LGBTQ

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.

Every year, hundreds of couples flock to a little town just northwest of Ann Arbor, to get married. Hell's Chapel of Love has been hosting weddings for 20 years.

Author Curtis Chin joins us to talk about his memoir, "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant." Chin spent much of his childhood in his parents' Chinese restaurant, and is here to share some of the memories and lessons from that time that have stuck with him.

Undecided voters weigh in on Trump's legal woes and the 2024 election, a filmmaker and producer who brings queer Muslim experiences to the screen, and the housing crisis in Traverse City

Opposition to Hamtramck's resolution banning LGBTQ+ and political flags on city property, a debate over the merits of ocean beaches and lake beaches, and a conversation with Michigan's second-ever State Poet Laureate.