What Is an Anti-LGBTQ+ Threat? We Asked, the FBI Answered.
While the homophobic letters recently sent to a number of LGBTQ+ leaders in Michigan did not constitute a direct threat, it's useful to have a working [...]
Michigan LGBTQ+ Leaders Receive Hate Letter, FBI Notified
At least seven LGBTQ+ leaders across Michigan received the same flyer sent by mail in mid-April. With the title "Prophecy: The Punishment of My Gay People," [...]
Affirmations LGBTQ+ Center Offers Free COVID-19 Vaccinations
On Thursday, the Affirmations LGBTQ+ community center in Ferndale completed the first of two free, COVID-19 vaccination days. Available by appointment at the [...]
Citizen Initiative to Add LGBTQ+ Protections to Michigan Law Backed by Business Community
LANSING — A large contingent of Michigan's business community has come out in favor of a ballot initiative that would ask voters to amend Michigan's [...]
Kalamazoo Mental Health Agency Uses Grant to Support LGBTQ-Targeted Services
KALAMAZOO — Integrated Services of Kalamazoo is using a $75,000 grant to become "more inclusive in our practices and approach" regarding the LGBTQ+ population, [...]
Ferndale Teen Runs for Her Family Life, Raises Money for COLAGE
How far would you run for your family? For 16-year-old Katie Christian, who lives in Ferndale with her two moms, Karen and Stephanie, that answer was 13.1 [...]
Community, Commemoration and Celebration: The Evolution of Hotter Than July
For the past 25 years, Hotter Than July has revolutionized and represented the vibrant Black LGBTQ+ community in Detroit and holds the honor of being the [...]
Jim Toy, First Openly Gay Man in Michigan, Turns 91 Today. It's Not too Late to Send Him a Birthday Card
Longtime activist Jim Toy turns 91 today. Known as the first openly gay man in Michigan, after coming out in 1970, Toy developed the first-ever campus center [...]
SAGE Metro Detroit Bids Farewell to Angie Perone, Seeks New Executive Director
When Angie Perone began as the Executive Director of SAGE Metro Detroit in 2015, the organization had a few part-time staff and a budget of under $50,000. [...]
Ann Arbor Councilman Jeff Hayner Removed From Committee Assignments Over Homophobic Tweets
Ann Arbor City Councilman Jeff Hayner, widely condemned over the past week for the use of a homophobic quote on social media, was stripped of his committee [...]
Kellogg's 'Comes Out' in Support
Coming to grocery store aisles across the country just in time for Pride month in June is Together with Pride, a gay-as-hell breakfast cereal that consists of [...]
Lansing Rep. Sarah Anthony Talks Anti-Hair Discrimination Bill
Rep. Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) believes that if more people were educated on the issue of hair discrimination and aware of its negative impact, that would go a [...]
