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Rallies for transgender rights gain momentum
Wednesday, March 29, 2017Equality Michigan posted photos from the rally held yesterday morning in the state capital. -
Michigan schools set new inclusive policy for transgender students
Wednesday, September 14, 2016The guidance urges schools to let transgender students use those bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. -
Remembering Jeff Montgomery, LGBTQ rights advocate
Tuesday, July 19, 2016Montgomery was first motivated by the unsolved murder of his boyfriend, and the lack of police action to crack the case. -
Mich. House lawmakers adjourn hearing without voting on anti-LGBT bias bill
Wednesday, December 3, 2014LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan lawmakers have adjourned a historic legislative hearing without voting on a measure that would update the state's anti-discrimination law to include protections for LGBT citizens. -
Michigan LGBT rights advocacy group gets $3 million donation
Friday, October 24, 2014DETROIT -- A Michigan LGBT rights advocacy organization in Michigan has received a $3 million gift from the estate of the group's co-founder. Equality Michigan announced the donation from Dr. Henry Messer on Tuesday. -
Former high-ranking Mich. Republicans support same-sex marriage
Tuesday, June 17, 2014DETROIT -- Former high-ranking Republicans in the Michigan Legislature are urging a federal appeals court to allow same-sex marriage in the state. They filed a brief Monday at the Cincinnati-based court, urging it to affirm a… -
Mich. same-sex marriage supporters launch public education campaign
Thursday, May 8, 2014LANSING, Mich. -- Supporters of marriage equality are launching a statewide campaign to raise awareness of marriage equality. -
Activists say Detroit murder victim was a transgender woman
Wednesday, December 11, 2013DETROIT -- The Wayne County Medical Examiner has identified the body of a murder victim that activists in the LGBT community say was a transgender woman. -
Mich. House committee advances bills allowing ‘moral’ adoption refusals
Wednesday, September 25, 2013LANSING, Mich. -- Legislators serving on the Michigan House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors on Wednesday advanced three bills which would allow taxpayer funded adoption agencies the ability to deny an adoption placement based… -
Mich. lawmakers postpone vote on bills allowing ‘moral’ disapproval of adoption
Wednesday, September 11, 2013LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors adjourned Wednesday without voting on two bills currently before the committee which would allow adoption agencies the ability to deny an adoption placement based…
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