Category: LGBT

ACLU case challenging gender markers on Michigan state IDs gets its day in court Nov. 4

ACLU case challenging gender markers on Michigan state IDs gets its day in court Nov. 4

Transgender advocates are urged to be at U.S. District Court in Detroit to show their support. Earlier this year, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit against the Michigan Secretary of State challenging a department policy that makes it impossible for many transgender individuals to correct the gender on their driver’s licenses and other […]

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Group formed to put LGBT civil rights to a vote as a 2016 ballot initiative without main LGBT advocates on board

Group formed to put LGBT civil rights to a vote as a 2016 ballot initiative without main LGBT advocates on board

Dana Nessel, the rock star Michigan attorney who was part of the legal team that made same-sex marriage the law of the land in the USA, has formed a ballot committee to collect signatures to put changing the state constitution to protect members of the LGBT community to voters in 2016. If passed, the measure would then compel state legislators […]

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Equality Michigan chooses Stephanie White as new Executive Director

Equality Michigan chooses Stephanie White as new Executive Director

I’ve been sitting on this Big News for days now but now I can finally write about it. This week Equality Michigan, our statewide advocacy group for the LGBT community, chose Stephanie White as their new Executive Director. She is the wife of Eclectablogger Emma White and was the political director for Mark Schauer’s gubernatorial campaign. She’s also a close […]

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Michigan AG Bill Schuette’s ideological war on the LGBT community just cost taxpayers $1.9 million

Michigan AG Bill Schuette’s ideological war on the LGBT community just cost taxpayers $1.9 million

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has been waging an ideological (and legal) war against the LGBT community for years. Schuette has a long history of wasting taxpayer money. His most recent utter failure came when the Supreme Court of the United States made same-sex marriage legal in America. In addition to the money spent by state attorneys working on the […]

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Republican Rick Jones: Same-sex partner benefits no longer needed in Michigan (and I agree)

Republican Rick Jones: Same-sex partner benefits no longer needed in Michigan (and I agree)

It’s not often that I agree with a hard-right Republican like Rick Jones but today I find myself in that position. Jones has introduced legislation – S.B. 534 – which would end domestic partner benefits for state employees in Michigan. It’s a move that I support. I support this because, thanks to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling this summer […]

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Lady Parts Justice and V to Shining V unite diverse voices in support of reproductive justice

Lady Parts Justice and V to Shining V unite diverse voices in support of reproductive justice

Feminist activist Mira Krishnan celebrates the many viewpoints coming together for a good cause. Women make up 51 percent of America’s population, so why aren’t we a bigger force to be reckoned with? That’s a question many of us have been asking. But Mira Krishnan may just have the answer — and if she’s right, Lady Parts Justice could be […]

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GUEST POST: Equality in all aspects of our lives is an agenda worth fighting for

GUEST POST: Equality in all aspects of our lives is an agenda worth fighting for

The following essay was written by my friend Roscoe Woods, president of the American Postal Workers Union, 480-4781 Area Local which represents postal workers in the southeast part of the state. A version of it first appeared in their newsletter The Communicator over the summer. I particularly love this piece because it tells a personal story of acceptance of an […]

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The Trump Effect: Empowering the previously voiceless bigots of America like Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.

The Trump Effect: Empowering the previously voiceless bigots of America like Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.

It’s easy for Democrats to hope that Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination because it’s easy to believe he can’t win. For those of us who watched in horror as George W. Bush won (twice), we know otherwise. For those who watched the Michigan state legislature be completely taken over by tea party religious zealots, we know otherwise. Trump, who […]

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Trans* woman Amber Monroe murdered in Detroit

Trans* woman Amber Monroe murdered in Detroit

Saturday morning 20-year old transgender woman Amber Monroe was found dead in her apartment in Detroit, a victim of an apparent shooting. Details are sketchy at the moment but, according to transgender rights activist Julisa Abad, this was not the first time Monroe had been the victim of a shooting. Monroe was a student at Wayne State University but had […]

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Missouri village votes to lower flags to less than half-staff to protest SCOTUS marriage equality decision

Missouri village votes to lower flags to less than half-staff to protest SCOTUS marriage equality decision

Presiding Dent County, Missouri Commissioner Darrell Skiles filed a letter with the city commission asking that flags be lowered to less than half staff for one year to protest “the U.S. high court’s stamp of approval of what God speaks of as an abomination”, referring to the recent SCOTUS decision that ruled same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutinal. “[A]ll who see […]

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Tell Michigan leaders you don’t want any more harmful RFRA laws

Tell Michigan leaders you don’t want any more harmful RFRA laws

Find out why these “license to discriminate” bills are bad for Michigan, then sign a petition opposing RFRA legislation. The ink was barely dry on the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide when Michigan Republicans began pushing for more so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) legislation. In fact, their assault on equality began even before the Supreme Court […]

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