A 'Transformative' Legacy: Ruth Ellis Center Executive Director Jerry Peterson Exits Post After 9 Years
As Jerry Peterson resigns his position as executive director of the Ruth Ellis Center (REC) after nearly a decade, he speaks of leaving Detroit, the city he has [...]
Have You Been to These Surprisingly Queer Michigan Road Trip Destinations?
There’s just something about a road trip. You might be venturing out in the same car you use for your daily commute and boring errands, but on a road [...]
5 Queer Things You Can Do Right Now-ish: See a 'Drag Race' Contestant Live, Explore Black Art at DIA
April showers may block some much-needed vitamin D, but thanks to a springtime influx of social events, your internal sunshine is sure to shine through. So, [...]
How This Proudly Plus-Size Woman Is Leaving a Queer Mark on Male-Dominated Auto Industry
Chaya Milchtein, aka Mechanic Shop Femme, is just as comfortable talking about lubricating cars as she is talking about lubricating sex toys. The automotive [...]
Community Health Awareness Group Receives $2 Million HIV Prevention Grant From CDC
The CDC has awarded a $2 million grant — the total amount for five years — focused on HIV prevention to Community Health Awareness Group (CHAG). The [...]
What the Michigan Democratic Party Candidate Endorsements Mean for the LGBTQ+ Community
The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) held its Spring Endorsement Convention Saturday at Huntington Place in Detroit and left no doubt that Attorney General Dana [...]
This New Film About Triangle Foundation Co-Founder Jeffrey Montgomery Examines His Complicated Legacy
“America, You Kill Me,” a new documentary about Michigan LGBTQ+ activist Jeffrey Montgomery, is making its long-awaited world premiere as part of [...]
Justice Jackson, the First Black Woman to Serve on the Supreme Court, Has Been Confirmed: What Does It Mean for the LGBTQ+ Community?
With Thursday’s historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), many in the [...]
Sense and Sensitivity: Cavetown Talks New Projects, His Musical Evolution and War on Trans People
As YouTube, social media, and self-released music platform Bandcamp grew in popularity, musicians could create music and garner followings from their own [...]
The TikTok Conundrum: Crisis or Community? Michigan LGBTQ+ Youth Weigh In as Dana Nessel Investigates.
My Screen Time notifications are set to Sundays, and they'll usually pop up on my iPhone with a chipper little buzz while I'm eating a late breakfast or, if I'm [...]
What Would a $15-Per-Hour Minimum Wage Mean for the LGBTQ+ Community in Michigan?
While the stereotype that waiters and bartenders are commonly gay persists, evidence that LGBTQ+ individuals are overrepresented in the restaurant industry is [...]
#DoSayGay With These 6 Non-Disney Animated Films
Disney’s donations to anti-LGBTQ+ candidates supporting the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida and their botched response to the bill have [...]
