More than $30,000 Raised in GoFundMe Campaigns for 2 Women Killed in Hit-and-Run
Coleen Hulling, 29, and Melissa Williamson, 25, were on an afternoon bike ride in London Township in Monroe County on Friday, June 26, when a driver swerved [...]
Henry Ford Health System Recognizes Pride Month with Flags Outside Hospitals, Offices
Henry Ford Health System has acknowledged Pride month and took it to social media to share its open support for the LGBTQ community. All across the Detroit [...]
There Must Be a Better Way': Rally in Support of Terry Gonda
On Saturday, June 27, approximately 150 individuals, mostly parishioners of St. John Fisher Chapel in Auburn Hills, gathered outside after mass to rally in [...]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Jeremy Moss Give Ferndale LGBTQ Center Pride Month Message
Yesterday the Ferndale Affirmations LGBTQ community center received a message from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and openly gay state Sen. Jeremy Moss. "I wanted to [...]
Gov.WhitmerRenames Downtown Lansing's Lewis Cass Building to the 'Elliott-Larsen Building' to Honor Sponsors of Michigan's Landmark Civil Rights Law
LANSING — Today, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-139 to rename the state-owned Lewis Cass Building in downtown Lansing to the [...]
Doctors Without Borders Aids Southeast Michigan Nursing Homes During COVID-19
Internationally known for global humanitarian work, Doctors Without Borders has for decades provided first responder health care to thousands of people around [...]
Corktown LGBTQ Health Center Shy of $10,000 Pride Month Fundraising Goal
As many in the LGBTQ community have realized, seeking out affirming health care can be a challenge. One organization that has been trying to remove that [...]
HRC Reaching Out to Equality Voters June 26, 27
Turning Out the Absentee Vote The Human Rights Campaign is wrapping up its Pride Week of Action this weekend with phone banks to contact all potential equality [...]
Eastpointe Free Store Event to Commemorate Stonewall Uprising
Origin Sometimes it takes moving from one house to another to realize how much excess "stuff" one has. That's what happened to Tim Kniaz when he and his [...]
Obituary: Joy E. Geng
July 27, 1944 – June 21, 2020 Joy Geng, one of the first out employees at Ford and a longtime supporter and board member of Equality Michigan — and its [...]
Royal Oak City Council Adopts Ordinance Banning Conversion Therapy
The city of Royal Oak has adopted an ordinance to ban conversion therapy during its meeting on Monday, June 22. When officially put into law, Royal Oak will [...]
Ferndale Pride 2020 Canceled Due to COVID-19 Concerns
Today Ferndale Pride organizers announced via Facebook that due to an "abundance of caution," the previously rescheduled event will be canceled for 2020. "With [...]
