Caption: Journalists Dan Allen, Ryan Walker, David Perry, Guy Darienzo (Owner of Uncommon Coffee Roasters) and Joey Amato This August, the convention and visitors bureaus of Grand Rapids and Saugatuck/Douglas joined forces to host their first-ever joint LGBTQ media trip. The trip was designed to invite journalists to explore the two destinations in hopes to increase LGBTQ tourism. The CVBs teamed with Pride Journeys, an LGBTQ public relations firm and travel company to assemb
On Monday, January 7th, Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order banning discrimination against LGBTQ state employees and Wisconsin’s Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order expanding nondiscrimination protections to transgender state employees. Equality Federation congratulates member organizations Equality Michigan and Fair Wisconsin and all of the leaders of both states for their efforts to secure these great victories in the Midwest! “In the fa