Summer Books That’ll Have You Feeling a Sense of Pride
Embrace the vibrant spectrum of LGBTQ+ experiences this Pride Month with our curated list of enlightening reads for readers of all ages. From stirring memoirs [...]
Joy-Fueled Defiance at Motor City Pride and Ferndale Pride — See the Video!
Colorful throngs of 2024 Michigan Pridegoers filled the streets of Ferndale on June 1 and downtown Detroit June 8 and 9 to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community [...]
From Samantha's HIV Test to Stonewall's First Brick: How LGBTQ+ Individuals Engage with Conspiracy Theories
I’m rewatching “Sex and the City,” and there's so much that's hard to believe: Carrie affording her apartment on a columnist's pay; Samantha [...]
Celebrating 50 Years of ‘Lesbian Connection’
In every issue of Lesbian Connection, you’ll find messages of gratitude.“Read your letter at a meeting and there was cheering afterwards,” a [...]
Motor City Pride Drag Performer Crystal Harding Hopes to Inspire Younger Generations
For the “Arabian Princess” Crystal Harding, Motor City Pride marks a new opportunity to bring joy to the Michigan community — a community with [...]
On the Edge of Adulthood, Abigail Rowe Looks Ahead to Life Beyond Her Grassroots Pride Fest
Before 18-year-old Abigail Rowe heads off to Saginaw Valley State University for college, where she’ll major in public administration and theater, she [...]
Pride and Precaution: Your Guide to Celebrating Being Queer with Care
I've been performing at Prides as a comedian and storyteller since glitter-covered T-rexes sashayed across Jurassic drag stages.It's possible this is slight [...]
Affirmations Prom ReDeux 2024: Celebrating Love in Every Color of the Rainbow
Affirmations, Ferndale’s LGBTQ+ community center, welcomed guests to its annual Prom ReDeux on May 18. Promgoers relished the opportunity to get a prom [...]
Lansing Pride Just Keeps Getting Bigger — Find Out How Organizers Are Finding Success, Community Support
Pulling off a successful community event is a tremendous undertaking, but for Lansing Pride organizers like Ben Dowd, board president, and Brad Johnson, board [...]
From Small-Town Roots to Big Pride Performances: How Michigan Shaped Wreckno's Musical Queerness
Growing up in the small town of Manistee in northern Michigan, Brandon Wisniski, better known by their stage name Wreckno, didn’t have much of a queer [...]
Add These Wholesomely Fabulous Ann Arbor Library Pride Events to Your Calendar
You could fill up every moment of free time from now until the end of June with a Pride fest somewhere in Michigan, but that kind of nonstop socializing and [...]
‘Britain's Got Talent’ Star, Local Drag Legends Join 2024 Motor City Pride Lineup
Let the countdown begin. Now that Motor City Pride has announced its annual music lineup, the 2024 Pride in Michigan Season is officially underway. The [...]
Your 2024 Michigan LGBTQ+ Pride Calendar
Michigan Pride is ready to roll in 2024, and we have all the details you need to plan out your Pride season right here. You’ll find Prides big and small [...]
Your Guide to 2024 Pride Festivals Around the World
With June comes Pride, and with Pride comes countless opportunities to celebrate around the globe. Most major cities host festivities in June that feature [...]
Who Should Grace Detroit's Motor City Pride Stage?
A lot goes into selecting Motor City Pride performers — including the all-important money consideration. And so you won’t find Mariah Carey (if [...]
Ortonville Denies Abigail's Pride Permit for a Second Time, Shocking No One
Ortonville, located in northern Oakland County, is somehow not a fictional place from a long-lost Dr. Seuss book, filled with Grinchy Whos and a bubbling [...]
They Shoot, They Score: Detroit Pistons Launch an Entire Pro-Queer, All-Gender Apparel Collection
The Detroit Pistons are doing it up for a celebration of the organization’s 10th annual Pride Night, set for March 24. The event will kick off with a new [...]
Ann Arbor Pride Prepares for Debut on Main Street, Keeps Spirit of Jim Toy Alive
Ann Arbor Pride, set for Aug. 5 along Main Street, is getting back to its roots as one of the preeminent festivals focused on the local LGBTQ+ community. [...]
How Grand Rapids Pride Center’s Executive Director Has Led the Organization Out of Pandemic Hardships
Jazz McKinney, executive director of the Grand Rapids Pride Center (GRPC), is leading the non-profit organization into a new era — one focused on a [...]
A Kind of Defiance: In Lansing, an Overlooked – and Leading – History of Queer Activism
It’s only natural for a state capital to become a center for political activism. But in the case of Lansing, both local and state-level queer activism [...]
Photo Gallery: Motor City Pride 2023
Color and joy were on full display at Motor City Pride 2023 June 10-11 as an estimated 40,000 Pridegoers filled downtown Detroit streets and Hart Plaza to [...]
When They Go Low, We Go Sideways: Finding Queer Light in Dark Times
Pride Month means endless ear-bashing about history, community and being a "key voter" — so join me in front of the TV and we'll zone out for a bit to [...]
Gov. Whitmer Talks Pride, Violence Against Trans Women and Her Latest Reaction to Running for President
It’s Pride Month, but this one feels different. There’s both a sense of joy (because the Democratic majority in the Michigan legislature is still [...]
