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Trump Says He'd 'Love to Have' Haley Stevens After She Endorses Anti-LGBTQ+ Mike Rogers
Four months ago, Stevens posted on X that Mike Rogers' record on LGBTQ+ rights was "repulsive."Now, praise is pouring in for Rep. Haley Stevens [...]Read more about Trump Says He'd 'Love to Have' Haley Stevens After She Endorses Anti-LGBTQ+ Mike Rogers
Remembering Patrick Stewart, An LGBTQ+ Ally Who Never Needed To Be Asked
Sir Patrick Stewart, who died Oct. 28 at 86, will be remembered by millions as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier. For many LGBTQ+ fans, his [...]Read more about Remembering Patrick Stewart, An LGBTQ+ Ally Who Never Needed To Be Asked
Mad at Haley Stevens? Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Leaders Say Take It to the Polls
State Sen. Jeremy Moss is one day away from a race that could make him the first out LGBTQ+ member of Congress from Michigan, running for the Oakland County [...]Read more about Mad at Haley Stevens? Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Leaders Say Take It to the Polls
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Her LGBTQ+ Rights Legacy
When parents of trans kids ask Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel how to keep their children safe, she has sometimes answered with a question of her [...]Read more about Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Her LGBTQ+ Rights Legacy
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2026 Election
What Michigan's LGBTQ+ Leaders Want Voters to Know Before the Election
When Joanna Whaley's primary opponent filed a formal complaint over her campaign not using her dead name, she didn't respond with a statement about [...]Read more about What Michigan's LGBTQ+ Leaders Want Voters to Know Before the Election
Tell Democrats That Abandoning Trans People Is Not a Winning Strategy
Standing up for transgender rights is the right thing to do. But it’s not the easy thing to do. Especially for some Democratic candidates vying for your vote. [...]Read more about Tell Democrats That Abandoning Trans People Is Not a Winning Strategy
SNAP and Medicaid Cuts Coming in 2027 Will Squeeze LGBTQ+ Michiganders
Medicaid work rules start Jan. 1 and 167,000 Michiganders have already lost SNAP. LGBTQ+ adults rely more on both, so 2027 cuts will hit them harder.
Queer News In Brief: Early Voting Starts Saturday, Supreme Court Blocks Trump's Prison Care Ban, Queer Country Hits Prime Video
Have you made a plan to vote? Early voting in Michigan begins Oct. 24 — read more below and visit our voter hub at pridesource.com/vote. In other news, the U.S. [...]Read more about Queer News In Brief: Early Voting Starts Saturday, Supreme Court Blocks Trump's Prison Care Ban, Queer Country Hits Prime Video
Bree Taylor May Not Win, But Her Congressional Run Shows Trans People Belong on the Ballot
I've never regretted coming out and affirming my gender, or sharing that truth with the world. But along with the euphoria of living my true life, I also [...]Read more about Bree Taylor May Not Win, But Her Congressional Run Shows Trans People Belong on the Ballot
Anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Lindsey Graham Paid Male Escorts, Documentary Alleges
Lindsey Graham spent three decades in Congress voting against nearly every major advance for LGBTQ+ Americans and brushing off questions about his own [...]Read more about Anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Lindsey Graham Paid Male Escorts, Documentary Alleges
Michigan
Equality Michigan Races To Save LGBTQ+ Survivor Program After Losing Key Grant
Equality Michigan is working to raise $250,000 after losing the grant that funds its Advocates for Community Empowerment (ACE) program, which supports LGBTQ+ [...]Read more about Equality Michigan Races To Save LGBTQ+ Survivor Program After Losing Key Grant
Trans-Led Cadillac Pride Builds Queer Community in Northern Michigan
Many of the people who helped organize Cadillac Pride's first event, and plenty who showed up to it, were recruited by Celeste Beasley, 33, in parking lots [...]Read more about Trans-Led Cadillac Pride Builds Queer Community in Northern Michigan
Belly Dancing and Pelvic Health Find a Home Together
There are plenty of reasons to go to an art gallery. Looking at art is one great example. So is drinking free wine out of a plastic cup while pretending to [...]Read more about Belly Dancing and Pelvic Health Find a Home Together
What to Know About Voting While Trans or Nonbinary in Michigan
If you're trans or nonbinary and your ID shows an old photo, a deadname or a gender marker that doesn't fit, you can still vote a regular ballot in [...]Read more about What to Know About Voting While Trans or Nonbinary in Michigan
WOOD-TV Bosses Who Told Reporters To Get 'Both Sides' Of Pride in Grand Rapids Just Won $4 Million
What could it possibly mean to cover “both sides” of Pride? The two WOOD-TV news managers who told reporters to do just that never said, and a federal jury in [...]Read more about WOOD-TV Bosses Who Told Reporters To Get 'Both Sides' Of Pride in Grand Rapids Just Won $4 Million
Meet the Out LGBTQ+ Candidates on Michigan's November Ballot
Ten out LGBTQ+ candidates are on Michigan's Nov. 3 ballot, and two could make history. State Sen. Jeremy Moss would be the first out LGBTQ+ member of [...]Read more about Meet the Out LGBTQ+ Candidates on Michigan's November Ballot
Entertainment
Metro Detroit Author Jason A. Michael Sets Sail With Gay Cruise Novel 'Fairies at Sea'
Detroit author and retired Pride Source contributor Jason A. Michael is signing copies of his new novel, "Fairies at Sea," on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from [...]Read more about Metro Detroit Author Jason A. Michael Sets Sail With Gay Cruise Novel 'Fairies at Sea'
For This Metro Detroit LGBTQ+ Horror Movie Club, Halloween Never Ends
When Ringwald Theatre co-founder Brandy Joe Plambeck and fellow queer horror fan Jon Scarsella started organizing group outings a little over a year ago, the [...]Read more about For This Metro Detroit LGBTQ+ Horror Movie Club, Halloween Never Ends
Chris Salvatore on Why He Left OnlyFans, Hateful DMs and His Return to Acting in ‘Scorch Marks’
Chris Salvatore is hiding in his bathroom. It’s the only room in the house without carpet, and the flooring guy is measuring all the others.The flooring is the [...]Read more about Chris Salvatore on Why He Left OnlyFans, Hateful DMs and His Return to Acting in ‘Scorch Marks’
Orville Peck Talks ‘Street Fighter’ Villain Vega, His Butt and the Raw Sobriety Songs on ‘Mule’
Orville Peck would like you to look at his butt. For the art.“I told the director from the start, ‘I think we really should show off the butt,’” says Peck, who [...]Read more about Orville Peck Talks ‘Street Fighter’ Villain Vega, His Butt and the Raw Sobriety Songs on ‘Mule’
Liz Eden, the Trans Woman Behind 'Dog Day Afternoon,' Finally Tells Her Own Story
Elizabeth Debbie Eden died in 1987 and is buried in a grave with no headstone. But through some serendipitous confluence of thought, interest in her life story [...]Read more about Liz Eden, the Trans Woman Behind 'Dog Day Afternoon,' Finally Tells Her Own Story
Dallas Celebrates a Second Pride As Texas LGBTQ+ Rights Come Under Fire
Editor's note: This story comes to us from Joel Medina of the Los Angeles Blade, who covered Dallas' fall Pride weekend after the National LGBT Media [...]Read more about Dallas Celebrates a Second Pride As Texas LGBTQ+ Rights Come Under Fire
Opinions
The Republican Fixation on Trans Kids Makes All Kids Less Safe
On Oct. 15, 2026, Silver Rail Elementary in Oregon became the latest site of a mass school shooting. Though by the time this is published, it’s entirely [...]Read more about The Republican Fixation on Trans Kids Makes All Kids Less Safe
Elon Musk Has All of the Money, None of the Juice
You’ve got to hand it to Elon Musk. He is both the richest man in the world and a total fucking loser.He’s living proof that money can’t buy you happiness, [...]Read more about Elon Musk Has All of the Money, None of the Juice
Dennis Hastert, the 'Family Values' Speaker Who Molested Boys, Dies at 84
I have to admit, I had forgotten about Dennis Hastert. In fact, if you’d told me he’d already been dead for years, I would have accepted that without question. [...]Read more about Dennis Hastert, the 'Family Values' Speaker Who Molested Boys, Dies at 84
Title IX Must Be Destroyed in the Name of Saving Women and Girls from Sports
The first time I heard the words “Title Nine” I was in junior high. It was the ’90s, and those two words together had no meaning to me. One could argue that my [...]Read more about Title IX Must Be Destroyed in the Name of Saving Women and Girls from Sports
The Advocate’s Coverage Raises Questions About the Future of LGBTQ+ Media
Early in any reporter's process comes a simple but vital question: Who will this story serve? In queer journalism, the answer has almost always been our [...]Read more about The Advocate’s Coverage Raises Questions About the Future of LGBTQ+ Media
Doing It For the Clicks: Boebertjuice Boebertjuice Boebertjuice
It's been a long time since I thought about Lauren Boebert. I think the last time she was on my radar was when she was giving Beetlejuice handies to some [...]Read more about Doing It For the Clicks: Boebertjuice Boebertjuice Boebertjuice
Trans Topics
Supreme Court Blocks Trump Trans Prison Care Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Wednesday to let the Trump administration cut off hormone therapy and other gender-affirming care for transgender people in [...]Read more about Supreme Court Blocks Trump Trans Prison Care Ban
The Down-Ballot Education Races That Matter For LGBTQ+ Michiganders
Michigan's new health education standards, which recommend teaching students to define gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation, have two [...]Read more about The Down-Ballot Education Races That Matter For LGBTQ+ Michiganders
How To Vote Early or Absentee in Michigan
Michigan voters don't have to wait until Nov. 3 to cast a ballot. Every city and township in the state offers early in-person voting from Saturday, Oct. [...]Read more about How To Vote Early or Absentee in Michigan
Michigan Voting Deadlines Ahead of Nov. 3
Monday, Oct. 19 is the last day to register to vote online or by mail in Michigan for the Nov. 3 general election. Miss it and you can still register and vote, [...]Read more about Michigan Voting Deadlines Ahead of Nov. 3
Queer News In Brief: Curtis Renee Remembered, Ferndale Pride Moves to August, Whitmer Headlines HRC Dinner, Stonewall Museum Loses Funding
Ann Arbor's school board bought itself 90 days of breathing room in its standoff with the U.S. Department of Justice this week, while Detroit gets ready to [...]Read more about Queer News In Brief: Curtis Renee Remembered, Ferndale Pride Moves to August, Whitmer Headlines HRC Dinner, Stonewall Museum Loses Funding
In Detroit PBS' 'Faith in Detroit' Series, Julisa Abad said She Feels God's Presence 'Every Day'
When the Rev. William Danaher asked Julisa Abad whether she feels God's presence as she helps families find justice through the legal system, the Detroit [...]Read more about In Detroit PBS' 'Faith in Detroit' Series, Julisa Abad said She Feels God's Presence 'Every Day'
