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Lesbian Assaulted in East Tawas Hotel - Protest Planned!
2007-09-19 17:39:00 Angie Potter was enjoying her stay at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort during a women’s softball tournament the weekend of September 7. That is, until an anti-lesbian thug who was also staying at the hotel grabbed her throat, leaving marks, while Angie was trying to enjoy her evening. The hotel didn’t even call the police; Angie’s ... More About: Hotel , Lesbian , East , Protest , Prot
Anti-gay hate group targets gay investigative reporter
2007-09-14 04:22:00 Posted by Dawn Wolfe of Triangle Foundation Between The Lines reporter Todd Heywood has received a threatening letter from the Christian terrorist organization “Army of God.” Read more here and here. Sorry for this being so brief; I am just recovering from a nasty bout of food poisoning that is limiting my energy. More About: Hate , Reporter , Anti , Group , Tiga
Heroes Needed
2007-09-01 18:48:00 I don?t feel like a hero. To my shame, I was a reluctant activist. I would write congressmen and senators and give to civil rights organizations, but it was all behind the scenes. The actions taken against me by the university where I worked gave me the kick in the pants (or skirt) I needed. ... More About: Heroes , General , Activism , Michigan
Victory in Saugatuck!
2007-08-28 02:17:00 From Triangle Foundation: During the evening of Aug. 27 the Saugatuck City Council unanimously passed a non-discrimination ordinance that gives full protections to GLBT people in housing, employment and public accommodations. This is significant because in the state of Michigan discrimination based on someone?s real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity is still legal. Saugatuck ... More About: Victory , Activism , Happy , Tory
Give Discrimination a Pink Slip this Labor Day!
2007-08-22 22:19:00 For over one hundred years now, Labor Day has been about equality and respect for every working woman and man. That is, equality for every working person as long as they aren’t gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. Under Michigan law we GLBT folks can still be fired, demoted, or refused a raise because of our ... More About: Pink , Activism , Discrimination , Give
Are Those New Jeans Worth it?
2007-08-18 20:07:00 Many LGBTQs may have noticed (at least the fashionistas of the LGBTQ community) that Barney?s New York Co-Op opened at The Somerset Collection late last year. I?m sure many were excited to have this fashion jewel in our very own back yard. Now I am not usually one to call for a boycott, but I ... More About: Rants , Jeans , General , Michigan , Worth
More ?Love? from West Michigan
2007-08-16 22:00:00 Posted by Dawn Wolfe of the Triangle Foundation. My commentary in the July 19 issue of OutSpoken Online, Triangle Foundation’s online newsletter, focused on a Muskegon Chronicle article about our West Michigan Field Organizer Colette Beighley and her family. In short, the article was about the price Colette’s family has paid in their socially conservative community because ... More About: Love
Anti-Gay, Anti-Black, Anti-Human
2007-08-01 22:52:00 Submitted by Dawn Wolfe, Triangle Foundation: Today’s tale of the intersection of bigotry and stupidity comes to us from Waterford Township. Anthony Williams is black; his roommate, Bruce Wendel, is white. Anthony is straight; Bruce is gay. Both men are disabled, and both men have become the target of racist and anti-gay vandalism and threats which temporarily ... More About: Human , Black , Anti , Lack
Imeson captured
2007-08-01 22:41:00 Jesse Imeson, suspected in the murder of Windsor bartender Carlos Rivera and an elderly Canadian couple, has been captured in Quebec. Many thanks to all of you who kept your eyes open in case Imeson were to cross the border and pose a threat here in Michigan . Triangle Foundation will be issuing a full statement later today. Posted by: ... More About: General
Jessie Norman Imeson, Suspect in the Murder of Carlos Rivera and an Elderly
2007-07-29 00:25:00 From Triangle Foundation Photo by Casey Lessard On Thursday, July 19, the body of Carlos Rivera, a popular bartender from a Windsor gay bar, was found strangled to death in Windsor. Carlos Rivera, 26, was last seen leaving the bar with JESSE NORMAN IMESON, 22. (right) Imeson may also have killed an elderly couple, William and Helen Regier, ... More About: Murder , General , Elderly , Norman
No Room At The Inn
2007-07-28 22:11:00 Actually, there’s lots of room at the GLBT-friendly inns in Fort Lauderdale. There’s also an anti-GLBT mayor who has made it well known that he’d rather not have us staying in them. From specially-designed toilets to prevent a public sex problem that his own police department denies exists to intimating that gay male tourists are ... More About: Room
Triangle Foundation Reaches Out To The Community Through Blogging
2007-07-21 22:55:00 In an effort to further strengthen its relationship with the LGBT and allied community, members of the staff of Michigan?s Triangle Foundation have launched personal blogs. ?Our constituency has grown so large it can be hard to keep things on the personal level that we, and our community, prefer,? said Greg Varnum, director of Information Technology. ... More About: Community , Activism , Blogging , Blogg
Half Right is Not Good Enough
2007-07-13 23:49:00 In last Saturday?s Grand Rapids Press report on Family Week, American Family Association of Michigan President Gary Glenn was right about something. Half right, that is. While doing his usual sad job decrying the existence of GLBT families, Mr. Glenn said, ?”It is sad for the children’s sake that there is a tiny special interest group that ... More About: Homosexuality , Good
Is The NAACP an LGBTQ Allie?
2007-07-09 00:06:00 I was pleasantly surprised when I received the e-mail announcing the National Black Justice Coalition’s reception at the NAACP ’s National convention here in Detroit. Living in the Detroit area with the national convention practically in my backyard, I have scoured the local press and have found nothing highlighting this reception. I am not African ... More About: General , Michigan , Allies
LGBT Presence At The 98th NAACP Convention
2007-07-06 01:23:00 The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) will be hosting a reception at the NAACP Convention . You are cordially invited to attend a very special National Black Justice Coalition, www.nbjc.org event in Detroit on Tuesday evening, July 10, 2007 at 7pm. NBJC will host a reception during the 98th Annual NAACP Convention honoring several LGBT organizations that are ... More About: Activism , Michigan , Presence
Kalamazoo Approves Pilot Program for Domestic Partners
2007-07-01 15:55:00 From Kalamazoo Alliance for Equality Kalamazoo Votes to Adopt Pilot Program for Benefits to the Domestic Partners for ALL Employees (including GLBT employees) The City Commission of Kalamazoo just approved funding for a pilot program of a new Administrative Policy establishing the “Other Qualified Adult” Healthcare Benefits Pilot Program. The citizens of Kalamazoo applaud City Commissioners; Sean McCann, ... More About: Activism , Michigan
Triangle Foundation: Victory in Kalamazoo - Thank the City Today!
2007-06-30 16:37:00 Thanks to the dedicated work of our state’s GLBT community, led by the Kalamazoo Alliance for Equality and the Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center, the City of Kalamazoo has chosen to retain health insurance and other employment benefits for the families of the city’s gay and lesbian workers. More than 200 people marched in Wednesday ... More About: Victory , Foundation , Activism , Today , Michigan
Action Alert From Kalamazoo Alliance For Equality
2007-06-26 23:36:00 This Wednesday June 27 at Noon, residents of Kalamazoo and other concerned individuals will gather at Kalamazoo’s City Hall to protest the city’s decision to take away domestic partner health insurance benefits beginning July 1. We understand that the City of Kalamazoo is still developing its revised benefits plan and we will gather ... More About: Action , Activism , Michigan , Alert , Alliance
Guest Post: Celeste Whiting
2007-06-24 04:00:00 Celeste Whiting is an educator, small business owner, writer and activist. Based in Ann Arbor, she writes Our Michigan, a blog exploring the changing economy, small business issues, the environment, and local human interest stories. Her other home is Northampton, Massachusetts. Our Michigan is my effort to uplift at a time of dire circumstance for the ... More About: Post , Guest , Este
Dawn Wolfe: Kalamazoo Update
2007-06-24 03:55:00 Last week I drove four hours to spend on hour in Kala mazoo protesting that city?s decision to cancel health insurance and other benefits for the families of their gay and lesbian employees. Yesterday I was back, even though the Kalamazoo City Manager said on Monday evening that the city is now looking into ways to continue ... More About: Activism , Update , Dawn , Wolf
Guest Post: Dawn Wolfe of Triangle Foundation
2007-06-19 23:25:00 Dawn Wolfe is the Director of Communications for Triangle Foundation . Prior to joining the team at Triangle, Dawn had several conversations just like this one with her former boss, the managing editor for Between The Lines: Ed: Dawn, you can?t call Gary Glenn a religious extremist. Dawn: But, he *is* a religious extremist! Ed: Yes, I know he ... More About: Activism , Post , Dawn , Guest
Guest Post: Julielyn Gibbons aka Liberal Lucy
2007-06-07 03:50:00 Julielyn Gibbons, under her pseudonym Libera l Lucy , is one of the leading voices on MichiganLiberal.com , Michigan’s chief progressive blog and serves as the key organizer in Michigan’s netroots community. She’s also the creator of Liberal, Loud and Proud, her Lansing-focused blog, and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood , the 8th Congressional District watchblog. A passionate advocator ... More About: Post , Guest
Motor City Pride 2007
2007-06-04 07:44:00 Rain couldn’t keep the crowds away from Motor City Pride . I was expecting to see the American Family Association’s banner flying across the sky, but I guess God had other plans with the clouds and the rain. For those of you who have not been to the largest pride event in Michigan , ... More About: Events
Guest Post: Julie Nemecek
2007-05-31 01:02:00 The following post was written by guest blogger Julie Nemecek, who blogs at Celebrating Diversity. Many of us may be aware of Julie Nemecek because of her very public dismissal from Spring Arbor University. But, Dr. Nemecek?s work in diversity advocacy has also been widely covered, including articles in Newsweek, The New York ... More About: Activism , Post , Guest
Workplace Equality
2007-05-17 06:25:00 Last night I attended the Clock In For Equality Town Hall Meeting facilitated by Fox2?s Charles Pugh and Affirmation?s Bashar Makhay. I must confess I didn?t realize equality in the workplace continues to be as big of an issue as it is. The discussion was both encouraging and discouraging. The GLBT community does not ... More About: Events , Workplace , General , Michigan , Place
Staying On Message
2007-05-14 04:06:00 I search the net on a daily basis looking for Michigan-related GLBT news to comment on or write about, and I always seem to get distracted in one way or another. I am a political junkie, so I am easily distracted. I completely understand how it happens. But, I try my best when writing an ... More About: Rants , Message , Sage , Stay , Mess
Gary Glenn?s Gay Fascination
2007-04-28 05:26:00 I read Sean Kosofsky’s recent article a couple of times and this statement got me thinking. The AFA in Michigan is one sex-obsessed, paranoid white Republican dad who sits in his basement Googling “Gay + Michigan” every day and waiting for the results like a porn hungry teenager waiting for clips of a Paris Hilton video ... More About: Homosexuality , Glenn , Cina , Gary , Glen
Michigan News Catch-up
2007-04-21 20:34:00 I have been very lax in my blogging duties lately, and I really apologize. I just started a new job, and to be honest it is really draining, and I have been dead tired at night when I get home. But I am getting back into my routine now, and here are some ... More About: News , Events , National , Presidential Election 2008 , Michigan
Upcoming Events
2007-04-19 22:08:00 April 30 Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival. May 1 CARE Annual Family Lobby Day. May 19 Triangle Foundation and HRC are hosting their Annual Women’s Golf OUTing 07. June 1-3 Motor City Pride. June 9 Kalamazoo Pride. June 29-30 Michigan Pride. August 7-12 Michigan Womyn’s Festival. More About: Events , Vent , Upcoming , Ming
Upcoming Events
More articles from this author:2007-04-19 22:08:00 May 15 Clock In For Equality, hosted by Michigan Equality & Affirmations. May 19 Triangle Foundation and HRC are hosting their Annual Women’s Golf OUTing 07. May 22 Same-Sex Domestic Partner Benefits Rally in Lansing. June 1-3 Motor City Pride. June 3 Kick presents: Gentlemen Preferred. June 9 Kalamazoo Pride. June 29-30 Michigan Pride. August 7-12 ... More About: Events , Vent , Upcoming , Ming 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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