On the Edge of Adulthood, Abigail Rowe Looks Ahead to Life Beyond Her Grassroots Pride Fest
Before 18-year-old Abigail Rowe heads off to Saginaw Valley State University for college, where she’ll major in public administration and theater, she [...]
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, [...]
Pride and Precaution: Your Guide to Celebrating Being Queer with Care
I've been performing at Prides as a comedian and storyteller since glitter-covered T-rexes sashayed across Jurassic drag stages.It's possible this is slight [...]
Affirmations Prom ReDeux 2024: Celebrating Love in Every Color of the Rainbow
Affirmations, Ferndale’s LGBTQ+ community center, welcomed guests to its annual Prom ReDeux on May 18. Promgoers relished the opportunity to get a prom [...]
Lansing Pride Just Keeps Getting Bigger — Find Out How Organizers Are Finding Success, Community Support
Pulling off a successful community event is a tremendous undertaking, but for Lansing Pride organizers like Ben Dowd, board president, and Brad Johnson, board [...]
From Small-Town Roots to Big Pride Performances: How Michigan Shaped Wreckno's Musical Queerness
Growing up in the small town of Manistee in northern Michigan, Brandon Wisniski, better known by their stage name Wreckno, didn’t have much of a queer [...]
UNIFIED HIV Services Gets a Power-Up With New Vivent Health Merger
For more than 40 years, Southeast Michiganders have relied on UNIFIED HIV Health and Beyond for a wealth of resources, from pop-up, confidential testing sites [...]
Add These Wholesomely Fabulous Ann Arbor Library Pride Events to Your Calendar
You could fill up every moment of free time from now until the end of June with a Pride fest somewhere in Michigan, but that kind of nonstop socializing and [...]
The Owners of Opal Grove Games Didn't Feel Welcome in Many Spaces. So They Made Their Own.
The feeling of acceptance is intentional when you step into Detroit’s Opal Grove Games, nostalgically nestled in the basement below 27th Letter Books. [...]
How This Detroit Short Queer Film Series Strays Far From Identity-Based 'Boxes'
Even as short films are often the easiest to make — a truth that holds special weight for marginalized artists — they often encounter roadblocks to [...]
‘Britain's Got Talent’ Star, Local Drag Legends Join 2024 Motor City Pride Lineup
Let the countdown begin. Now that Motor City Pride has announced its annual music lineup, the 2024 Pride in Michigan Season is officially underway. The [...]
Queer Folk®: Coming Soon to a Coffee Shop — or Ceasefire Action — Near You
Somewhere near the intersection of artistry and activism sits local musician Amrit Kohli’s Queer Folk®, Inc., an incubator for progressive queer [...]