Affirmations Hosts Holiday Arts and Crafts Bazaar
The holiday season is in mid-swing and the need for holiday gifts is fast-approaching. For those stuck in a gift-buying rut, Affirmations' Holiday Arts and [...]
Mike Flores Steps In as New Affirmations Board President
"After four years serving on the Affirmations Board, I have decided to step down from the board. During that time the center has seen improved financial [...]
Local Support for the Transgender Community
In November, the Detroit transgender community was hit with two tragedies. Here are two fundraising campaigns that seek to benefit those affected. Chocolate is [...]
JFON Provides Legal Help for LGBTQ Immigrants
Although immigration issues are often featured prominently in U.S. news, rarely are the struggles of the LGBTQ people within that community taken into account. [...]
Local Transgender Activist Throws Holiday Part for a Cause
Julisa Abad isn't originally from the Detroit area, but since she moved here, she's been an outspoken activist for the local transgender community. In BTL [...]
Divine TransFormations
Reverend Starts Transgender Church In the recipe for a church, one needs a public space, a liturgy, a congregation and a little bit of audience [...]
MSNBC Host Joy Reid Apologizes for 'Tone Deaf' Homophobic Blog Posts
BY MARIAH COOPER, WASHINGTON BLADE #AMJoy is coming up! See you all at 10 AM ET on @msnbc #reiders! -JR Staff #facts #factsmatter #SundayMorning [...]
Detroiter Writes First Book, Tackles 'Things Unsaid'
Detroiter Shyne Nelson has written his first book. "Things Unsaid" is a collection of poetry, essays and short stories. "I wanted to write a book my whole [...]
Trump's World AIDS Day Proclamation Leaves out LGBT People
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE President Trump left out LGBT people in his World AIDS Day Proclamation. (Photo by Michael Vadon; courtesy Wikimedia [...]
Two MCC Churches Move into New Homes
Group photo taken at the close of MCC Detroit's final service in Ferndale after more than two decades of renting their worship space from The Drayton Avenue [...]
Whosoever Ministry United Church of Christ Settling in to New Location
It's been about a month now since Whosoever Ministry United Church of Christ moved from their old space at the Detroit Ecumenical Theological Seminary in [...]
Chilean Lawmakers Begin Debate on Same-Sex Marriage Bill
BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS, WASHINGTON BLADE Rolando Jimenez, president of the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation, a Chilean LGBT advocacy group, in [...]
