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Woman says Michigan University fired her after gender change
She quotes a boss as saying, “You disgust me.”
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“Welcoming LGBT Catholics” conference becomes anti-gay rally
Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron: “It’s not being a bigot to say that people should not have sexual relations with people of the same gender.”
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Detroit police are reaching out to LGBT community
An “LGBT community chat” followed two recent attacks on transgender women.
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Former Ford worker says he was fired for his anti-gay religious beliefs
A former contractor at Ford Motor Company says he was fired for expressing his religious beliefs when he criticized the automotive company for supporting its LGBT workers.
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Archbishop bans speaker from Catholic support group meeting at Detroit parish
DETROIT — The Archdiocese of Detroit has banned a Catholic support group from using a Detroit parish for a meeting with a pro-gay rights speaker. The Detroit Free Press reports Archbishop Allen Vigneron prohibited a talk by Francis DeBernardo for Catholic families with gay members that was scheduled for Saturday.
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Detroit police arrest man accused of shooting partner, burning down house
DETROIT – Police in Detroit, Mich., have arrested a man who allegedly shot his partner and burned down their house to hide the evidence. The suspect, identified by police as Edwardo Ross, allegedly shot his 42-year-old partner, James Foxhall, in their Detroit home on Aug. 15, then dumped Foxhall’s body in the city’s Palmer Park.
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Detroit police investigating three shootings against LGBT residents
DETROIT — Police in Detroit, Mich., are investigating three potentially related violent crimes against LGBT people in the city’s sprawling Palmer Park. The attacks have left one victim dead and two others injured after a series of shootings in recent weeks.
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Teen charged in attack on gay man at Detroit LGBT pride event
DETROIT — A 16-year-old teen has been charged with assault, two weeks after a young gay man was attacked during a gay pride celebration in Detroit. The boy, whose name has not been released because he is a minor, appeared Saturday appeared Saturday in Wayne County Juvenile Court.
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Attack on gay man at Detroit’s Motor City Pride event captured on video
DETROIT — The beating of a gay man was caught on tape at Detroit’s Motor City Pride over the weekend. Christin Howard, 20, told WXYZ-TV that he was taking a picture with a friend at the pride festival when five to eight men started to harass him and hurled anti-gay slurs.
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Pop-rock trio fun. plans to raise funds for at-risk LGBT youth in Detroit
NEW YORK — The pop-rock trio fun. is launching a campaign to raise money for at-risk LGBT youth in Detroit. The band says it plans to raise $250,000 to build a community health center for the Ruth Ellis Center, which provides housing, meals, clothing and medical services for LGBT youth in need.