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Texas Campaign May Influence Michigan's Own Civil Rights Battle Teen Hunter Keith Leads The Way In Trans Advocacy AIDS Walk Detroit Marks 25 Years WWW.PRIDESOURCE.COM SEPT. 10, 2015 | VOL. 2337 | FREE Speaking about and educating people on the disease and prevention is the true cure in my opinion. If we can speak openly and honestly about HIV/AIDS and prevent it before it starts, that is more power than looking for a cure after the fact. - Kyle “Rise” Irving is one of the many artists who will showcase their work at the upcoming Michigan AIDS Coalition celebration, ArtWorks. The event will be held on Sept. 18 See page 18 COVER 16 Carly Rae Jepsen on being an LGBT ally FEATURES 8 Texas campaign may influence Michigan’s own civil rights battle SPEAKING OUT AIDS WALK DETROIT HAPPENINGS NEWS 6 Local trans teen Hunter Keith works with ‘Stand with Trans’ 7 AIDS Walk commemorates 25 years 9 Emily Dievendorf talks the importance of bi awareness 11 Rep. Moss calls for FOIA update 14 Kentucky clerk released from jail 15 Feds propose expanded trans Hunter Keith with his parents Richard and Roz, at their home in Farmington Hills. Hunter spends a lot of his time coverage requirements advocating and educating about trans issues. BTL photo: AJ Trager Check Out This Week’s OPINION Stand With Trans 12 Transmissions AIDS Walk Detroit Will Mark 25 Years Sunday Happenings See page 6 See page 7 12 Parting Glances See page 24 14 Creep of The Week: Mat Staver Be sure to head over to Pridesource.com/calendar.html LIFE Pamper Your Pet Issue for hundreds more events from 18 Meet MAC artist Kyle Irving arts to theater to LGBTQ friendly Send us your favorite Pet Selfie events around Michigan. 20 Cool Cities: Ann Arbor along with your names and city 24 Happenings and we will publish your pic in 26 Deep Inside Hollywood BTL. 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Between The Lines is supported by many fine Tony Lowe advertisers, but we cannot accept responsibility for claims made Copyright 2015 Pride Source Media Group, LLC by our advertisers, nor can we accept responsibility for materials provided by advertisers or their agents. www.PrideSource.com Sept. 10, 2015 | BTL 3 NEWS BRIEFS Access to affordable, affirming healthcare Transgender Michigan Holds remains to be a struggle. Attendees will 2015 Fall Health Fair have a chance to sit down with expert, local healthcare providers at the free event. BY AJ TRAGER Affirmations is located at 290 W. Nine Mile Road in Ferndale. Contact Transgender Michigan for The 2015 Fall Transgender Health Fair is more information at 855-345-TGMI. Visit fast approaching and Transgender Michigan their website at www.transgendermichigan.org/ is geared up to connect local services with trans women and men in southeast events/health.html. Michigan. “Many transgender individuals do not know what agencies offer health care for Affirmations Announces them. Come and find out all the things that are out there for you,” said Transgender First Fall Fling Event To Michigan co-chair, Rachel Crandall. The Transgender Health Fair is the only Benefit LGBT Community health fair in Michigan and surrounding Affirmations will host “Fall Fling: A states dedicated to trans health care and Casual Chic Affair” on Oct. 10. Showcasing will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sept. 15 Affirmations’ work in the local community, at Affirmations. The fair will include the event will be a creative, elegant networking opportunities, panel discussions time to toast to the recent successes and key workshops for southeast Michigan and advancements in the LGBT rights trans residents such as: how to pick a movement. therapist presented by Rachel Crandall, Sponsored in part by MGM Grand Detroit, LMSW and Rosemary Jozwiak, LMSW; Fall Fling will serve as an opportunity hormones presented by Darnell Jones; for the public to experience the vibrant and speech therapy presented by Corinne community center located in the heart of Barringer M.A., CCC-SLP. Ferndale on Nine Mile. The program for the New and returning exhibitors will include: event will include words from the president Rosemary A. Jozwiak, PC and Associates; of the board of directors, Frank Aiello; Southeastern Michigan HIV/AIDS Council; Affirmations’ Executive Director Darrious Transcend; FernCare Free Clinic, Inc.; Hilmon; an Affirmations center volunteer; Claddagh Chiropractic Wellness Center; and a participant of Affirmations’ newly Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Michigan; launched youth program, “Cross the Lines Integrative Empowerment Group, PLLC; Youth Workforce Development.” University of Michigan Dental School; “I want the public to be able to feel the Community Health Awareness Group; energy as they walk through the 17,000 and Sylvie Lombardo, Ph.D Child and square-foot Allan Gilmour and Eric Jirgens Adolescent Clinical Psychologist. Community Center,” Hilmon said. “The The statistics for healthcare disparity for contagious laughter of the young people, the trans community are staggering. A 2010 the sincere words of encouragement from survey conducted by The National Center the seniors and the constant buzzing of for Transgender Equality and the National activity remind me how much this center Gay and Lesbian Task Force found most truly matters to people.” transgender respondents received some kind The event will feature an art exhibition of transition-related medical care. However, opening by a renowned local artist, a 19 percent said they had been refused care strolling dinner, open bar, hors d’oeuvres, due to their gender status, with higher desserts and a variety of community numbers among people of color. Twenty- activities that will give guests an eight percent said they had been harassed opportunity to experience a real evening in a medical setting. And half said they in the center. Sponsors for the signature had to teach their medical providers about Affirmations event include Whole Foods transgender care. Market, MGM Grand Detroit and Between Through the Transgender Health Fair, The Lines. All money raised will support the TGMI aims to address these issues on the implementation of Affirmations’ programs local level. Crandall, through her many and services. years of practice, has been at the center of these issues, hearing first hand recounts of Tickets are $75 each and include dinner, open Michigan residents avoiding healthcare due bar, admission to the dessert lounge and other to discriminatory practices by local offices, program activities. Tickets can be purchased some even turning away transgender online at www.goaffirmations.org. patients. Extended briefs are available online at: >> www.PrideSource.com 4 BTL | Sept. 10, 2015 www.PrideSource.com NEWS Faith Leaders To Gather For Detroit Stand With Trans: A Hunter Keith Story Symposium On Religious Liberty BY AJ TRAGER BY BTL STAFF FARMINGTON HILLS – Hunter Keith is not your average 16-year-old. The 11th grade DETROIT – Faith leaders from across high school student attends Franklin High many denominations will come together in School in Livonia and spends a great deal of Detroit on Sept. 10 for a symposium entitled time educating, advocating and conducting “Liberating Religious Liberty.” outreach for trans activism in southeastern The symposium will address the ways Michigan – all while wearing T-shirts and in which the concept of religious liberty is ballcaps. being used to justify discrimination against His parents met close to 30 years ago. His the LGBT community and the intersection mother, Roz, grew up in Michigan and spent of faith and LGBT equality. some time living in New York until she, with Hosted by The Center for Lesbian and her husband Richard, moved to New Jersey. Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry at In 2000, one year after Hunter was born, they Pacific School of Religion and the ACLU of moved to Metro Detroit. Michigan, along with other organizations Hunter enjoys his small high school of advocating for equality, the summit will 200 people and has grown up with the same give clergy and faith leaders an opportunity 50-person graduating class for most of his to learn from experts and exchange ideas school career. He reports that even though about ways to engage people of faith in he is openly out with his classmates and the speaking out in favor of LGBT rights.