2025 Election Recap: Pontiac Elects First Out LGBTQ+ Mayor as Detroit Council Strengthens Queer Representation
The 2025 election cycle has come to a close, and there has been a lot of noise around a few high-profile Democratic wins in New York City, Virginia and New [...]
Can a Megachurch Pastor Serve All Detroiters?
Detroit’s mayoral election has become a flashpoint for the city’s LGBTQ+ community, as a megachurch pastor’s bid for office forces voters to [...]
Michigan Furry Brings Honey Badger Energy — and Medicare for All — to His Fight for a Seat in the U.S. Congress
Elyon Badger doesn't look anything like how one expects a candidate for office to look. Often clad in marijuana-themed attire or a honey badger fursuit, Badger [...]
Lansing City Council Unanimously Declares City an LGBTQ+ Welcoming Community
Amid growing public concerns about LGBTQ+ safety, Lansing will become an LGBTQ+ Welcoming City after a unanimous vote by city council members at their Oct. 13 [...]
State Rep. Josh Schriver Called Queers Perverts. Guess Who Had The Fling Account?
According to records obtained by Metro Times, State Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) — the same lawmaker who introduced legislation in September to ban all [...]
Rep. Josh Schriver's Porn Ban Bill Would Criminalize Transgender Representation Online
Michigan’s horrifying chaos goblin is back with perhaps his most ambitious assault on LGBTQ+ Michiganders yet. Fresh off his public humiliation over [...]
Michigan Must Act Before Marriage Rights Disappear
I was in the courtroom in 2015 when the Supreme Court formally recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in Obergefell. At the time, I was a law [...]
Supreme Court Asked to Overturn Marriage Equality as Michigan GOP Escalates Attacks
A decade after the U.S. Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, the justices will consider this fall whether to take up a case [...]
Rep. Josh Schriver Targets Elliott-Larsen LGBTQ+ Protections in Latest Attack
He's baaaack. And as per usual, wow, he's messy. Just months after getting publicly humiliated by State Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) for his failed [...]
When Home Becomes The Only Safe Space: Raising a Trans Child in Post-Skrmetti America
It's getting harder to talk to my young adult children about the news. Not because they aren't old enough to comprehend it, but because I know they do. I [...]
Michiganders Promise to Fight Like Hell for Transgender Youth After Supreme Court Ruling
On the morning of June 18, more than halfway through Pride Month, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling in the court case US v. Skrmetti to uphold [...]
'Don't Run Away': Garlin Gilchrist's Message to LGBTQ+ Allies as He Runs for Governor
Marching through the streets of Detroit in the 2025 Motor City Pride Parade on June 8, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist marked his 10th consecutive year at the [...]
Supreme Court Upholds Trans Healthcare Ban as Michigan Leaders Vow Protection, Decry ‘Attack on Children’
Supreme Court Upholds Trans Healthcare Ban as Michigan Leaders Vow Protection, Decry 'Attack on Children'Rep. Pohutsky and Equality Michigan's Emme Zanotti [...]
'Go Woke, Go Broke?' Not So Fast: New Survey Reveals LGBTQ+ Consumers Are Cutting Spending with Companies Retreating from DEI
The message from LGBTQ+ consumers is crystal clear: If companies won't stand with us, we won't stand with them. A new survey from the National LGBT Media [...]
RFK Jr. and 'We're All Going to Die' Joni Ernst: Brave Soldiers in the Republican War on Human Life
You learn something new every day (though with the Republican crack-down on education and villainizing of scientists, who knows how much longer that will be [...]
Out Gay State Rep Mike McFall Stuns GOP Lawmaker With Gender Question During Heated Hearing in Lansing
In a packed committee room on May 15, the air crackled with tension as Michigan state Rep. Jason Woolford sat frozen, mouth agape, unable to answer what should [...]
Jeremy Moss, Michigan’s First Openly Gay State Senator, Defends Trans Rights as He Launches Congressional Campaign
Michigan State Sen. Jeremy Moss announced his candidacy May 8 for Michigan's 11th Congressional District, promising to bring the same bold advocacy that has [...]
Michigan Rep. Josh Schriver to Introduce Resolution Urging Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage
Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) plans to introduce a resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges.
Trans Rights, Healthcare and IDs: Key Takeaways from Emergency Town Hall Hosted By LGBTQ+ Advocates
More than 900 attendees joined a virtual town hall Feb. 5 to learn how recent presidential executive orders and Michigan legislative moves could impact the [...]
Why Scott Bessent, Trump's New Gay Treasury Secretary, Must Denounce Anti-Trans Actions
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent, President Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, in a rare bipartisan vote of 68-29.
4 Times Michigan Governor Candidate Jocelyn Benson Championed LGBTQ+ Rights
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who announced her candidacy for governor on Jan. 22 to succeed term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has built a [...]
As a Young Queer Person Who Dreams of Having a Family, This Doesn't Feel Like an America for Me Anymore
Maybe it’s naive to say I really didn’t think we would be in this situation again. I thought being convicted of 34 felonies, charged with sexual [...]
We Are Here for You: The Vital Work of Journalists in LGBTQ+ Media Post-Election
The days following this election have been filled with raw emotion — frustration, sadness, uncertainty and fear for the future. For many in our LGBTQ+ [...]
