Winn, MI

Before “Pose,” before the Golden Globe, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez learned about HIV at home. Her uncle Alen Davis, a bisexual veteran and one of her favorite relatives, lived with her family. He was also living with HIV. He got care through the VA. Rodriguez still wonders about everyone who didn’t. “Would he get it now? I don’t know.” Davis has since died, though not of AIDS, she’s qu

Note: Read our election results coverage here.I’m writing this the day before Election Day so I have no idea who the winners are yet, but I do know some of the losers. One of those losers is Haley Stevens. To endorse the Republican candidate for Senate over the Democratic nominee at the last minute is quite a choice. Especially when that Republican candidate literally stands against everything you claimed to support: LGBT

Michigan Democrats reclaimed full control of state government Nov. 3, winning the governor's office, keeping the state Senate and flipping the state House. The party lost that trifecta when Republicans took the House in 2024. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the open U.S. Senate seat and will be the chamber's first Muslim member. State Sen. Jeremy Moss became the first out LGBTQ+ person Michigan has ever elected to Congress

The town was already called 'Winn' when Mr. Dush arrived. His ego got the town re-named after him but once he was gone, the name switched back... Continue reading…

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 seat Rep. Haley Stevens gave up to run for Senate. On Sunday, hours after Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers, Moss stood outside United Auto Workers headquarters in Detroit and made his case against the man she'd chosen. "There are people who are looking

Praise is pouring in for Rep. Haley Stevens from President Donald Trump, the Republican National Committee and Mike Rogers himself. Trump called her Nov. 1 endorsement of Rogers "BIG," crediting the Michigan congresswoman with "great and almost unprecedented loyalty to the Great People of Michigan." Asked whether Stevens should join the Republican Party, Trump told reporters, "I'd love to have her." The RNC said Mich

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 legacy also lives in decades of easygoing, very public allyship and in his close friendship with Sir Ian McKellen, one of the world's most prominent openly gay actors. Stewart died at his Los Angeles home in the care of his wife, singer-songwriter Sunny Ozell, af

Equality Michigan is working to raise $250,000 after losing the grant that funds its Advocates for Community Empowerment (ACE) program, which supports LGBTQ+ Michiganders who have experienced harassment, discrimination or violence. The statewide organization announced the loss in a fundraising appeal sent this week, pointing to years of federal funding instability and shifting federal priorities that have cut money for surv

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 and stores around Cadillac. She explains that she often approached people who "just looked slightly gay" and asked them if they'd like to be involved. Until they found each other, each of the organizers Between The Lines spoke to thought they were the

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. But if you’re running for office, voters have every right to expect you to do the right thing. Especially when it’s hard.  If a candidate won’t stand up for trans people, what makes you think they will stand up for you? Especially if standing up for you becom