Pride

Expect large crowds on the streets of downtown this weekend for Ann Arbor Pride 2024. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has the details.

June is Pride Month, and it is be celebrated in a number of ways throughout Washtenaw County. It is also an opportunity for education and awareness. There is a good deal of conversation around the country about the use of pronouns and about how members of the LGBTQ+ community identify themselves. Joe Halsch is president of the Jim Toy Community Center in Ann Arbor. He joined WEMU’s David Fair to share the kinds of conversations he and the center are creating around these issues.

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners have declared June as Pride Month for the fourth year. WEMU's Taylor Bowie has more.

Sunday is the international Transgender Day of Visibility, and Washtenaw County is showing its support through the month of April. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

With this year’s Pride Month coming to an end, an Ypsilanti nonprofit has noticed the month’s impact on queer youth. WEMU’s Victoria Smith reports.

The annual event is meant to show support for the LGBTQ community during Pride Month. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

Ann Arbor’s LGBTQ community is celebrating the Michigan Supreme Court's decision that determined the state constitution does ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender indentity. But, as WEMU's Cathy Shafran reports, it’s just a first step.

Fifty years ago, in June 1972, the first LGBTQ+ pride celebration was held in Detroit. It was a seminal moment now captured in illustrations by Isabel Clare Paul in a comic book: "Come Out! In Detroit." Join Deb Polich on this edition of "creative:impact" to meet Isabel and also learn the important role played by Ann Arbor activists at the start of the movement.

Some Democratic Michigan lawmakers are discussing the challenges they’ve faced advocating for the LGBTQ community in the state Legislature. Colin Jackson has more.