Category Archives: LGBTQ Movement

New Print demonstrates the hypocrisy of GVSU and LGBTQ Equality

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

A new print by GVSU student Ciara Pink, beautifully depicts not on the historical struggle to win domestic partner benefits at GVSU, but the hypocrisy of the university, which claims to embrace, equity, inclusion and social justice. Grand Valley State … Continue reading →

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Artwork highlights a People’s History in Grand Rapids – Print #21: The First Pride Celebration 1988

Posted on November 26, 2017 by

Last semester, art students in Brett Colley’s GVSU class on printmaking, invited me to come talk about the Grand Rapids People’s History Project. The intent of the class was to have students investigate their own part of a People’s History … Continue reading →

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A Legacy of Pride and Struggle in the Grand Rapids LGBTQ Community

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

This week Pride celebrations are happening all across the globe. These celebrations are rooted in the Stonewall riot that took place in the summer of 1969. Pride celebrations have evolved over the years and many believe that it has become … Continue reading →

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Artwork highlights a People’s History in Grand Rapids – Print #12 – the struggle for LGBTQ equality in West Michigan

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

Last semester, art students in Brett Colley’s GVSU class on printmaking, invited me to come talk about the Grand Rapids People’s History Project. The intent of the class was to have students investigate their own part of a People’s History … Continue reading →

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Artwork highlights a People’s History in Grand Rapids – Print #8 – Milt Ford, founder the the LGBT Resource Center at GVSU

Posted on June 5, 2016 by

This past semester, art students in Brett Colley’s class on printmaking, invited me to come talk about the Grand Rapids People’s History Project. The intent of the class was to have students investigate their own part of a People’s History … Continue reading →

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Early HIV/AIDS organizing in Grand Rapids

Posted on November 29, 2015 by

In honor of World AIDS Day, we are posting a section from the film, A People’s History of the LGBTQ Community in Grand Rapids.  This section of the film provides some history on the early organizing around HIV/AIDS. Most of … Continue reading →

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Honoring the Legacy of Milt Lennox

Posted on October 1, 2015 by

Yesterday it was reporter that Milt Lennox, former owner and founder of the Apartment Lounge had passed away. As a member of the LGBTQ community, Milt not only was a major supporter of numerous LGBTQ rights campaigns in West Michigan, … Continue reading →

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