Full Equality

JANUARY 2017
16: Martin Luther King Day
ANNUAL EVENTS CALENDAR | PRIDESOURCE
The Rainbow Run 5K is an annual
event taking place in Ferndale during
the city’s Pride Weekend. In 2016 it
takes place on Sunday, June 5.
Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival
The annual festival, a fundraiser for The Ark,
features two dynamic and different nights of folk
and roots music.
www.theark.org
Birmingham Restaurant Week
Many of Birmingham’s finest restaurants participate
in this event featuring specially priced lunches and
dinners.
www.birminghamrestaurantweek.org
Ferndale Blues & Music Festival
The annual music festival sponsored by MAC,
BTL and more is held in downtown Ferndale
and neighboring cities. It showcases an array of
musicians and bands – now in blues, jazz, rock,
country and contemporary styles.
www.ferndalebluesfestival.org
Ann Arbor Restaurant Week
Restaurant Week, held twice a year, is your
opportunity to try as many great Ann Arbor
restaurants for one incredibly low fixed price.
www.annarborrestaurantweek.com
FEBRUARY 2017
Black History Month
KGLRC Winter Gala
Annual fundraiser for the Kalamazoo Gay
and Lesbian Resource Center featuring food,
presentation of the REACH awards and more.
www.kglrc.org
MARCH 2017
Women’s History Month
26: BTL’s 7th Annual Same-Sex
Wedding & Anniversary Expo
Pride Source Media Group, publisher of Between
The Lines, hosts this yearly event featuring
businesses that provide wedding services to samesex
couples, entertainment, prizes and much more.
www.btlweddingexpo.com
Equality Michigan’s LGBT Comedy
Fest (Date to be announced)
ComedyFest is a fabulous comedy event held
annually for Michigan’s LGBTQ and allied
communities. Join LGBT and allied comedians
from across the nation.
www.comedyfest.org
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21: Anniversary of U.S. Federal
District Judge Bernard Friedman
declaring Michigan’s same-sex
marriage ban unconstitutional in
2014
23: Anniversary of same-sex
marriages performed after Judge
Friedman’s ruling in 2014
31: International Transgender
Day of Visibility
The first step to empowerment is visibility.
International Transgender Day of Visibility is a
day to visibly celebrate being transgender and also
for allies to show their support for the transgender
community.
Ann Arbor Film Festival
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longestrunning
independent and experimental film festival
in North America, founded by George Manupelli
in 1963. Internationally recognized as a premiere
forum for independent filmmakers and artists, each
year’s festival engages audiences with remarkable
cinematic experiences, including LGBT films.
APRIL 2017
10-18: Passover
16: Easter
www.aafilmfest.org
Dining Out for Life
In 1991, Dining Out For Life was created by an
ActionAIDS volunteer in Philadelphia. Dining
Out For Life is now produced in 60 cities –
including Detroit – throughout the United States
and Canada.
www.diningoutforlife.com
Jim Toy Birthday Bash
An Ann Arbor event celebrating Jim Toy’s birthday.
Jim Toy, namesake of the Jim Toy Community
Center in Ann Arbor, was the first publicly out
queer in Michigan who co-authored Ann Arbor’s
non-discrimination policy and who has had a huge
legacy in the LGBT community of Washtenaw
County.
College Pride Weeks
Affirmations Spring Bash
Lavender Graduations
www.jimtoycenter.org
www.goaffirmations.org
Annual Detroit Together Men’s
Chorus Spring Concert
MAY 2017
www.dtmc.org
5: Holocaust Remembrance Day
The internationally recognized date for Holocaust
Remembrance Day corresponds to the 27th day
of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It marks the
anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
17: International Day Against
Homophobia
22: Harvey Milk Day
Annual Women’s Golf OUTing
National Give OUT Day
www.giveoutday.org
Dining for Dollars Annual HIV/AIDS
Fundraiser
www.unified.com
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