Gearing Up For Success: REC Announces 2015 Changes At Voices
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT – Every year nonprofits around the state hold their annual fundraisers to thank their donors and to celebrate the work that had been [...]
LGBT Support Service Center Opens In Muskegon County
BY AJ TRAGER MUSKEGON – The first ever LGBT community center is opening up in Muskegon County, serving Muskegon and surrounding areas. The LGBT Support [...]
The Legal Ripple Effect From Marriage Equality
BY AJ TRAGER FERNDALE – In a community conversation discussing the legal changes same-sex couples will face as a result of marriage equality, Miller Canfield [...]
The Legal Ripple Effect From Marriage Equality
BY AJ TRAGER Jennifer LaTosch and Lynn Sirich from Miller Canfield discussed some legal changes that are a direct result of marriage equality Sept. 16 and [...]
Trans Autism Activist To Speak At V To Shining V
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT – Michigan Trans Autism Activist, Dr. Mira Krishnan, is scheduled as a keynote speaker in the second annual V To Shining V. The event [...]
Unique Partnership Offers Support for Legal Name Changes
BY AJ Trager BLOOMFIELD HILLS – The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending discrimination [...]
Upcoming Play Questions What It Means To Be Normal
BY BTL STAFF DETROIT – Matrix Theatre Company in Detroit has opened its doors to a production highlighting the complexities of gender expression and how New [...]
WMU Begins New Academic Year With Preferred Name Policy
BY AJ Trager KALAMAZOO – Just in time for the 2015 academic year, Western Michigan University has adopted a preferred name policy that allows students to be [...]
Teen Actors Are Totally Convincing In 'BFs!'
Maxim Vinogradov (Brad) and Jackson Abohasira (Jack) star in the coming-of age tale "BFs!" at Slipstream Theatre Initiative in Hazel Park. Photo: STI I have to [...]
AIDS Walk Detroit Participants Reflect On The Disease, Then And Now
The AIDS Memorial Quilt always produces an emotional response in those who view it. ROYAL OAK – The 25th annual AIDS Walk Detroit took place Sunday. [...]
Backlash Fought With Power And Love At Religious Symposium
Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Rev. Roland Stringfellow, senior pastor at Metropolitan Community Church of [...]
Federal Court Rules Michigan HIV Confidentiality Law Doesn't Apply To Governments
In June, the Federal District Court in Detroit ruled that Michigan's confidentiality law, which subjects those who reveal HIV testing information and medical [...]
