Rick Santorum lashed out today at officials at Grosse Pointe High School in Michigan for initially canceling a scheduled speech of his because he did not provide them with an advance copy.

Santorum, a former US senator from Pennsylvania, seemed certain it is due to his well-known opposition to gay marriage.

Montana state Democrat Amanda Curtis said that comments by a Republican colleague who was arguing to retain homosexuality as a technical felony under state law made her so angry she felt like she wanted to cross the floor to punch him.

The Michigan state House of Representatives is currently debating legislation which would repeal a state law which makes homosexuality a technical crime even though the law has been rendered inoperable by the US Supreme Court.

Dave Agema, who serves as a Michigan Republican National Committeeman, said Thursday (28 March) that he would not resign despite furor over an anti-gay article he posted on Facebook this week.

The article states such things as 'part of the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their filthy lifestyle' and labels gays and lesbians as 'filthy.'

The Odawa Indian tribe has enacted Michigan's first same-sex marriage.

The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians tribe married today tribe member Tim LaCroix, 53, and his husband Gene Barfield, 60.

The Odawan tribe is one of 500 federally recognized Native American tribes in the US, and the first to legalize same-sex marriage in Michigan state. Since Native American tribes are considered sovereign entities, neither state laws prohibiting same-sex marriage nor the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) prevent this same-sex marriage.

Michigan’s Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians tribal council has voted to allow same-sex marriage under tribal law.

If not vetoed by the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians tribal chairman the change would see at least some LGBT Michiganders allowed to marry for the first time despite the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

The tribal council voted 5-4 to pass the statute.

If the tribal chairman decides to veto the law, the tribal council will need to vote 7-2 to overrule him, so it is not yet guaranteed the change will take effect.

The parents of a 17-year-old gay high school student have gone public about their son's suicide last month and believe anti-gay bullying may have been a factor in his decision to end his life.

Josh Pacheco was a junior at Linden High School in Fenton, Michigan. On 27 November, he posted a message on his Facebook page quoting Bilbo Baggins from J.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit: 'I regret to announce that this is the end. I'm going now, I bid you all a very fond farewell. Goodbye.'

Gay icon Cher says she is 'upset' after her comeback single Woman's World leaked online.

The veteran singer tweeted she was angry after a short 17 second preview, and later a one minute version, of the song hit the internet yesterday (21 October).

'I'm upset about the leak.It's not the End of The World , but,Dont understand how Club in Michigan played min of it? It's not final mix!' Cher posted on Twitter.

The song from her 26th studio album marks the singer's return to pop music after a 12-year hiatus.

A former student and counselor is suing Eastern Michigan University claiming she was wrongfully dismissed for turning down a gay student who wanted help.

The federal court lawsuit in Detroit is being watched across the US as a signifier of the battle between religious and gay freedoms.

‘That’s so gay’ has a long-lasting and traumatic effect on students, a study has found.

Published in the current issue of the Journal of American College Health, the University of Michigan studied the impact of the phrase on gay students.

It found the majority of LGBT teenagers who heard the phrase frequently were more likely to feel isolated and experience headaches, as well as suffering from eating disorders.

When former University of Michigan Student Body President Chris Armstrong couldn't get an apology from Andrew Shirvell for engaging in a one-man, anti-gay campaign against him in 2010, he sued.

Armstrong was seeking $25,000 in damages from Shirvell,  a one-time assistant attorney general for the state. But a jury in U.S. District Court on Thursday (16 August) decided he deserved much more: $4.5 million.

A 100-day hunger strike for gay rights has spread far beyond the US state of Michigan, inspiring activists around the world to stage their own protest fast in support.

Leaders from the Community Centers Network (CCN), which is made up of eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups in Michigan, are refusing food for 24-hour shifts, living on display in the front windows of Affirmations, the state’s largest LGBT community center on 9 Mile Road, in the heart of downtown Ferndale.