LGBT Community News
Curtis Lipscomb, 1 of 10 black male activists, wins leadership award and support for KICK's young adult project
Ten Detroit men - teachers, businessmen, writers and pastors - have been named winners of the BME Leadership Award, created to honor black men who step up to lead the community.
"The award shines a light on a truth about Detroit that we need to...
KICK and Black Pride Society Team Up For the Planning of Detroit's Black Pride Celebration: Hotter Than July! 2012
Detroit, MI - KICK - The Agency for LGBT African Americans and Black Pride Society (BPS), the producers of the nation's third oldest black LGBT pride celebration in the United States have joined forces to produce the seventeenth installment of Det...
Motor City Pride 2012 Dates Announced / Call for Performers
Motor City Pride 2012 will be held on June 2nd & 3rd in Detroit's Hart Plaza.
Want to perform at Motor City Pride??? Send an electronic press pack and/or demo to jace@motorcitypride.org. In an effort to manage the selection process more effic...
Detroit police search for transgender teen missing for 2 weeks
KICK humbly requests your assistance...
As posted in the Detroit Free Press, by staff writer Tammy Stables Battaglia, dated November 8, 2011:
Detroit Police investigators are searching for a transgender teen who has been missing for two week...
Michigan gov. lawyer fired for blog post critical of gay student president now suing attorney for defamation
DETROIT (AP) — A former Michigan assistant attorney general is blaming a Detroit-area lawyer for influencing an investigation that led to his ouster.
Andrew Shirvell had a blog that criticized a gay student government president at the Universit...
Meet KICK's new Program Coordinator, Philasean Benjamin
Philasean Benjamin is our newest addition to the staff at KICK- The Agency for LGBT African Americans. She serves as KICK's Program Coordinator. Ms. Benjamin is a Conflict Engagement Specialist with a passion for civic activism and advocacy. She...
We're All In This Movement Together: Welcome Motor City Pride to Detroit!
A viewpoint by Curtis Lipscomb
Welcome Motor City Pride to Detroit!
Whether you cross the city of Detroit boundaries via M-10 from Oakland County or you cross over 8 Mile Road coming from Macomb County, you will see displayed a green sign wi...
Motor City Pride is almost here
And it's going to be bigger than ever! Equality Michigan produces the state's largest pride festival on June 4 and 5 in downtown Detroit. Over 35,000 people are expeceted to attend. The main stage lineup of entertainers has been announced and the ...
Learn More About Our Programs & Services @ KICK
Programs and Services
Receive & Restore
Receive & Restore (R&R) is Kick’s flagship Health & Wellness program. Through R&R, Kick will provide valuable education on numerous health and wellness issues that plague our community.
The R&R program ...
Equality Michigan is excited to announce that Motor City Pride Fest 2011
Equality Michigan is excited to announce that Motor City Pride will be honoring its heritage by holding the 2011 festival in Hart Plaza, Detroit, Michigan on June 4 and 5, 2011. Twenty-five years ago, the first pride march in Michigan was held in...