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The corn may be knee-high by the Fourth of July, but Michigan's summer of queer events is just hitting its stride. Toss sunscreen, a water bottle and a portable phone charger into your fanny pack, gather your favorite people and head out for these five ways to celebrate, connect and discover something new. 1. Game On at Mi-Sci Michigan Science Center. Courtesy photo

This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series on the history of LGBTQ rights in the U.S. On June 30, [Uncloseted Media] published another timeline focused on the underreported history of transgender and gender-nonconforming Americans. Since the U.S. was founded in 1776, visibility of

This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. Related read: 1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights in America. Records of trans people date as far back as 218 C.E. with the Roman Empress Elagabalus. And all through U.S. history, transgender figures can be found: sometimes in the shadows, sometimes at the forefron

Allyship doesn't always look the way we expect. It's not always the loudest voice in the room, or the most predictable place. Sometimes it's an Army veteran couple tending a Pride arch in Detroit. Sometimes it's a parent with a TikTok following, sharing what it means to raise a nonbinary child. Sometimes it's a politician who shows up year after year at Pride, not for the photo op, but because a beloved uncle taught them long ago what unconditional lo

I recently had a post go viral on Bluesky. As I write this, it has close to 11,000 likes and has been shared nearly 2,400 times. This has never happened to me before. Apparently I struck a nerve. I also gained a number of new followers on Bluesky who will inevitably be disappointed that I mostly post about metal music.  Here’s the post: Watching episode of ER from 2001. Dr. Chen &amp

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday kept in place state laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams. The decision stems from challenges to bans in Idaho and West Virginia and marks a major setback for transgender rights across the country. The opinion also came as President Donald Trump’s administration has pursued a broad an

When Toni Mua first ran for Michigan's state legislature in 2022, she put her deadname on the ballot. She didn't make a big deal of it — running as a trans woman in a district that also covered the Grosse Pointes felt like enough of a challenge. This year, she decided she was done with that compromise and filed under her name. Almost immediately, someone challenged it. "I was just really confused because I'm like, who

An anonymous caller sent Child Protective Services and police to Pete Buttigieg's Traverse City home last week, falsely alleging that the former Transportation Secretary had confessed to violent crimes and that his twin 4-year-old children were at risk.  The report led to the children undergoing forensic interviews without their father present. Because Buttigieg wasn't permitted to be alone with them until after the in

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed isn't running a typical Senate campaign, and at this point it's hard to miss. The physician and former health director for both the city of Detroit and Wayne County has spent the past several months drawing national headlines with an unapologetic case for progressive politics in a state Democrats need to win. He’s also been busy racking up the UAW endorsement, bringing Bernie Sanders to the campaign trail, and closing the poll