Michigan

More than 100 University of Michigan Law School graduates on Saturday staged a walk out during Ohio Sen. Rob Portman's commencement speech in protest of his anti-LGBT voting record. [ Read more → ]

Students at the University of Michigan Law school have expressed outrage over the selection of Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to deliver the commencement address, saying his "openly hostile" position on gay rights makes him an inappropriate choice. [ Read more → ]

A University of Michigan student has filed a lawsuit against the state's former Assistant Attorney General, alleging the official stalked and defamed him for months. [ Read more → ]

Republicans in the Michigan Legislature this week approved a resolution that seeks to overturn a decision to extend state-paid health insurance coverage to same-sex partners of state employees. [ Read more → ]

A high school economics teacher in Howell, Mich., suspended after ejecting two students from his class after the students said they believed that gays and lesbians are immoral, has garnered considerable support from the local community, and from one student in particular. [ Read more → ]

Andrew Shirvell, the Michigan Assistant Attorney General who, for six months, waged an online campaign against the University of Michigan's openly gay student body president, has been fired. State Attorney General Mike Cox terminated Shirvell with prejudice for abusing the powers of his office. [ Read more → ]

Chris Armstrong, the University of Michigan's openly gay student body president has filed and ethics complaint seeking to disbar Andrew Shirvell, the assistant attorney general who for six months waged a vicious online campaign against him. [ Read more → ]

Chris Armstrong, the openly gay student assembly president University of Michigan, withdrew his request Monday for a personal protection order against a state lawyer who's accused of harassing him. [ Read more → ]

The LGBT community mourns the loss of another teen due to suicide. Campus police at Oakland University in Rochester, MI, police report the body of 19-year-old Corey Jackson was found in a wooded area of the campus. [ Read more → ]

Update, 10/4/2010: The hearing on Chris Armstrong's request for an order of protect from Andrew Shirvell has been rescheduld for October 25. The delay is because all parties in the case weren’t notified in time. University of Michigan student assembly president Chris Armstrong will face... [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_11126" align="alignleft" width="190" caption="Andrew Shirvell"][media-credit name="CNN" align="alignleft" width="190"][/media-credit][/caption] Andrew Shirvell, an assistant attorney general in Michigan, who, for nearly six months has waged an vicious online campaign against the openly gay student body president of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, went on personal... [ Read more → ]

Students at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon, MI, say administrators have denied the homecoming king throne from its rightful winner -- a transgender senior. [caption id="attachment_10962" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Oak Reed"][media-credit name="WOOD-TV" align="alignleft" width="320"][/media-credit][/caption] Classmates believe the crown belongs to Oak Reed, 17, who was... [ Read more → ]

Ten U.S. states signed onto a legal brief Friday in opposition to same-sex marriage, claiming a federal court “exceeded its judicial authority” when it ruled that California's Proposition 8 -- the 2008 voter-approved ban on gay marriage -- was "unconstitutional." The amicus brief sent Friday... [ Read more → ]

A recent assault and carjacking in Battle Creek, Michigan, has now led to a possible hate crimes investigation after police discovered two anti-gay rants that appeared online in Craigslist postings. [ Read more → ]

A popular gay campground in Saugatuck, MI was vandalized with anti-gay graffiti this past weekend. A worker who lives across the street from the Campit Outdoor Resort discovered the graffiti on Saturday morning, waking up to find a swastika and some anti-gay remarks had been... [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_5681" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Paul Scott"][/caption] A state lawmaker, running for the GOP nomination to be the next Secretary of State in Michigan, is wasting no time addressing the real issues facing Michigan -- stopping transgender people from changing their sex on their drivers license.... [ Read more → ]

A gay marriage amendment could soon be up for vote in Michigan. Just one day following the repeal of the gay marriage law in Maine, House Speaker Pro Tem Pam Byrnes introduced a resolution that would reverse Michigan's ban on same-sex unions. Right now Michigan's... [ Read more → ]

It was to be a night of hope and promise for the LGBT community, but instead the crushing defeat of Maine's gay marriage law delivered another setback for gay rights advocates and overshadowed many other victories at the ballot box Tuesday. In Maine, voters on... [ Read more → ]

A 15-year-old Michigan boy says two other teenagers beat him because he is gay, and two advocacy groups spoke out this week against the beating. The attack on Steven Harmon on August 13 is being called a hate crime by his family. Investigators say Steven... [ Read more → ]