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 [...]
Hamtramck City Council Bans Pride Flags
The Hamtramck City Council voted unanimously June 13 to ban Pride flags from flying on city property, citing the need to protect the religious freedoms of its [...]
Two Michigan LGBTQ+ Trailblazers Recognized as Game Changers by Tigers, Red Wings and Comerica Bank
Rachel Crandall Crocker, founder and executive director of Transgender Michigan, was recognized earlier this week as a Game Changer by the Detroit Tigers, the [...]
Meet MiGen’s Newest Community Navigators
MiGen, Michigan’s LGBTQ+ elders’ network, is looking to expand upon the work they previously did as SAGE Metro Detroit. MiGen provides services, [...]
He Won Lots of Netflix Money. He Used It To Make a Very Queer Movie in Detroit.
When filmmaker Sam Meier won a cool 100 grand on the Netflix gameshow “Bullshit” in 2021, it didn’t take long for him to choose what [...]
Michigan Sen. Jeremy Moss Is Here, Queer, And He Doesn’t Care If You Get Used To It
In a way, Michigan Sen. Jeremy Moss is a throwback to the kind of classic Michigan Democrat that led to the state’s reputation as a union-driven, [...]
