Tag: Michigan
Two men arraigned in slaying of gay man in Detroit
The men, Anthony Brock, 28, and Darnell Wilson, 30, were arraigned on Friday.According to Click-On Detroit, Diano Johnson's body was found on June 21 after his family had reported him missing.Prosecutors said that the men stuffed Johnson into the trunk of a car. Johnson was shot multiple times and his body dumped on Detroit's east side.Brock's lawyers said that his client met Johnson on Facebook. Prosecutors believe Brock murdered Johnson to keep him from talking about a sexual encounter the men...
He killed a man & shot another ‘because they were gay.’ He won’t be...
A Michigan man is being prosecuted for the murder of a gay man and the shooting another in what prosecutors say was an anti-gay attack.
Demetris Nelson has been charged with first degree murder, felony murder, attempted murder, and assault with intent to rob in the murder of a gay man in Detroit last week.
Prosecutors believe that Nelson, 26, met up with Brian Anderson, 31, and Malcolm Drake, 26, on July 6 at 4 a.m. after they connected through Grindr.
Nelson...
These Gay Dads Have Fostered Nine Kids — And Counting
"To watch these kids grow in our home is such a reward," say Jai and Ian Gilyard-Schnaitman.
Since tying the knot in 2015, Jai and Ian Gilyard-Schnaitman have welcomed a total of nine foster kids into their lives. And on September 5, the Michigan couple finalized the paperwork to adopt one, 6-year-old Phoenix.
“The adoption process was 15 months of ups and downs,” Ian, 37, tells NewNowNext, “but we were lucky enough to have a supportive team around us to help...
The ACLU is suing Michigan not letting same-sex couples adopt
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan, for allowing adoption services to refuse same-sex couples.
Michigan pays private agencies to provide child welfare services, providing children with foster care and looking to find them foster and adoptive families.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is allowing these services to turn away homes for the children on the grounds of religious objections, because the prospective parents are gay.
Despite Michigan having 13,000 children in...
This homophobic farmer has been banned from selling his fruit
A farmer from Michigan is suing the city of East Lansing, Michigan after he was banned from selling produce in a farmer’s market because of a homophobic Facebook post.
Stephen Tennes is a farmer on the outskirts of East Lansing and also rents his land out for weddings.
His farm quickly became a popular location for the joyous celebrations, but in December the farmer announced that he would only permit heterosexual marriages on his premises.
Writing on Facebook, Tennes said that he...
