Posts Tagged ‘Speak Equal’

Where In the World Is HB 4192!?

Background You may be asking yourself, what exactly is “HB 4192,” and that’s okay, because up until about a year ago when Speak Equal was first born, many of us who are now supporting this effort were asking the same question. So, before we launch into an in-depth discussion of HB...

March 10th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

This is precisely why Michigan needs laws allowing second parent adoption

The Detroit Free Press reported today, the heart-breaking story of a jilted mother frantically fighting for the right to see the children she has supported and loved unconditionally. According to a study conducted by the UCLA School of Law, more than 22,000 same-sex couples lived in Michigan in 2007,...

March 8th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

Happy Monday (vol. 46) — The REAL Bi-curious

This past week was absolutely AMAZING! Marriage equality has finally come to our nation’s capital! Now, of course we’re all counting down the days until it actually penetrates those tall, thick walls and becomes something everyone in our country, no matter their sexual orientation or gender...

March 8th, 2010 | Happy Monday | Read More

Michigan faces public health nightmare

According to a recent study conducted by the American Public Health Association, gays and lesbian who live in intolerant states (ahem, such as Michigan), are more prone to depression. Researchers report that gay people who live in states prohibiting legal recognition for same-sex couples are: 248.2%...

March 5th, 2010 | Health, LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Know Your History: Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford on February 18, 1931) is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of...

February 25th, 2010 | NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

Know Your History: Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey, Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York. Ailey is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th century concert dance. His company...

February 23rd, 2010 | NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

Know Your History: Audre Lorde

Audre Geraldine Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist. Lorde’s poetry was published very regularly during the 1960s — in Langston Hughes’s 1962 New Negro Poets, USA; in several foreign anthologies; and in black literary magazines....

February 22nd, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

Know Your History: Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American civil rights activist, important largely behind the scenes in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and earlier, and the main organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He counseled Martin Luther King, Jr. on the...

February 19th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

Know Your History: James Richmond Barthé

(January 28, 1901 – March 5, 1989) was an African American sculptor known for his many public works, including the Toussaint L’Ouverture Monument in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and a sculpture of Rose McClendon for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater House. In 1924, with the aid of a Catholic priest, the...

February 18th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Grand Rapids Broadway Theatre Presents: “The Color Purple”

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that Grand Rapids will host the national touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE for 8 performances, March 30-April 4, 2010. Tickets are on sale now, CLICK HERE, for prices! Nominated...

February 18th, 2010 | NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More