LGBTQ

More than 100 people gathered in Lansing on Wednesday to support legislation that would simplify Michigan’s name and gender marker change processes.

Today, a look into efforts to make Michigan a tech-forward economy. Then, a group in Grand Rapids putting together a community-wide wedding celebration for LGBTQ couples.

Today, reaching some of Michigan’s most diverse micro-communities of voters: the LGBTQ community. Also, the stories of Michigan, as told by the built environment. And, the endless days and sleepless nights of witnessing Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week that bans the use of what’s sometimes called the “gay panic” defense.

The longstanding conventional wisdom is that what we call "hillbilly music" originated in Western Europe. But the truth, as many scholars and musicians have been preaching for years now, is that country music is intimately tied into the experience of African Americans. We talked to a music scholar about the often overlooked influence of Black musicians on the country genre.

Michigan Senate passes bill banning the use of disclosing anyone's sexual orientation or gender identity as a defense in court.

The heat waves and other challenges that test the way neighbors show up for each other. Also, the city of Muskegon rethinks its waterfront for Great Lakes Cruisers. Plus, a DIY comic book series telling stories of queer black icons. And we take a trip to the Motown Museum.

Voters in Jamestown Township approved an operating millage for Patmos Library on Tuesday. The move comes after the library faced scrutiny for placing LGBTQ books in its young adult section.

A federal lawsuit alleges Hamtramck's ordinance that bans LGBTQ, religious, political and ethnic flags on city property violates the United States Constitution.