How Grand Rapids Pride Center’s Executive Director Has Led the Organization Out of Pandemic Hardships
Jazz McKinney, executive director of the Grand Rapids Pride Center (GRPC), is leading the non-profit organization into a new era — one focused on a [...]
Corktown Health to Expand Care, Open First Queer-Affirming Non-Profit Dental Clinic in Michigan
Corktown Health, Michigan’s first medical home for the queer community, just announced a new initiative — the Driving Health Equity Campaign — [...]
Nonbinary Detroiter Chef Cooks Up Success at Freya
For Phoebe Zimmerman, the charming, tattoo-covered chef de cuisine at Freya, cooking isn't just about skill — it's about connection, too. Both aspects are [...]
Episcopal Church of the Incarnation Considers Intersectionality, Justice as New Leader Set to Step Up
After serving as pastor of Episcopal Church of the Incarnation for 36 years, Reverend Joe Summers, an outspoken ally of the LGBTQ+ community, is retiring. [...]
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 [...]
Queer Kalamazoo Author Samantha Irby Will Never Give Up on Her Best Pal, TV
As I tore through a used library copy of Samantha Irby’s 2017 bestselling collection of essays, “We Are Never Meeting in Real Life,” in one [...]
Petals Sandcastle on Tripping, Radical Acceptance and Shattering the Binary
Petals Sandcastle, founder and CEO of Ann Arbor’s Express Your Yes and NOW Studios, has had a very busy 2023 so far. In between traveling around the [...]
Why Greta Van Fleet Lead Singer, a Frankenmuth Native, Just Came Out Publicly
Musician Josh Kiszka, frontman for the rock band Greta Van Fleet and a Frankenmuth native, took to Instagram Tuesday to publicly come out as gay, posting about [...]
Identity Is More Than Just a Document, But Having the Right Documents Can Be a Matter of Life or Death
Imagine the stress and anxiety of finally deciding to live your life as your true authentic self, working up the courage to tell your family and friends who you [...]
Michigan Communities Push Back on Pride Celebrations, Recognition
While Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared, “Michigan is standing up for the LGBTQ+ community,” several Michigan communities are sending the opposite [...]
Mark LaChey, ‘Unsung Hero’ of LGBTQ+ Politics in Michigan
Mark LaChey wanted to see tigers. With that objective in mind, the former first vice chair of the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) recently spent two weeks in [...]
A Kind of Defiance: In Lansing, an Overlooked – and Leading – History of Queer Activism
It’s only natural for a state capital to become a center for political activism. But in the case of Lansing, both local and state-level queer activism [...]
