In today's complex relationship landscape, the concept of monogamy often comes with a myriad of unstated assumptions. As sex therapist Marty Klein aptly notes, "Couples often fight over contracts they’ve never made." This highlights the importance of negotiating the terms of monogamy or any relationship structure openly and explicitly. When working with couples, I always begin by asking about their relationship status: Are they monogamous, in an open relationship, polyamorous or perhaps "mo...| Pride Source
After an eventful summer season, fall is a perfect time to slow down and reclaim your peace of mind. Soak up the sensation of crisp autumn air, admire the ever-changing foliage and reconnect with nature in the heart of harvest season. Ann Arbor has rightfully earned the nickname "Tree Town," and that's even more meaningful when the colors start to shift. West Huron River Drive between downtown and Dexter lights up in fiery fall hues. The trails at Bird Hills Nature Area — Ann Arbor's larges...| Pride Source
The party doesn't have to stop when the last Pride float rolls away in late summer. From Florida's winter paradise to New York's frozen lakes, queer communities are claiming new territory on the calendar, creating Winter Pride celebrations that feel both rebellious and inevitable in the current political era. Earlier this year, St. Petersburg's inaugural Winter Pride flipped the script on Florida's increasingly hostile political climate, delivering a full week of unapologetic queer joy in Feb...| Pride Source
Since 2017, the crosswalk near Pulse in Orlando has been painted with rainbow colors to recognize and honor the 49 people killed and 53 people wounded there in 2016 in a mass shooting. Recently, that rainbow crosswalk was painted over in the middle of the night by order of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. This understandably upset some people who saw it as a politically motivated swipe at LGBTQ+ people because DeSantis has gone out of his way over the years to let LGBTQ+ people know that he does no...| Pride Source
For six years, Lenawee Pride has been creating something special in Adrian, about 70 miles southwest of Detroit — a place where LGBTQ+ residents in| Pride Source
A president should not bully health care providers at the expense of the people they exist to serve. Amid silence from all but a few of our state and federal political leaders about Michigan Medicine's disheartening decision to end gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 19, Michigan’s attorney general issued a strong admonition, a reminder that our state civil rights law protects against "refusing health care services to a class of individuals based on their protected status." ...| Pride Source
It’s that time of year in Michigan when the cider mills open, the mosquitoes haven’t quite closed shop and your hoodie-to-shorts ratio could change three times in one day. Luckily, queer Michigan doesn’t depend on any specific weather pattern to be fabulous. This week, you can get beamed up by a drag alien, laugh yourself sore with a Wild ’n Out comic, cry-dance with indie pop and wander through journals that might make you rethink your own high school diary. Five fabulous things and ...| Pride Source
Ann Arbor made history in 1974 when Kathy Kozachenko became the first openly lesbian candidate elected to any city council in the United States. Now living in Pittsburgh and working on her memoir, this pioneering figure in Michigan's LGBTQ+ heritage recently shared her groundbreaking story with Pride Source — from her early activism through her historic election and her perspective on today's political challenges facing the queer community. Can you share a bit about your early life, coming ...| Pride Source
Looks like “Queer Eye” star Antoni Porowski has a new reason to love the Midwest — and it’s not just the cherry pie, though| Pride Source
Unhinged. Gun nut. Transgender. There was yet another horrific school shooting today, and all of these descriptors have applied to the presumed shooter. Which one do you think the media will use in its headlines? Mentally disturbed people are an accepted class within our society. We even vote them into elective office with startling frequency. Guns are favorite bête noires for politicians hoping to score some points, but they're not going away. There are more guns than people in the Un...| Pride Source
For many LGBTQ+ parents, back-to-school time brings worries about whether our children will be harassed or stigmatized because of their families. After| Pride Source
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has sharply criticized the University of Michigan health system for suspending gender-affirming care for transgender| Pride Source
After six years in development, Sean Paraventi's musical parody "Seven Castaways" is finally ready for its full theatrical debut at Planet Ant Theatre from| Pride Source
The University of Michigan Health system announced it will pause gender-affirming hormone therapies and puberty blockers for patients under 19 following a| Pride Source
Washington Blade, Courtesy of the National LGBT Media AssociationThe Justice Department has asked hospitals to share a wide range of sensitive information| Pride Source
The first time Elliott Vargas posed nude for artists, it wasn't at the Detroit Queer Sketch Series. The 27-year-old had already tried their hand at| Pride Source
Terrance "Terry" Patrick Ryan packed several lifetimes of service into his 80 years, leaving behind a legacy that spans from the earliest days of the AIDS| Pride Source
Living with HIV? Thanks to medical advances, you can still have a long, healthy life in front of you. Seeing your doctor regularly and following your| Pride Source
When Harvard professor and celebrated poet Stephanie Burt listens to Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen,” she doesn't just hear a bittersweet| Pride Source
Pride Source Media publishes Michigan's LGBT Weekly Newspaper Between The Lines; the Michigan Pride Source Yellow Pages and the web site: www.pridesource.com.| Pride Source
Wedding speeches are often the emotional heart of community participation in the reception — an opportunity for loved ones to share their joy, tell| Pride Source
The trees are blooming, the pollen is swirling, and Michigan's queer events calendar is fully activated. Whether you’re sneezing through your| Pride Source
We can officially say it now, right? Happy Pride, friends! Whether you want to get loud in a dunk tank or curl up with a queer classic on a Monday night,| Pride Source
We're here! We're queer! We're weary!It's nearly the official end of Pride Month, so it's somewhat inevitable that some of the glitter has worn off, right?| Pride Source
Ah, June. We love our Gay Pride. But by the third week, the group chats start buzzing with whispers of “Queer Exhaustion Month.” Between the| Pride Source
You've had several weeks post-June to recover with AC Pride (chant it with me: "hey hey ho ho, being covered in sweat has got to go") and, hopefully,| Pride Source
It's August, so we're bound by law (the Law of Glitter if not actually the State of Michigan) to remind you how many steaming hot queers will be at these| Pride Source
August may be cooling off, but queer Michigan is still cranking the emotional thermostat to scalding. Whether your joy comes from belting out an ‘80s| Pride Source
July’s queer calendar is giving us so many options — it's like a gay Cheesecake Factory menu, but with more sequins and less call for Lactaid.| Pride Source
Pride is a muscle boy covered float that used to be sponsored by a vodka brand (we see you, fair-weather friends). A dozen dancing drag queens. A glittery| Pride Source
The email from Larry Peplin landed in Pride Source's inbox with fatherly pride. His queer daughter Erica had just published her debut novel, "Work| Pride Source
Preparations for what might just be Metro Detroit's most ambitious LGBTQ+ celebration are in full swing, and there's still time to join the party. United| Pride Source
More than 265 LGBTQ+ advocates and allies made their voices heard at the Michigan Capitol on May 14, turning out for Equality Michigan's largest Capitol| Pride Source
“I used to be so scared to even walk down the stairs.” This line is from my original song “Trans." Unfortunately, this was my reality, as I was raised in an environment that was not inclusive of LGBTQIA+ identities. Since then, I| Pride Source
I love The Onion. They truly have their finger on this country’s political pulse. In fact, several of their recent headlines were so believable they| Pride Source
My son’s high school is doing some kind of Harry Potter production for their spring play and I really wish they had chosen something else. I was| Pride Source
“I used to be so scared to even walk down the stairs.” This line is from my original song “Trans." Unfortunately, this was my reality, as| Pride Source
In his first interview since revealing both his Guillain-Barré syndrome diagnosis and the death of his partner Evans Richardson IV last year, Sufjan| Pride Source
Is it just me or are things getting a little gay in here? Pride season is officially in full swing, friends, so get ready to experience a multimedia,| Pride Source
Who are we kidding? The days of packing Pride into four tiny weeks is vanishing faster than corduroy in climate change. That's all to say our mid-May| Pride Source
Jake Wesley Rogers is a poet in glitter and leather, a kind of spiritual guide for queer kids growing up in a world that still hasn’t fully figured| Pride Source
When Frankie Grande bounces into our Zoom meeting, he radiates enough energy to power a small city. The self-proclaimed “gayest person on| Pride Source
There’s a Mariah Carey canvas in my hands and Benito Skinner on Zoom, and somehow, this feels exactly right. My teenage self — the one who| Pride Source
Skrmetti Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Trans Rights Nationwide — Including Michigan| Pride Source
U.S. Rep. Sarah E. McBride (D - Delaware), is the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. Congress. A historic and groundbreaking achievement,| Pride Source
In the latest federal blow to transgender rights, the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to implement its ban on transgender| Pride Source
Jeffrey Seller, one of America's most successful Broadway producers, returns home May 6 to launch his memoir "Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir," a story| Pride Source
Hungary passed a constitutional amendment banning public LGBTQ+ events and has given the green light to facial recognition technology to catch anyone who| Pride Source
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would shake his head at this title. During Netenyahu’s speech to Congress last year, he took time for| Pride Source
Words can make or break a person. How you communicate with another informs their perception of you, and how you allow others to communicate with you also| Pride Source
Washington Blade, Courtesy of the National LGBT Media AssociationWhat if the far-right’s endgame isn’t just stopping progress, but erasing it| Pride Source
I’m writing this column on International Transgender Day of Visibility. Michigan’s own transgender activist Rachel Crandall Crocker founded| Pride Source
Yup, it's technically a few weeks into spring, and the Michigan queer calendar is blooming with opportunity! From intimate music nights to hilariously| Pride Source
Transgender Day of Visibility is a complex topic for Oliver Haimson. On one hand, he says he loves finding and leaning on community, especially through| Pride Source
With the recent rise of its princess, Chappell Roan, the Midwest's music scene has gained newfound attention. Roan’s journey to the top wasn’t| Pride Source
Get set to commemorate International Transgender Day of Visibility, founded by Michigander Rachel Crandall Crocker. On March 28, Five15 in Royal Oak will| Pride Source
I was once putting my new sex playlist to the test when my hookup paused to point out that it was exclusively Kim Petras. I clarified that it was Kim| Pride Source
MEXICO CITY — Then-President Donald Trump on July 16, 2018, defended Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference that took place in| Pride Source
It is simply impossible to keep up with the barrage of anti LGBTQ+ news coming out of the Trump Administration. Upon taking office, Trump wasted no time| Pride Source
Greetings from New Orleans. I’m writing this at my dearest friend’s house in Algiers Point. I have to admit, I wasn’t thrilled with the| Pride Source
I’m watching the United States fall to fascism in real time and yet the alarm bell that I, and so many others, are ringing is being ignored by the| Pride Source
I’d like to give a very special fuck you to The New York Times and all of the other major newspapers that went out of their way to get Donald Trump| Pride Source
Kit Williamson is no stranger to creating and highlighting authentic queer storylines. The actor and writer is known for a recurring role — shy| Pride Source
Over a decade after Ken and Amber Long relocated to Michigan from Florida with their two children in 2012, it feels like their move was meant to be. When| Pride Source
Anni, a transgender professional writer from Ann Arbor, moderates the Reddit subreddit, MI_Transgender_Friend.| Pride Source
On Jan. 30, more than 100 transgender people and allies assembled at the steps of the Michigan Capitol Building on a cold winter afternoon to voice their| Pride Source
Michigan's LGBTQ+ community can once again stand proud of our own Pete Buttigieg, who showed grace under fire while forcefully shutting down Trump's latest| Pride Source
In a devastating escalation of anti-LGBTQ+ policies, President Trump's Day One executive orders have shattered protections for LGBTQ+ Americans —| Pride Source
In a historic move for LGBTQ+ rights in Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed the Michigan Hate Crime Act into law, marking the first major update to| Pride Source
More than 900 attendees joined a virtual town hall Feb. 5 to learn how recent presidential executive orders and Michigan legislative moves could impact the| Pride Source
By now, it’s likely you know the name Luigi Mangione. You probably even have a mental image of him. Mangione, of course, is the handsome| Pride Source
Young voters have the power to decide elections. So, on the days leading up to the general election, Pride Source spoke to voters on Michigan State| Pride Source
When I was an adolescent, obsessed with the New Kids On The Block and poring over teen magazines, I saw a lot of Kirk Cameron, star of the TV series| Pride Source
The recent grand opening of Arcenciel (pronounced ahr-ken-seel), an upscale LGBTQ+ venue offering fine dining and entertainment, is generating significant| Pride Source
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) is a fucking ghoul.According to The New Civil Rights Movement, Mace has introduced "a binding resolution to ban| Pride Source
It has come to my attention that some Democratic lawmakers and talking heads are blaming Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss on transgender people.| Pride Source
OK, so let me see if I have this right. Disgraced former president Donald Trump hates Taylor Swift, one of the most beloved people in the country.Swift, as| Pride Source
By the time you’re reading this, Election Day will be over. Notice I didn’t say that the election will be over. Just the day. Because| Pride Source
Welp, that happened.Actually, there’s no past tense about it. Electing Trump is going to have repercussions for years… generations, really.The| Pride Source
Jordyn Bradley is a Chicago-based writer originally from Mid-Michigan. Her focus is on lifestyle and pop culture stories. Follow her on Twitter @byJordynB.| Pride Source
Grace Rother's quilt is very much in process: rich shades of green in the center, with small fabric houses framing the green, raw outside edges. She| Pride Source
In the early morning of Nov. 6, Donald Trump won re-election, after previously being defeated in his 2020 incumbent race. Following him in his return to| Pride Source
Despite the unseasonably balmy weather, a collective chill shivered through the Michigan transgender community on Nov. 6.Bree Taylor had climbed atop a| Pride Source
Editor's Note: The author is using a pseudonym for safety. Martyrdom is a dying business. That is why nobody becomes a martyr willingly. At least, no| Pride Source
Maybe it’s naive to say I really didn’t think we would be in this situation again. I thought being convicted of 34 felonies, charged with| Pride Source
As mpox cases continue to surge in Africa, particularly with a severe outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, concerns about waning immunity in| Pride Source
Say what you want about Republicans, but thank god somebody is out there protecting women from the transgender agenda.What’s the transgender agenda,| Pride Source
"Leave my kids out of it," Buttigieg tells queer writer Yasmin Nair| Pride Source
Fun, meaningful — and free — fall travel doesn’t have to mean trekking far from home. The Ann Arbor District Library invites you to walk| Pride Source
On the cusp of a new adventure, the road sprawls out before you. The last thought on your mind should be safety, but all too frequently, LGBTQ+ community| Pride Source