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The Grand Marshals of the 2023 Motor City Pride Parade greet attendees on June 11, 2023 in Detroit, Mich.

The Metro: The important legacy and activism behind Motor City Pride

Robyn Vincent, The Metro June 5, 2025

The streets of Detroit will be filled with color and courage this weekend as Motor City Pride returns to Hart...

Marsha Caspar and Glenna DeJong with Frizzy. They were the first same-sex couple married in Michigan on March 22, 2014, after a federal judge struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban.

Saturday marks 11 years since Michigan marriage equality decision

Rick Pluta March 21, 2025

Saturday is the 11-year wedding anniversary for more than 300 gay and lesbian couples who were married in Michigan following...

Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Metro: What’s behind Trump’s assault on transgender Americans?

Robyn Vincent, The Metro March 18, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has signed a series of...

Whitmer signs bill to ban ‘gay panic’ defense in assault cases

Rick Pluta July 29, 2024

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week that bans the use of what is sometimes called the “gay panic”...

Judge struck down Michigan’s gay marriage ban 10 years ago

Rick Pluta March 25, 2024

It was 10 years ago Friday that the first same-sex weddings took place in Michigan. That was one day following...