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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
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…
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…
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…
Publications
Created by graphic artist Sean Bieri, this mini comic with a keen attitude received positive response from queer and straight readers alike. Bieri was…
Businesses
Chuck Thompson bought Cruise Magazine from long-time owner Tony Rome in the late 1990s. Rome was a founding member of the Detroit Bar Guild. Here the…
Activism
Sandra S. Cole, former director of the University of Michigan's Comprehensive Gender Services Program and retired professor of the universities school…
Books
Paperback pulp novels provided affirmation for lesbians and gay men in the 1950s and '60s. Although no lesbian pulps are known to have been published…
Books
Anita Skeen's poems have been published in numerous literary journals. As a professor at Michigan State University, she co-chaired the University-Wide…
Books
Curious Wine was the lesbian coming out novel of the 1980s. A graduate of Wayne State, Katherine Forrest writes mysteries and regularly contributed to…