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By Anna Liz Nichols The Associated Press LANSING — LGBTQ protections will be added to state civil rights law either by the legislative process or Michigan voter approval, two Democratic state legislators vowed Monday.  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined Metro Detroit Sen. Jeremy Moss and Rep. Laurie Pohutsky at a news conference to announce what they believe will be the last push needed to add sexual orientation and gender identity or expression protections to Michigan law, 40 years after the Elliott-Laren Civil Rights Act was signed.  “Our diversity is one of our greatest strengths and tha...

For decades, Michigan lawmakers have declined to include LGBTQ protections in state law. But now they might have the votes.

Lawmakers face ‘reckoning’ on expanding LGBT protections in civil rights act, supporters say Updated Mar 08, 2021; Posted Mar 08, 2021 A rainbow flag was photographed on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., Tuesday, June 21, 2016. (Bryan Bennett / Kalamazoo Gazette) Facebook Share Whether it’s through legislation or at the ballot box in 2022, expanded civil rights protections for Michigan’s LGBT residents are coming, advocates said during a Monday news conference. Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act currently protects people from discrimination ba...

LGBTQ protections will be added to state civil rights law either by the legislative process or Michigan voter approval, two Democratic state legislators vowed Monday.

But House and Senate leaders made no commitment on Monday to consider the Democratic-backed legislative proposal. State Sen. Jeremy Moss, D-Southfield, and Rep. Laurie Pohutsky, D-Livonia, were joined by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to announce the most recent attempt to amend the state's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to clearly prohibit discrimination based on a person's sex, including gender identity or sexual orientation. The issue is ripe for new consideration by the Legislature, either through the bills that Moss and Pohutsky are proposing or if the Fair and Equal Michigan peti...