I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
In the wake of a rash of high profile bullying-related suicides in the last few weeks, students at Michigan State University and members of the greater Lansing community gathered on campus for a candle light vigil Wednesday night.
The new TV ad from opponents of Kalamazoo’s anti-discrimination ordinance serves to highlight the starkly different way both sides in this fight characterize it – supporters saying it promotes basic fairness and equality, opponents saying it opens the bathroom and locker-room door to “cross-dressing men.”
While Kalamazoo’s proposed Ordinance 1856 would bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, it’s the second category that has generated the most controversy.
Melissa Sue Robinson, a candidate for mayor in the Idaho town of Nampa, has threatened to sue the social networking site Twitter over a false account created in her name. The account allegedly posted lewd things in her name, she claims. Robinson claims the Twitter folks allowed an unknown individual to create an account using [...]
Helen Stojic, spokesperson for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, says the decision by the insurer to eliminate coverage of gender reassignment was simply a matter of aligning their product with what is currently offered in the market. “We took a look at our product line and what other insurers were covering in other markets,” [...]
A broad coalition of organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, The National Association of Social Workers, Transgender Michigan and others, are condemning a move by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to eliminate coverage for gender reassignment surgery. The new entity calls itself The Michigan Coalition for Gender Equality.
The U.S. Department of State announced today it was reversing an earlier decision by the Bush administration and will support the United Nations statement on “Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.”
Back in June we told you the story of Duanna Johnson who was beaten while in police custody in Memphis, Tenn. Johnson had been arrested on charges of prostitution; during her booking, the officer called her antigay slurs, then attacked her. It was all on video which can be seen here. It’s now come to [...]
Helms dies, LGBT community remembers his ruthless actions against them. While the conservative blogs and news outlets were praising former Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, many in the LGBT community remembered the hatred and bigotry he ushered in during his 30-year tenure in the U.S. Senate. The video above was created by AIDS activists [...]
[COMMENTARY] We all have labels we attach to ourselves. It could be preppy, African-American or gay. Those self-imposed labels are a key aspect of a person’s identity, and as members of the media, we have an obligation to reflect those choices. It becomes a matter of respect. And in general, the media do reflect those [...]
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