Michigan's largest Capitol Day [...]
Out Gay State Rep Mike McFall Stuns GOP Lawmaker With Gender Question During Heated Hearing in Lansing
In a packed committee room on May 15, the air crackled with tension as Michigan state Rep. Jason Woolford sat frozen, mouth agape, unable to answer what should [...]
Jeremy Moss, Michigan’s First Openly Gay State Senator, Defends Trans Rights as He Launches Congressional Campaign
Michigan State Sen. Jeremy Moss announced his candidacy May 8 for Michigan's 11th Congressional District, promising to bring the same bold advocacy that has [...]
Miss Trans Michigan Baddie Brooks Is Taking Over Pride Season
We’re past the point where we can say Baddie Brooks is having “a moment.” In truth, Brooks is having several moments, and she’s been [...]
As Universities Cancel Lavender Graduations, Reflecting on Michigan Pioneer Ronni Sanlo's Founding of Beloved Tradition
In recent weeks, several universities across the United States have abruptly canceled their Lavender Graduation ceremonies, leaving LGBTQ+ students without [...]
At the Altar of Equality: Michigan Religious Leaders Vow to Protect Same-Sex Marriage
When Kent and Diego Love-Ramirez exchanged vows at the MSU Alumni Chapel in 2007, their ceremony wasn't legally recognized by the state of Michigan, but it was [...]
Remembering HIV/AIDS Advocate and Spiritual Leader Terrance 'Terry' Patrick Ryan
April 9 Update: Service, donation information added below.Terrance Patrick Ryan, a dedicated advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention and a spiritual leader, died March [...]
Remembering LGBTQ+ Advocate and Volunteer Cheryl Horn-Garcia
Cheryl Dawn Horn-Garcia, a long-time school bus driver and active volunteer in the LGBTQ community, died March 10. She was 67.Horn-Garcia and her wife of 35 [...]
Michigan LGBTQ+ and Ally Leaders Honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards
Michigan's LGBTQ+ community has much to celebrate as two prominent leaders, Nicole Huddleston and Jeynce Poindexter, were recently recognized with the [...]
Finding Joy in the Fight: Jay Kaplan's Decades of LGBTQ+ Advocacy in Michigan
In the darkest days of Michigan's LGBTQ+ history, when marriage equality seemed impossible and discrimination protections were a distant dream, Jay Kaplan was [...]
