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Orville Peck would like you to look at his butt. For the art.

“I told the director from the start, I was like, ‘I think we really should show off the butt,’” says Peck, who squatted his way into Vega’s matador tights for “Street Fighter,” the new live-action take on the ’90s arcade staple, in theaters Oct. 16. “I think it’s going to be only to our benefit.”

It’s character work, technically. Vega, the claw-wielding Spaniard with the porcelain mask and a serious mirror habit, has been read as queer-coded by fans for decades, and for Peck, the role reaches back further than most. Long before the fringe, the Grand Ole Opry and his Broadway run in “Cabaret,” he was a low-income gay kid in South Africa, playing “Street Fighter” with his older brothers and picking the pretty, dangerous one every time.

Now he’s about to hit the road with “Mule,” his most personal album yet, a song-by-song account of addiction and recovery that takes the mask off in a way no costume change could.

📸: Gordon Nicholas / Instagram (@orvillepeck) / Paramount Pictures by @pridesourcemedia

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Orville Peck’s butt is a main character in Street Fighter, and we need to talk about it 🍑🗡️

“I just thought I oughta really start doing some squats,” he told Pride Source.

@orvillepeck’s full chat with @azzo is coming soon 👀 STREET FIGHTER hits theaters Oct. 16.

#orvillepeck #streetfighter #vega by @pridesourcemedia

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Your weekend plans are waiting. Browse Michigan’s LGBTQ+ events calendar at pridesource.com/events or the link in our bio. Find your people! by @pridesourcemedia

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Your $25 just became $50.
Your $50 just became $100.
Your $100 just became $200.

For the next hour, thanks to Minocqua Brewing Company , donations to Pride Source/Between The Lines are being matched dollar for dollar today, up to $300.

It’s Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day. Make your gift go twice as far. by @pridesourcemedia

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On Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day (And Every Day), Every Story We Tell Starts With You

"It's what we all read, so it's sort of like the family newsletter for us."

A longtime reader said that to our team recently, and it captures exactly why we do this work. Read more at pridesource.com about what you've told us over the years and why our small, mighty team needs your help today.

It's Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day! Until 8 p.m. ET, gifts are matched dollar for dollar up to $5,000. Read the story and give at the links in our bio. 💜 by @pridesourcemedia

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One donation. Twice the impact.

Today, the Bob Ross Foundation will match your donation to Pride Source/Between The Lines dollar for dollar, up to $5,000,

Your support helps fund the local LGBTQ+ journalism our community relies on. Today, it goes twice as far.

Help us keep telling Michigan's LGBTQ+ stories. Any donation is welcome at the link in our bio. by @pridesourcemedia

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Local LGBTQ+ journalism doesn’t happen without local support.

Today is Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day. Your donation helps 18 LGBTQ+ newsrooms continue reporting the stories, people and issues that shape our communities.

Support your local LGBTQ+ newsroom today. 🏳️‍🌈

Link in bio. by @pridesourcemedia

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Curtis Renee’s family and friends will gather Sunday, Oct. 11, to celebrate their life, joined by a wide circle of Detroiters still grieving the organizer and chef, who died in September at 44.

Renee co-founded Detroit Safety Team and spent years helping neighbors handle conflict and harm without calling the police. Tributes have poured in from across the city and far beyond it.

The homegoing and celebration of life runs 11 a.m.–4 p.m. on the Marygrove Conservancy campus in northwest Detroit and will be livestreamed, according to the event flyer. Guests are asked to RSVP ahead of time.

Renee and fellow organizer John Sloan III first shaped the team’s approach at the Allied Media Conference, an annual Detroit gathering of media makers and organizers, according to an episode of the podcast “One Million Experiments” featuring the pair. They built ways to keep people safe and respond to harm without relying on police or prisons, then carried that work into the city. Today, Detroit Safety Team trains residents as safety practitioners so neighbors can lean on one another when harm happens. On the podcast Freedom Dreams, Renee talked about encouraging Detroiters to look for alternatives to police when they feel unsafe.

Read the full story on pridesource.com. by @pridesourcemedia

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Angelica Robinson (@angelica_mrobinson), a Detroit police corporal, knows what it means to build relationships. After more than three decades in law enforcement, the bisexual Detroit native stepped into a new role this past spring as the Detroit Police Department’s LGBTQ+ Liaison. Born and raised in the city, Robinson is taking a hands-on approach to connecting the city’s police force with community members.

Why did you want this role?

This position gives me the opportunity to bring the experience, relationships and purpose all together in one. I didn’t take this just on a whim. The work I do means something more; it’s way bigger than just the liaison position itself. I want to be able to leave something sustainable behind once I retire.

Read the full interview at pridesource.com. by @pridesourcemedia

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Sweet and Salty Saturday with @kris.and.dave “If There Be Trolls” tiny tip on what to say. “In a post responding to a troll who told her she should be using her time to support veterans, Kris posted a reel where she spoke to the camera. “I had to respond to this one because it’s just too juicy not to,” she begins, in her trademark Southern drawl. “She accuses me of being a middle-aged liberal. Girl, I’m delighted to have lived this long in this life, and I’m happy to be called a liberal. That’s a badge or honor to me, sister. And you say I should be doing something more worthwhile in my time, like supporting the veterans.”

“I just want to show you something,” she continues, before Dave shows viewers her Army cap. “This is the hat I wore for four years on active duty in the United States Army through three deployments. Let me show you something else. This is one of the many hats my husband Dave wore in his 20-plus years on active duty. Girl, we support the veterans. We are veterans. We also support our LGBTQIA-plus community. And if you can’t see intrinsically how those two overlap and come together, there ain’t nothing I’m going to say that’s going to help you get that.”
From PrideSource article “How Internet Trolls Helped This Detroit Couple Amplify Their Message for LGBTQ+ Rights
Meet the Army vets using their online platform to fight for inclusivity and fairness for all” by Sarah Bricker Hunt @pridesourcemedia by @pridesourcemedia

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What a night, and for a good cause! VOICES 2026 brought more than 250 people to The Shepherd in Detroit on Sept. 25 and raised more than $150,000 for @ruthelliscenter.

The sold-out event rallied a community of supporters behind the center’s work providing trauma-informed health, housing and social services for runaway, homeless and at-risk LGBTQ+ youth and young adults of color.

“VOICES 2026 was a powerful testament to the strength, solidarity, and dedication of that community,” said Jake Lenz, director of development and advancement at Ruth Ellis Center. “At a time when telling your story and living authentically can be acts of bravery, joy, and resilience, bringing hundreds of supporters together — inside a former Roman Catholic church, no less — was a powerful reminder of what we can accomplish when we come together.”

Themed “Everyone Gets the Pulpit,” the evening featured drag choirs, gospel vocalists, community storytelling and live art, along with this year’s award recipients.

Swipe through for moments from an unforgettable night. ➡️

📸: Mary Anastasia (@that.gay.photographer) / Ruth Ellis Center

#voices2026 #ruthelliscenter #detroit by @pridesourcemedia

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Some albums you listen to. Others you live inside, especially if you’re a gay person who has ever been told, in one way or another, to shut up and sing — or, rather, to stay in the closet. “Taking the Long Way” was the second kind for me. In 2006, I’d been out for just five years and was months into my job at Pride Source when the promo CD landed on my desk. “Not Ready to Make Nice” felt like armor.

Twenty years later, The Chicks (@thechicks) opened their unrepentant Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary Tour at the Fox Theatre on Sept. 30, playing the album front to back. And before they even took the stage, I found my thesis on the back of a T-shirt. A gay man in the front row wore one that read “I could never follow,” a line from “The Long Way Around.” I wasn’t surprised. (I was, however, a little jealous that I hadn’t thought of it first.)

What I understood at the Fox, better than I ever had, is that the album was never only about the songs — though many, like “Easy Silence” and “The Voice Inside My Head,” certainly hold up, and played live, you can hear instrumental nuances the record buries. Then there’s Maines’ voice. Time has been kinder to her voice than to the country that tried to silence it. Their triumphant non-apology bleeds into even the songs that have nothing to do with “the incident,” and the feeling those songs bring when a room full of people who needed them sings them together. “Church,” one fan wrote on Instagram after the show.

Read Chris Azzopardi’s full review at pridesource.com.

#thechicks by @pridesourcemedia

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