For many queer Michiganders, Saugatuck-Douglas is a space they’ve felt free to take for granted, whether they’ve been or not. A small, upscale oasis of relaxed and open queer expression on Michigan’s ...

Johnny Jenkins has spent decades at the forefront of LGBTQ+ advocacy, from navigating the early HIV/AIDS crisis as a young Black gay man in Detroit to helping build vital community resources like ...

The vibrant mural covering one wall at Uplift, an LGBTQ+ bar in Ann Arbor, pulses with the unmistakable energy of Keith Haring's iconic style. A closer look reveals something distinctly 2025 and very ...

In high school, even though there were a couple teachers who were rumored to be queer, I didn’t know anyone who was out. “I saw Ms. B at dinner with a woman last night,” someone would incredulously ...

A 26-year-old Texas man is facing multiple hate crime charges after allegedly assaulting two same-sex couples outside the MGM Grand Casino in downtown ...

Trans actress and activist Laverne Cox is facing intense criticism from LGBTQ+ community members after revealing she spent years in a relationship with a MAGA-supporting NYPD officer — a revelation ...

When Jadein Black books headliners for Ann Arbor Pride, she's not just thinking about who will draw the biggest crowds. As both a full-time teacher and the annual festival's entertainment director, ...

This summer, Hotter Than July: Detroit's Black LGBTQ+ Pride celebrates its 30th anniversary as the world's longest-running, uninterrupted Black LGBTQ+ Pride celebration. What began as urgent ...

As Pride celebrations bring chosen family together across Southeast Michigan, the state's roller derby tracks buzz with their own year-round version of radical belonging. Here, the search for ...

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg offered nuanced comments on transgender youth participation in sports during an NPR interview on July ...

Once upon a time there was a guy named Ken Paxton who, as the attorney general of Texas, waged war on LGBTQ+ people, ...