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Activism
Trish Brown narrowly lost her re-election bid to the Wayne-Westland School Board in a nasty campaign in which her sexuality was targeted with "Take a…
African Americans
Sean McBride, 28, was attacked by 3 men for being gay in January 1994 while in the lobby of his apartment building. After a half-hour of insults, six…
Provenance and date unknown
Language unknown
Acquired in 1925
P.Mich.inv. 3527 (unpublished)
Language unknown
Acquired in 1925
P.Mich.inv. 3527 (unpublished)
Hate Crimes
Scott Amedure was fatally shot after revealing on The Jenny Jones Show that he was attracted to a male acquaintance. The acquaintance, Jonathan…
Activism
After having a gay rights ordinance vetoed in Lansing during the early 1980s, one was finally enacted in March 1996, only to be rescinded by voters…
Military
Born in Nova Scotia, Edmonds began posing as Frank Thompson at age 15. She moved to Flint where she became a Bible salesman and was considered "quite…
African Americans
Reverend Renee McCoy has played a prominent role in lesbian and gay activism both locally and nationally as founding pastor of Full Truth Unity…
Activism
Ann Arbor activist and massage therapist David Rosenberg organized Michigan's first Radical Faerie gathering at a camp in Watervliet. Celebrating…