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The Detroit Area Gay & Lesbian Council organized PrideFest from 1982 to 1992. In 1993, PrideFest became its own organization known as South East Michigan Pride and held at the Oakland Community College in Royal Oak, MI with Michael Lary as the event director. In 2001, PrideFest was moved to downtown Ferndale under the new direction of the ...
An LGBT film festival, Reel Pride Michigan, ran from 2002 through 2008 in Royal Oak. Hotter Than July has hosted a film festival since 2008 as part of their annual festivities. [19] The film festival continued through at least 2016. [20] In 2017, a film festival for queer filmmakers, Trans Stellar Film Festival, was founded. [21]
Affirmations, a 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m 2) LGBT community center in Downtown Ferndale, opened its new, expanded building on Sunday June 3, 2007, [20] the same year the city elected the first openly gay mayor in Michigan. In 2011, Motor City Pride moved to Detroit's Hart Plaza. Ferndale Pride was started that year. [21]
To celebrate Pride Month 2022, we've put together a list of parades, festivals and more throughout Michigan. Pride Month 2022: Your guide to celebrating LGBTQ pride across Michigan Skip to main ...
Equality Michigan is an American civil rights, advocacy and anti-violence organization serving Michigan's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.Equality Michigan serves Michigan's LGBT community through victims services, lobbying on behalf of the LGBT community, public education on LGBT issues, and organizing Michigan's largest LGBT events such as Motor City Pride.
Affirmations was founded in 1989 as Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center to serve LGBTQ people in Southeast Michigan. [1] [2] Affirmations was incorporated by Jeff Vitale and Laura Horowitz. The original by-laws were written by Jeff Vitale and Gary Roberts.
Observed in June, Pride Month is a time for celebration, reflection and remembrance. It's also a time to spotlight LGBTQ voices and members of the community including historymakers like Harvey ...
Ferndale Emergency Vehicle Show: From 1-7 p.m., the emergency vehicle show will showcase all the coolest cars with sirens at the corner of 9 Mile Road and Woodward. At 5:30, the Lights and Sirens ...