(Source: MIRS.news, Published 02/09/2023) Efforts to insert language for “civil protections for religious organizations” into SB 4, which would expand civil rights protections to the LGBTQ+ community, died Thursday as the original bill moved out of committee.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 12/06/22) A Catholic Church in St. Johns is challenging the Michigan Supreme Court's ruling that expanded the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity on the grounds that it discriminates against its religious beliefs.

The Whitmer administration asked state Superintendent Michael Rice to take another look its at LGBTQ training videos . . .”

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/05/2022) Michigan's LGBTQ-plus legislative caucus is anticipated to grow to seven members after November, more than two decades since the state had its first openly gay lawmaker arrive to the Capitol in 2001.