Fair Michigan

Wayne County may have national model for prosecuting crimes against LGBTQ community

Stateside Staff

The Fair Michigan Justice Project (FMJP), a collaboration between the LGBTQ advocacy group Fair Michigan and the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, began a…

Rainbow flag, often associated with the LGBT movement

Criminal Justice & Legal System

Anti-LGBTQ crimes task force says more staff needed to meet demand

An effort to investigate and prosecute crimes against LGBTQ people in Wayne County is expanding.The Fair Michigan Justice Project was founded a little…

Politics & Government

Why you won’t see a LGBT-rights question on the MI ballot in 2016

Zoe Clark

The ballot campaign to add LGBT and women’s rights to the state constitution is kaput, at least for this year.Suspending the campaignThe Fair Michigan…

Politics & Government

Marijuana legalization and LGBT-rights losses don’t spell doom for Michigan supporters

Zoe Clark

There’s been lots of debate over the past few days about the political wisdom of going ahead in Michigan with a couple of ballot campaigns after similar…