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Madonna Is a Queer Icon. I Finally Get It.
I have a confession to make. Up until recently, I didn't really understand why everyone loved Madonna so much. I didn't think the Michigan native was [...]Read more about Madonna Is a Queer Icon. I Finally Get It.
‘Why Wouldn't I Stand Up for Everybody?': Remembering Dolly Parton and Her LGBTQ+ Allyship
Here's the thing nobody's obituary is going to lead with, so I will: Dolly Parton picked up the phone for queer press. Not just the glossies with the [...]Read more about ‘Why Wouldn't I Stand Up for Everybody?': Remembering Dolly Parton and Her LGBTQ+ Allyship
Detroit Artist Bakpak Durden Paints the Beauty of Becoming
When most people first encounter Detroit artist Bakpak Durden, they're looking up at a photorealistic mural more than four stories tall. Towering above the [...]Read more about Detroit Artist Bakpak Durden Paints the Beauty of Becoming
How the Detroit Disco Daddies Turn Queer Joy Into a Live Disco Spectacle
If you’ve ever gone out clubbing around Detroit and stumbled across two men dressed to the nines in disco attire, singing their hearts out to covers of hit [...]Read more about How the Detroit Disco Daddies Turn Queer Joy Into a Live Disco Spectacle
Michigan Celebrates First Transgender and Nonbinary Pride Month
Michigan's LGBTQ+ community is celebrating its first Transgender and Nonbinary Pride and History Month this August, an initiative born from one [...]Read more about Michigan Celebrates First Transgender and Nonbinary Pride Month
Attend Transgender Pride in the Park, Go to Lesbian Camp, Experience Hot Fix Sideshow, Debut your Drag Act, Visit the New Pride Source Events Page
Summer may theoretically be winding down, but apparently nobody told Michigan's queer calendar. The next couple of weeks offer everything from an [...]Read more about Attend Transgender Pride in the Park, Go to Lesbian Camp, Experience Hot Fix Sideshow, Debut your Drag Act, Visit the New Pride Source Events Page
17 Years After ‘American Idol,’ Adam Lambert Is Still Reinventing Himself
At this point, performing on a national stage is second nature to Adam Lambert, who shot to fame 17 years ago during the eighth season of “American Idol” in May [...]Read more about 17 Years After ‘American Idol,’ Adam Lambert Is Still Reinventing Himself
Celebrate Pontiac Pride, Cruise Detroit with CHAG, Explore a Queer Art Exhibit, Eat Tacos at a Sapphic Brunch
August is showing off. This week's lineup includes a little history, a little art, a little brunch, a little drag and, somehow, a yacht. Whether [...]Read more about Celebrate Pontiac Pride, Cruise Detroit with CHAG, Explore a Queer Art Exhibit, Eat Tacos at a Sapphic Brunch
'Black Summers' Turns Detroit Summers Into Stories of Black Queer Joy
Summer is more than a season in “Black Summers: Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors," published recently by Wayne State University Press. Among the [...]Read more about 'Black Summers' Turns Detroit Summers Into Stories of Black Queer Joy
Get Hotter (Than July), Go to Ann Arbor Pride, See Flamy Grant, Reserve Equality Michigan Gala Tix
There are weeks for catching up on laundry, and there are weeks for catching up with your community. The next 14 days seem like the second kind. We've got [...]Read more about Get Hotter (Than July), Go to Ann Arbor Pride, See Flamy Grant, Reserve Equality Michigan Gala Tix
How Chelcea Stowers Turned Her Biggest 'Flop' Into a Thriving Lesbian Community Network
In 2023, Pride Source profiled Lesbian Social Detroit founder Chelcea Stowers, a photographer who noticed a lack of quality lesbian nightlife events in the city [...]Read more about How Chelcea Stowers Turned Her Biggest 'Flop' Into a Thriving Lesbian Community Network
For 30 Years, Linda Perry Wrote Everyone Else's Truth. Now She's Telling Her Own.
Linda Perry has spent most of her career behind the curtain — and she's built an empire there. She wrote "Beautiful" and handed it to Christina [...]Read more about For 30 Years, Linda Perry Wrote Everyone Else's Truth. Now She's Telling Her Own.
Visit Mi-Sci After Dark, Attend a Queer Wedding Expo, Get Fern Fest Tickets, Go to July Pride Fests
The corn may be knee-high by the Fourth of July, but Michigan's summer of queer events is just hitting its stride. Toss sunscreen, a water bottle and a [...]Read more about Visit Mi-Sci After Dark, Attend a Queer Wedding Expo, Get Fern Fest Tickets, Go to July Pride Fests
Tori Amos on Provincetown Bears, Microdosing and Becoming Immortalized by Subreddits
I've talked to Tori Amos enough times now that I no longer blink when the conversation drifts to witches, demons, fairies or the slow-motion collapse of [...]Read more about Tori Amos on Provincetown Bears, Microdosing and Becoming Immortalized by Subreddits
Chuck Tingle's 'Bury Your Gays' Gets the Big Gay Read Treatment For 2026
The Ann Arbor District Library's sixth annual Big Gay Read is diving into "Bury Your Gays," a darkly funny horror novel by masked author Chuck [...]Read more about Chuck Tingle's 'Bury Your Gays' Gets the Big Gay Read Treatment For 2026
Bosco on 'Miss Gender' Tour, Magic: The Gathering and Why Queer People Will Always Ride for the Villain
Bosco has never wanted to be the hero. Not on “RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars,” where the Seattle queen's razor-sharp instincts and unapologetically [...]Read more about Bosco on 'Miss Gender' Tour, Magic: The Gathering and Why Queer People Will Always Ride for the Villain
See Queer-Coded Burlesque, Attend a Black Pride Cookout, Cheer for Drag Contestants, Go to a Queer Music Fest
Official Pride Month might be winding down, but we're still pretty wound up. Over the next few weeks, you can cheer on drag royalty in the making, dance to [...]Read more about See Queer-Coded Burlesque, Attend a Black Pride Cookout, Cheer for Drag Contestants, Go to a Queer Music Fest
2026 Pride Reads for Every Shelf
The challenges of the current political era have inspired a strong wave of LGBTQ+ titles across every genre and age range, and our editors have been reading. [...]Read more about 2026 Pride Reads for Every Shelf
I Interviewed Trinity the Tuck From a Janitor’s Closet. She Still Agreed to Talk to Me Again.
Trinity the Tuck may have never won Miss Congeniality on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” but she certainly deserves it for agreeing to do two interviews with me after I [...]Read more about I Interviewed Trinity the Tuck From a Janitor’s Closet. She Still Agreed to Talk to Me Again.
See Damon Fletcher, Try Stand-Up, Observe Juneteenth, Go to Drag Bingo, Attend Camp
June is doing what every single June does: giving us far too many excellent queer things to choose from. This week's lineup includes stand-up comedy [...]Read more about See Damon Fletcher, Try Stand-Up, Observe Juneteenth, Go to Drag Bingo, Attend Camp
When They Go Low, Gay Culture Goes Gayer: Ginger Minj on ‘Stop! That! Train!’
Fresh off her "RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10" victory, Ginger Minj is helping steer queer culture’s latest act of resistance in the wildly campy [...]Read more about When They Go Low, Gay Culture Goes Gayer: Ginger Minj on ‘Stop! That! Train!’
St. Vincent Has Always Been This Gay: 'It's Been a Dance of a Lifetime'
St. Vincent, whose real name is Annie Clark, had just come from a Barry’s Bootcamp class in West Hollywood when we got on the phone — she offered this [...]Read more about St. Vincent Has Always Been This Gay: 'It's Been a Dance of a Lifetime'
Bestselling Author and Delightful Weirdo Chuck Tingle on Proving Love in a Difficult Era
Pride Source spoke with Tingle ahead of his June 6 appearance at Ann Arbor District Library.Chuck Tingle has "love is real" scrawled across the top of [...]Read more about Bestselling Author and Delightful Weirdo Chuck Tingle on Proving Love in a Difficult Era
For Jessica Wild, Every Pride Is a Revolution
Drag superstar Jessica Wild is (potentially) about to celebrate her first Pride in the Motor City. “This is my first Pride performance in Michigan,” the dynamic [...]Read more about For Jessica Wild, Every Pride Is a Revolution
Madison Heights Cancels Drag Queen Storytime Days Before Pride Event
Update: Madison Heights has reversed this decision. Check out Jadein Black's Facebook page for the latest.A Madison Heights City Council vote to cancel a [...]Read more about Madison Heights Cancels Drag Queen Storytime Days Before Pride Event
Get Indigo Girls Tickets, Experience Queer Art at the DIA, Learn Gay Bar History, Unironically Attend a Honky Tonk
It's Pride Month in Detroit and there's so much going on: art, history, activism, country music, public joy and, yes, just the tiniest bit of [...]Read more about Get Indigo Girls Tickets, Experience Queer Art at the DIA, Learn Gay Bar History, Unironically Attend a Honky Tonk
Every Box Tells a Story at This Ferndale Pride Fundraiser
If you handed a dozen Southeast Michigan artists a plain cigar box and told them to make something, you'd get a dozen completely different answers, and [...]Read more about Every Box Tells a Story at This Ferndale Pride Fundraiser
Chris Azzopardi Has Spent 20 Years Asking the Right Questions — For Our Readers, For All of Us
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 [...]Read more about Chris Azzopardi Has Spent 20 Years Asking the Right Questions — For Our Readers, For All of Us
Ypsilanti Fundraiser Rallies Community Around Trans Youth
For trans youth and their families in southeast Michigan, the question of where to find gender-affirming care has grown more urgent by the month. In Washtenaw [...]Read more about Ypsilanti Fundraiser Rallies Community Around Trans Youth
Catch Drag at the DIA, Visit the Queertroit Art Show, Go to the Lansing Pride Pageant, Attend the COLOURS Gala
If your slide into Pride Month starts with staring at your phone, wondering why everyone else seems to have calendared more fun than you, we've got great [...]Read more about Catch Drag at the DIA, Visit the Queertroit Art Show, Go to the Lansing Pride Pageant, Attend the COLOURS Gala
Lady Irina's Lisbon Drag Dinner Offers Queer Travelers a Place to Call Home
I sat nervously on a red-cushioned stool in drag queen Lady Irina's boudoir awaiting my transformation. I had never been in drag before and worried what my [...]Read more about Lady Irina's Lisbon Drag Dinner Offers Queer Travelers a Place to Call Home
Move at Movement, Get Melanie Martinez Tickets, Watch a Catfight, Go to a Parasol Pool Party
Late spring in Michigan means three things: wildly inaccurate weather forecasts, small talk about aforementioned hard-to-predict weather and an absolutely [...]Read more about Move at Movement, Get Melanie Martinez Tickets, Watch a Catfight, Go to a Parasol Pool Party
Michigan Queer Artists Are Weaponizing Joy Against the Trump Era
Nobody said resistance would be fun — but Michigan's queer artists are making a strong case for it. As federal rollbacks on LGBTQ+ rights, attacks on DEI [...]Read more about Michigan Queer Artists Are Weaponizing Joy Against the Trump Era
She Found Drag in Fifth Grade. Now Mary Magdalene Towers Is Ready for Her Close-Up.
At a recent event at North Star Lounge, 17-year-old Ann Arbor drag performer Mary Magdalene Towers faced the crowd: "I love drag, and it's something I [...]Read more about She Found Drag in Fifth Grade. Now Mary Magdalene Towers Is Ready for Her Close-Up.
Attend Affirmations' Prom, Get Political at LGBTQ+ Capitol Day, Get Kesha Tickets, Ride the Michigan Drag Bus
There’s a very specific kind of spring energy happening right now. Don't you want to dance, organize, dress up, speak out and maybe also sit quietly with [...]Read more about Attend Affirmations' Prom, Get Political at LGBTQ+ Capitol Day, Get Kesha Tickets, Ride the Michigan Drag Bus
Sara Davis Buechner Spent a Lifetime Mastering Classical Music — and Refusing to Disappear
For many people — especially queer and trans folks — classical music can feel like a closed world: formal, intimidating, full of rules. Not meant for us.As the [...]Read more about Sara Davis Buechner Spent a Lifetime Mastering Classical Music — and Refusing to Disappear
Christian John Wikane’s 'A Night at the Disco' Explores Disco Music’s Role in LGBTQ+ History
In the summer of 1979, 16-year-old French Canadian singer France Joli stepped onto a stage on Fire Island as a last-minute replacement for Donna Summer. She had [...]Read more about Christian John Wikane’s 'A Night at the Disco' Explores Disco Music’s Role in LGBTQ+ History
Jessie Ware Talks Queer Fantasy of ‘Superbloom,’ LGBTQ+ Fans and the Joy of Wigs
For three albums, Jessie Ware has offered an escape hatch: a shimmering, 1970s-inspired fantasy, far removed from the world we live in. But with “Superbloom,” [...]Read more about Jessie Ware Talks Queer Fantasy of ‘Superbloom,’ LGBTQ+ Fans and the Joy of Wigs
Boys Don’t Dance? Watch Michael Novak Do It Anyway
Just before Michael Novak, the artistic director of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, spoke at a late-March talk and screening of “Dancemaker,” the 1998 [...]Read more about Boys Don’t Dance? Watch Michael Novak Do It Anyway
Attend Rooted in Music, See Pokémon Drag, Support a Teenage Drag Queen, Get Demi Lovato Tickets
If your calendar for early April is giving mysterious blank-page energy, here’s your chance to scribble something joyful into it. Yes, friend, we know your [...]Read more about Attend Rooted in Music, See Pokémon Drag, Support a Teenage Drag Queen, Get Demi Lovato Tickets
From Classroom Chaos to New Dad Life, Joe Dombrowski Levels Up
During a recent interview with comedian Joe Dombrowski about his upcoming special "Dad on Arrival," he was, fittingly, in the middle of it all — [...]Read more about From Classroom Chaos to New Dad Life, Joe Dombrowski Levels Up
Seven Fingers and a Six Pack: Is AI Selling Queer Parties?
Fists clenched, nipples mirrored like identical twins — their bodies are practically carbon copies. You could call them “boyfriend twins” or, if you’re feeling [...]Read more about Seven Fingers and a Six Pack: Is AI Selling Queer Parties?
Mark Trans Day of Visibility, Organize in Lansing, Peep Hot Daddies in Ferndale, Join the Queerdos Group
Late March in Michigan means one day you’re scraping ice off the windshield, the next you’re craving iced coffee and scouting outdoor seating to enjoy it. The [...]Read more about Mark Trans Day of Visibility, Organize in Lansing, Peep Hot Daddies in Ferndale, Join the Queerdos Group
Pistons Pride Night Returns With All the Good Vibes (and All-You-Can-Eat Nachos)
When Keivin Lewis attended Pistons Pride Night last year at Little Caesars Arena, it wasn't just the basketball that made an impression. "What stood [...]Read more about Pistons Pride Night Returns With All the Good Vibes (and All-You-Can-Eat Nachos)
Take a Hike in Queer Community, Cheer on the Pistons, Celebrate LGBTQ+ Academia
It’s that late-winter moment in Michigan when the sun lingers just long enough to make us believe in hope again. The crocuses are plotting. Your group chat is [...]Read more about Take a Hike in Queer Community, Cheer on the Pistons, Celebrate LGBTQ+ Academia
Jonathan Adler on How AIDS Survival Informs His Work and the Truth Behind His Exuberant Empire
In Jonathan Adler’s world, there's a giant Lucite mushroom glowing somewhere in the corner — a symbol, perhaps, of what he calls his current state: [...]Read more about Jonathan Adler on How AIDS Survival Informs His Work and the Truth Behind His Exuberant Empire
Crying at a Biker Orgy: The Tender and Kinky Queer Story of ‘Pillion’
In the A24 film “Pillion,” kink is neither punchline nor provocation. Instead, writer-director Harry Lighton and stars Alexander Skarsgård of “True Blood” and [...]Read more about Crying at a Biker Orgy: The Tender and Kinky Queer Story of ‘Pillion’
