LGBTQ

Today, we spoke with an ACLU attorney about the decades-long push for LGBTQ+ rights in Michigan. Plus, we revisited a conversation with Iraqi American writer Dunya Mikhail, author of the book The Bird Tattoo.

An update on the legislative action in Lansing this week, including bills to codifies LGBTQ protections in Michigan. Plus, Congresswoman Hillary Scholten reacts to news that West Michigan employers were using child labor. How a mild winter affects U. P. Dog-sledding races. And Detroit begins to explore reparations.

A bill to expand Michigan’s civil rights law to include LGBTQ protections has been moved into a position to be voted on by the state Senate.

A Senate committee has approved a bill to add LGBTQ protections to Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.

A state Senate committee held its first hearing Thursday on a bill to expand Michigan’s civil rights law to cover LGBTQ rights.

Some United Methodist churches in Michigan and elsewhere are debating whether to formally break away from the larger church because of ongoing debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the faith.

Finding the right therapist can be especially hard for patients from marginalized communities. We heard about an effort to fix that. Then, the story of how a backyard boxing ring in the U.P. Plus, two education experts on project-based learning.

Community members within the Dearborn Public School District have been in heated debate over several LGBTQ-positive books and their availability to students.

The culture wars are brewing in Dearborn over LGBTQ books in school libraries. We talked about how it's creating community division. Then, we heard how Michigan one birder set out to make the hobby more accessible for other BIPOC nature lovers.

Voters in Jamestown Charter Township voted to defund their local library. This, after the library faced backlash from the group, Jamestown Conservatives, for offering LGBTQ+ content. But advocates of keeping the library funded are organized too now, and two them join Stateside to talk about their plans.