Everything You Need to Know About the New Queer Bar Coming to Ann Arbor
The rumors are true — there’s a new queer bar coming to Ann Arbor later this year, and Pride Source sat down with co-founder Saharsh Hajela to [...]
Biden-Harris Campaign Launches LGBTQ+ Voter Initiative at Affirmations — How You Can Get Involved in the 2024 Election
The election season is officially heating up in Michigan, with a special focus on queer voters. On April 10, local and statewide community leaders and elected [...]
Why So Many Local Queer Folks Are Flocking to Mishpacha, Temple Beth Emeth’s Thriving LGBTQ+ Affinity Group
Ari Smith was a little worried when her rabbi called to ask her about something he was noticing in her part of the sanctuary during weekly services at Temple [...]
Who Should Grace Detroit's Motor City Pride Stage?
A lot goes into selecting Motor City Pride performers — including the all-important money consideration. And so you won’t find Mariah Carey (if [...]
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Biden-Harris Campaign Launches LGBTQ+ Voter Initiative at Affirmations — How You Can Get Involved in the 2024 Election
The election season is officially heating up in Michigan, with a special focus on queer voters. On April 10, local and statewide community leaders and elected [...]
How the Recently Passed Michigan Family Protection Act Will Safeguard LGBTQ+ Parents and Families
Michigan Democrats have held a “trifecta” of power since late 2022 when the party flipped both chambers of the House and won the governorship and [...]
LGBTQ+ Southeast Michigan Residents Urged to Weigh in on New Election District Maps
As Michigan voters look ahead to what is sure to be a contentious 2024 election cycle, one overarching — and often, overlooked — issue looms [...]
House Panel Considers Bills Making It Easier for Transgender Michiganders to Change Their Names
Members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies spoke about the additional costs and indignities a person goes through to change their name in Michigan during [...]
Raylon Leaks-May, Ferndale's First Black Mayor, on Her Historic Win and Why She Loves Southeast Michigan's Queer Haven
Queer or not, the mayor of Ferndale is an important figure in Michigan’s LGBTQ+ community. In a city with 19,000 residents that boasts its own LGBTQ+ [...]
From Equal Rights to Conversion Therapy Ban, 10 Triumphs for LGBTQ+ Michiganders in 2023
For LGBTQ+ Michiganders as a whole, 2023 was a banner year, one in which the community finally gained civil rights protections. To kick off 2024, Pride Source [...]
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Inside the Homes of Michigan LGBTQ+ Leaders
Home. Is it a place or a feeling? For some people, “home” is just somewhere to lay your head. For others, home can be a safe haven — a [...]
Saying Goodbye to My First Home and Welcoming Homes Yet to Come
Where’s home for you? Is it an apartment, a soft place to land or somewhere where you feel wholly loved, wrapped in the comfort of knowing that [...]
Plant Daddies Everywhere: A Look Inside the Men Who Father Their Foliage
I can't help but notice that Grindr is full of hungry creatures, reaching out to take whatever you can give. They're insatiable.I'm talking about plants, to be [...]
Moving to Spain Has Helped Me Imagine a Queer Future for the U.S.
Once I graduated college, I packed my bags and didn’t look back. My dreams to study abroad had been dashed by the pandemic, but with a diploma to my name, [...]
The First Drag Queen Was a Slave Who Created Safe Spaces for Queer People
You don’t hear the name William Dorsey Swann often enough these days, but Dorsey was a trailblazing 19th-century Black activist who carved out a space for [...]
I Took My Home on the Road. Only Then Did I Discover How to Be Truly at Home With Myself.
When I decided to move my entire life into a 1979 Coachmen RV, most people thought I’d lost my mind. Moving 27 years' worth of my life including my two [...]