Detroit gay pride
During the first week of June, the official Motor Urban area Pride festivities will be held downtown. However, pride is an important people event that is celebrated all across the city. Build your visit a long weekend and explore all the LGBTQ offerings across Detroit.
Image courtesy of Jan Stevens.
Motor Capital Pride: Detroit Hotels
Detroit is dwelling to a variety of LGBTQ-friendly hotels, including many distinct boutique accommodations.
Trumbull & Porter
Trumbull & Porteris a boutique and artisan hotel located in the trendy Corktown neighborhood, which is home to a thriving LGBTQ community. The hotel is decorated in murals, artwork, and furniture all sourced from local Detroit and Michigan artists. Extend your check in to a Wednesday so you can experience the weekly Pride Night at Trumbull & Porter, featuring drink specials, late-night food, and outdoor dancing on the patio.
Photo courtesy of Trumbull & Porter.
The Hotel David Whitney, Autograph Collection
Enjoy a luxury stay in downtown Detroit at The Hotel David Whitney. Located in the renovated D
Fifty Years Later, Free Comic Book Tells Story of Michigan’s First LGBTQ+ Pride
The story of Christopher Lane Detroit ’72, the first-ever LGBTQ+ pride celebration in Michigan held 50 years ago this June , has been brought to life through a full-color, page nonfiction comic novel for free distribution. Freelance illustrator Isabel Clare Paul and historian Tim Retzloff teamed up to produce “Come Out! In Detroit” based on eyewitness first sources, oral histories, and a cache of largely unseen photographs. The comic book’s release was accompanied by exhibits and universal programs in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and East Lansing to mark the 50th anniversary of the event.
One June 24, , Detroiters and other Michiganders gathered to publicly parade down Woodward Avenue, rally to speeches in Kennedy Square, dance the night away at the Unitarian Church on Cass, and picnic the next day in Palmer Park. It capped a week of celebrations at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University. In Ann Arbor, the city council declared Queer Pride Week, the first known off
It’s been 53 years since Michigan’s first Pride celebration took place in Detroit. For Pride Month this year, One Detroit’s Bill Kubota, Zosette Guir and Chris Jordan take an in-depth glance at the state’s contributions to LGBTQ+ history and share the story behind that first celebration.
It included a march on Woodward and was called Christopher Street Detroit ‘ The mention came from Christopher Street in Manhattan, where the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, is located. That’s where demonstrators clashed with police after a raid in June A year later, in , New York had its first Pride march called Christopher Lane Gay Liberation Day. Detroit’s parade followed two years later.
Tim Retzloff, who teaches history and LGBTQ+ studies at Michigan State University, collaborated with artist Isabel Clare Paul to create a comic manual dedicated to telling the story of the Christopher Street Detroit ‘72 celebration. It’s titled “Come Out! In Detroit.”
“It’s the source story,” Retzloff said. “That’s what comic books are known for &#; the origin stories. We know where Bruce Wayne and Superman and
Motor City Pride celebrates 53 years of uplifting Gay community
- Detroit's Motor City Event celebrated 53 years with A. Nzere Kwabena, founder of LGBT Detroit, and actor Jai Rodriguez as grand marshals.
- Attendees expressed pleasure and appreciation for the sense of community and belonging at the festival.
- Rocket Mortgage offered free "chosen family" portraits, emphasizing the importance of inclusive definitions of family.
Motor City Parade celebrated 53 years of LGBTQ+ community and revelry this weekend in downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza, bringing together people of every ethnicity and type from near and far to live their truths and honor those who made it possible.
Jai Rodriguez, an Emmy-winning original cast member of reality show “Queer Eye for the Direct Guy,” served as famous person grand marshal during the annual parade along Griswold on Sunday afternoon. The parade attracted thousands of participants and spectators.
Rodriguez, who spent 10 days in Detroit in for a guest role on ABC’s “Detroit ,” spoke fondly of the Motor Urban area and the importance of Pride.
“I grew up ver