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Colleges and Universities
Daniel Curzon grew up in Detroit and attended Wayne State University and the University of Detroit. Once seen as a gay Joyce Carol Oates, he left…
Books
One of the few professional football players to ever come out of the closet, David Kopay visited his first gay bar during the single year he played…
Activism
As well as starting Metro Gay News, David Krumroy played a part in founding the Michigan Organization for Human Rights. This obituary was published on…
Colleges and Universities
Deborah Bacon served as Dean of Women at The University of Michigan during the 1950s and 1960s. Her policing of homosexual affection was in accordance…
Activism
Like the first Detroit pride march and rally the year before, this 1973 event was sparsely attended, but nonetheless it attracted gays and lesbians…
Activism
Like the first Detroit pride march and rally the year before, the 1973 event was sparsely attended, but nonetheless it attracted gays and lesbians…
Organizations
Choral groups across Michigan provided a new, creative means for lesbians and gay men to socialize. The women's chorus in Detroit had a short life in…
Colleges and Universities
Saved from the electric chair by famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow, Leopold and Loeb were sentenced to life in prison. Loeb was killed by a…
Books
When Better Angel was reissued by the publisher Alyson in 1987, 86-year-old Forman Brown, a University of Michigan alumni, came forward as the author.…
Lesbians
Women's softball has long provided a friendly place for many lesbians to meet and socialize. Metro Gay News reported the opening of Softball City in…