Pride Source

The Advocate's recent coverage of the Washington Blade and two Republican lawmakers raises a bigger question: What does queer media owe its readers — and itself?

To more than 1.1 million followers on X, he was Christian Styles, an adult content creator whose fans voted him and collaborator Chris Damned a GayVN Award in 2023. To the people who grew up with him in suburban Southeast Michigan, he was Zack Jaghab.

Dom King talks to Pride Source about sex, stigma and getting blindsided by a $20,000 reality show.

From one council seat in 1974 to leaders like Dana Nessel and Jeremy Moss today, the state’s queer political arc has been neither straight nor steady.

Meet Emily Potter and Amélie Boulanger of Washed Up Coffee, a queer-owned cafe in Detroit earning national attention for its coffee, community and a deliberately anti-cool-kid approach.

Over a decade of Pride Source interviews — about her gay relatives, trans employees, drag name and a lesbian-wedding rumor — the country icon Dolly Parton made clear the love went both ways.

Christian Styles, a gay adult performer and content creator with Michigan roots, has died at 29. His family confirmed his death in an obituary stating he passed away Aug. 20.

After a cancer diagnosis forced LGBT Detroit’s longtime leader to step away from Hotter Than July planning, the leaders he mentored carried the festival forward.

The neighborhood doctor who cared for Michigan's LGBTQ+ community through the AIDS crisis is gradually handing his practice to the resident he once mentored.

Chris Sutton’s new film premieres at Hotter Than July, celebrating Club Heaven's legacy and the Black queer joy that danced there.

How Haley Stevens has outmaneuvered a hostile Congress to deliver for Michigan's LGBTQ+ community.

Linda Perry, the hitmaker who hid behind Pink, Christina and Alicia Keys for nearly 30 years, finally has nowhere left to hide.

The bisexual Royal Oak candidate is running with an almost entirely LGBTQ+ team and won't back down from defending trans rights.

In his new book, biologist and author Joseph Osmundson ponders what we lose — and gain — when the future we planned never arrives.

For LGBTQ+ people who've lost family support, a stranger's hug can mean more than expected.

For Detroit candidate Toni Mua, the 2026 race for Michigan's District 9 is personal.

How Michigan’s secretary of state has used her role to advance queer rights — and how she plans to continue the fight.

U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow (@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social) built a national profile defending LGBTQ+ kids — and she's not done yet.

Hey, buckaroos! Have you reserved a copy of "Bury Your Gays" for Ann Arbor District Library's (aadl.org) Big Gay Read? Events for the annual community event featuring the enigmatic Chuck Tingle (chucktingle.bsky.social) include a cryptid craft workshop, horror movie trivia & more. Details at link!

How the Hairapist Project in Northern Michigan is helping people in recovery reconnect with who they are.

In "Blue Film," Irish actor Kieron Moore delivers a raw, complicated performance as a gay cam performer — and has a lot to say about how he earned it.

Landmark ordinance expands non-discrimination protections to diverse family structures.

Small acts, shared snacks and practical magic for showing up when it matters most.

Pride Source sat down with the ever delightful Chuck Tingle (@chucktingle.bsky.social) ahead of his Ann Arbor Library appearance last weekend. We're still beaming! Get out there and prove some love this week, friends.

So much is happening in Southeast Michigan beyond the Pride fest circuit!

Michigan's LGBTQ+ community has real power to shape the state's future this November.

Tiny Jag does not seem particularly interested in becoming easier to package, which makes the rapper a perfect fit for Pride.

The Detroit musician opens for Jai Rodriguez at Motor City Pride after a recovery that took her off her feet for months.

Stories on a police sting operation, a wrongful termination lawsuit and Michigan's LGBTQ+ community earned recognition at this year's @spj-posts.bsky.social awards banquet.

On any given week, Chris Azzopardi might be on the phone with Cher in the morning and, by afternoon, editing a story about a queer teen in rural Michigan who started a Pride event in a town that had never seen one.

From emotional crowd moments to family reconciliation, Detroit performer Alise King reflects on what Pride has taught her about connection.

After district censored song honoring Marsha P. Johnson, Kirk Bangstad opened his doors — and the internet followed.

Affirmations executive director Tracy Hall on rebuilding trust, expanding belonging and why now is the moment to reconnect with the center.

More than 40 fests across Michigan are ready to meet the moment — with glitter, community and zero plans to be quiet about it. 🌈

Michigan’s queer bars and social clubs have been adapting to survive for a century — and they’re not done yet.

At a centuries-old apartment in Lisbon's Bairro Alto, a drag queen's intimate dinner parties have become a safe haven for LGBTQ+ travelers from around the world.

How the press silenced a trans woman who tried to stop Jeffrey Epstein.

Nobody said resistance would be fun — but Michigan's queer artists are making a strong case for it.

For the 17-year-old Ann Arbor student, eyebrows, faith and false lashes are all part of becoming herself.

A Democrat running for Michigan’s 2nd House District in November has filed a campaign complaint against one of his primary opponents, a transgender woman, alleging that she violated state campaign law by not listing her deadname on her affidavit of identity submitted to run for office.

"The entire Republican Party, from the president to state legislatures to local governments, is an affirmative action program for white men. White, straight, cisgender men, more specifically," writes D'Anne Witkowski.

A new statewide canvassing initiative is aiming to combat the war on trans bodies with "empathy, connection and real conversation."

As the highest-level classical pianist to ever transition mid-career, internationally celebrated pianist Sara Davis Buechner understands what it means to feel excluded.

These films embrace queer love without apology. 💗

This is, of course, not the first time that Trump has likened himself to Jesus. Not even the first time this year. In fact, it was the second time this month.