Stacey Hotwaxx Hale is the embodiment of Detroit talent and grit. When I meet her at Spot Lite Detroit on a hot spring afternoon, she’s finishing up a business meeting, dressed to the nines in a cozy ...

Get ready to gag on the eleganza, darlings — Ferndale Pride is serving up fresh faces and fierce performances with its 2025 Newcomer Drag Show, putting baby queens and kings center stage to help kick ...

While Michigan State joins a Big Ten resistance coalition defending diversity programs, the University of Michigan's president, Santa Ono, is heading for the exits — leaving behind a dismantled DEI ...

There’s a Mariah Carey canvas in my hands and Benito Skinner on Zoom, and somehow, this feels exactly right. My teenage self — the one who lip-synced “Fantasy” in a locked bedroom — would totally get ...

In a packed committee room on May 15, the air crackled with tension as Michigan state Rep. Jason Woolford sat frozen, mouth agape, unable to answer what should have been the simplest of questions.

When Frankie Grande bounces into our Zoom meeting, he radiates enough energy to power a small city. The self-proclaimed “gayest person on earth” is about to release his debut album and he’s turned all ...

One hundred people — mostly gay, mostly men — walk into a bar. It might sound like a punchline to a joke, but it’s how Detroit Staycation Club started. James Staycation, 36, and his friends grew bored ...

Something that pops into my head a lot (besides the Mentos jingle) is the phrase, “It was a kinder, gentler time.” It’s what my grandparents said when I interviewed them for an undergrad history class ...

“I used to be so scared to even walk down the stairs.” This line is from my original song “Trans." Unfortunately, this was my reality, as I was raised in an environment that was not inclusive of ...

In the face of unprecedented legislative attacks on transgender rights, Stand with Trans founder Roz Keith sees the organization's 10-year anniversary gala, which takes place May 17, as a powerful ...

Michigan's Pride season is set to meet the moment in a year marked by growing political attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, with more than 40 celebrations scheduled across the state from May through September.

Two controversial reports targeting transgender youth health care have been thoroughly rejected by the world's leading medical organizations, yet continue influencing laws that restrict care for ...