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A Senate committee has approved a bill to add LGBTQ protections to Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.
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A state Senate committee held its first hearing Thursday on a bill to expand Michigan’s civil rights law to cover LGBTQ rights.
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Some United Methodist churches in Michigan and elsewhere are debating whether to formally break away from the larger church because of ongoing debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the faith.
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Finding the right therapist can be especially hard for patients from marginalized communities. We heard about an effort to fix that. Then, the story of how a backyard boxing ring in the U.P. Plus, two education experts on project-based learning.
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Community members within the Dearborn Public School District have been in heated debate over several LGBTQ-positive books and their availability to students.
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The culture wars are brewing in Dearborn over LGBTQ books in school libraries. We talked about how it's creating community division. Then, we heard how Michigan one birder set out to make the hobby more accessible for other BIPOC nature lovers.
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Voters in Jamestown Charter Township voted to defund their local library. This, after the library faced backlash from the group, Jamestown Conservatives, for offering LGBTQ+ content. But advocates of keeping the library funded are organized too now, and two them join Stateside to talk about their plans.
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As schools return to near normalcy, we check in on the latest COVID numbers and vaccination rates. Then we hear about a West Michigan library's response to defunding over LGBTQ materials. And then we dig into this year's Detroit Month of Design.
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Every year, the Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival draws in visitors looking for a family-friendly living history experience. This year, the festival held its first-ever LGBTQ+ pride festival and renaissance festival mashup event, "Pride is in the Faire".
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A discussion about police presence at pride month parades. Then, details about a new theatrical project about unhoused people. Followed by a conversation about the state of money in high profile political primaries. We end the week with a little cocktail mixology.