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Pride Source Wins Five SPJ Detroit Awards for LGBTQ+ Community Coverage
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (176+ words) Pride Source staff members brought home five Detroit Society of Professional Journalists awards for their 2025 coverage at an awards ceremony on May 20, at the San Marino Club in Troy. The Society of Professional Journalists offers awards in a variety of…...
Alise King on Performing Pride and Finding Her Voice as a Queer Black Woman
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (541+ words) Outdoor Pride events can be tough environments for performers. But based on the videos floating around the internet, it seems like you've really figured out how to connect in that space. How did you get there? Do you have a…...
Ypsilanti Fundraiser Rallies Community Around Trans Youth
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (249+ words) For trans youth and their families in southeast Michigan, the question of where to find gender-affirming care has grown more urgent by the month. In Washtenaw County, many patients are finding one answer at Corner Health Center in Ypsilanti " and…...
Wisconsin Brewery Steps Up After School Board Bans Trans-Inclusive Song
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (352+ words) When the Watertown, Wisconsin school board voted 7-1 on May 12 to pull an instrumental piece honoring transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson from a high school wind symphony concert, they probably didn't expect the backlash to arrive in the form of a brewery…...
Gretchen Whitmer Reflects on Her LGBTQ+ Legacy (So Far) and the Gay Daughter Who Shaped It
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1840+ words) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer isn't just a regular mom " she's a cool mom. She'll tell you herself. Or rather, her outfit will. She strides into the living room of her Lansing residence in all black, a rainbow lightning bolt off one…...
After Eight Years as Governor, Gretchen Whitmer Reflects on Her LGBTQ+ Legacy (So Far) and the Gay Daughter Who Shaped It
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (1840+ words) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer isn't just a regular mom " she's a cool mom. She'll tell you herself. Or rather, her outfit will. She strides into the living room of her Lansing residence in all black, a rainbow lightning bolt off one…...
Conservatives Interfering with the College Mission to Make Everyone Gay
1+ week, 1+ day ago (605+ words) My teenage son has been watching the show "Ted" lately. A couple of years ago I watched the first "Ted" movie with him at his request. It was, um, not to my taste. I'm not a huge fan of blue…...
Pride Is Loud This Summer, and That's the Whole Point
1+ week, 2+ day ago (459+ words) Look, nobody is pretending this is a normal summer. Every seat in the Michigan Legislature is on the ballot this fall. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer " one of the most reliably pro-LGBTQ+ governors this state has ever had " is in her final…...
Meet the People Keeping Michigan's Queer Nightlife Alive
1+ week, 3+ day ago (235+ words) Across the country, headlines have been mourning the death of the gay bar. In Michigan, the story looks different. The story worth telling is evolution, not loss, with an eye toward preserving what the past built. Entire underground worlds, formed…...
Michigan Queer Artists Are Weaponizing Joy Against the Trump Era
2+ week, 1+ day ago (725+ words) Nobody said resistance would be fun " but Michigan's queer artists are making a strong case for it. As federal rollbacks on LGBTQ+ rights, attacks on DEI programs and relentless culture war rhetoric wear on audiences, performing artists across the state…...