7 Ways to Empower Yourself During Trans Empowerment Month
Covid worked hard to cancel any semblance of joy these almost two years, but the LGBTQ+ community worked harder. At every obstacle, we've pivoted and [...]
This Michigan Artist Won a Muskegon Museum of Art Award For His Painting of a Trans Woman
Artist Bryan Hoffman, a Michigan native, was recently awarded the Muskegon Museum of Art's Best of Show Award at the 92nd Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition [...]
Art Heals in Rogério Pinto's Intimately Personal 'Realm of the Dead' U-M Exhibit
The death of a child is the stuff of nightmares for parents. The pain and the anguish never really go away, and the entire family is reshaped by such a tragic [...]
LGBT Detroit Fights to Make Palmer Park a Single Voting Block in New Redistricting Initiative
Last month Equality Michigan's Erin Knott urged LGBTQ+ voters to get involved in the redistricting process to create more local representation and realign [...]
Ann Arbor Couple Beyond Overjoyed After Birth of Rare Identical Triplets: 'It's Just a Bizarre Fantasy'
Who says three's a crowd? Not this Michigan couple who recently welcomed rare identical triplets. Kevin O'Neill and Eric Portenga of Ann Arbor welcomed baby [...]
Trans, Non-Binary Voices in Focus as Hamtramck's Trans Stellar Film Fest Puts Queer Artists First
The return to safe and comfortable live events has been a bumpy road for most everyone after many months of Covid-related ups and downs. For the organizers [...]
Marshall Kilgore Opens Up About Being a Black Bisexual Man Running for Kalamazoo City Commission
Marshall Kilgore couldn't make it to Motor City Pride this year. Instead, the 22-year-old candidate for Kalamazoo city commission stayed close to home, [...]
Detroit Native's Sex-Positive Brand Created 'For People to Feel Free and Not Judged'
Detroit native Ka'Juan Hill is a man who wears many hats. By day he works in HIV/AIDS prevention and by night he hosts parties — around town and around the [...]
Drag Extravaganza' at Planet Ant This Weekend Spotlights Queerness and Gender Identity
"Looking Back Through Stained Glass," a limited run "live-band drag extravaganza," will wrap up this weekend at Ant Hall in Hamtramck. "Stained Glass," a [...]
Ahead of Upcoming 2021 Miss Gigi's Pageants, Former Miss Gigi's Remember the Glory Days
Gigi's Cabaret, the Detroit gay bar with the longest-running female impersonation show in Southeast Michigan, is back with their Miss Gigi's Pageant from Oct. [...]
MSU Professors Highlight BIPOC LGBTQ+ Health Inequalities with New Study
A new study is underway looking at how the pandemic is affecting sexual and gender minorities (SGM) compared to their heterosexual and cisgender [...]
This City Council Candidate Stands to Become First Openly LGBTQ+ Councilwoman in Detroit
In middle school, when she bemoaned that cars were causing pollution and contributing to climate change, Gabriela Santiago-Romero's teacher suggested she [...]
