Ferndale Pride Headliner Tunde Olaniran Creates From the Soul, For and With Their Community
A Tunde Olaniran performance is everything all at once: Afro-centric rhythms, interpretive movement, gorgeous costumes, pumping bass, with soulful, vulnerable [...]
Leaving a Legacy: Urvashi Vaid’s Lasting Impact on Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Community
The Michigan LGBTQ+ philanthropy community is in mourning following news that longtime LGBTQ+ activist and philanthropist Urvashi Vaid died at age 63 earlier [...]
How HGTV Stars Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas Are Showing What It Means to Be a True Detroiter on 'Bargain Block'
Personal and professional partners Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas are flippers with heart. They do it to the delight of TV viewers across the country on their hit [...]
Local Queer History Through an Artistic Lens: Mighty Real/Queer Detroit Exhibition Coming to a Space Near You
Greater Detroit is about to become awash in queer art — including rare pieces from as far back as the '40s.Seventeen galleries, organizations, businesses [...]
A Cis Woman and a Trans Man Will Hold Miss and Mister Hotter Than July 2022 Titles For First Time Ever
LGBT Detroit, organizers of Hotter Than July (HTJ), the world’s second oldest Black LGBTQ+ Pride, have announced the crowning of 2022 Mister and Miss Hotter [...]
Berkeley? Berkly? How This Michigan Town's Spelling Triggered Fraud Allegations in Local Circuit Judge Election
Beverly Hills attorney Amanda Shelton may soon be one step closer to winning her race for Oakland County circuit court judge, well ahead of Election Day. [...]
Michigan Native Responds to Attack on LGBTQ+ Content By Publishing Yet Another Book For Queer Youth
As bitter, homophobic parents across the country continue to attack books with LGBTQ+ content to get them banned from school libraries and classrooms, author [...]
This New Grindr Term Was Just Added as an Option Thanks to Michigan Sex Therapist
Gay men get down in a variety of ways, so if you’re not a top, bottom or vers, then maybe you’re a “side.” The term was coined right [...]
Michigan's Diverse LGBTQ+ Community Inspired This Stunning New Mural at The Ringwald Theatre at Affirmations
The Ringwald Theatre, now operating inside Affirmations LGBTQ+ community center in Ferndale, has unveiled a new mural by local artist detroit_baklava, aka Brian [...]
Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow Doesn't Hold Back at Affirmations Wine Party: 'They F*cked With the Wrong Mom'
Affirmations LGBTQ+ community center in Ferndale welcomed a crowd of over 250 to their annual Wine Party — the first since the pandemic — on [...]
Michigan-Based 'Renovated to Death' Author Draws on Love of Old Houses for First Cozy Mystery Novel
Lambda Literary Award-winning author and Pleasant Ridge resident Frank Anthony Polito has a new book out this month. “Renovated to Death,” billed as the first [...]
Michigan House Republicans Tie Transphobic Provision to Education Budget Bill
Last spring, a bill was introduced in the Michigan State Senate that would ban transgender students from playing on school sports teams that align with their [...]
