LGBTQ

This week: Community members in Petoskey want to save a hospice facility. Also, a conversation about Pride and the climate for LGBTQ people in northern Michigan.

Up North Pride has a busy weekend ahead, including a visibility rally and march on Saturday, and "Big Gay Brunch" on Sunday.

A $10,000 grant helps trans teens and young adults afford therapy, and connects them with therapists who are experts in LGBTQ mental health.

Former same-sex partners who do not have a shared DNA connection with a child they were raising can seek shared parenting time under Michigan law, the court ruled.

Two protests were in the news this week — one over concerns about an oil pipeline, the other about anti-trans remarks made by a Traverse City salon owner.

The owner of Studio 8 Hair Lab took to social media and told transgender people in search of hair care to go see a pet groomer instead.

Conversion therapy is the medically discredited practice of trying to change someone’s sexuality or gender identity.

A petition campaign to add LGBTQ protections to Michigan’s civil rights law is over. That’s after the Michigan Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear an appeal of a ruling that the campaign failed to gather enough signatures.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says the state law that punishes intimidation based on gender protects people who are transgender from threatening behavior.

For Polestar LGBT Center in Traverse City, the coronavirus pandemic was so challenging that the nonprofit had to close down.But this month, Polestar is thinking outside-the-box to restart some of its support groups for queer people.