Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

The state civil rights commission is looking into whether Michigan’s civil rights laws protect trans and nonbinary young people.

The Michigan Senate gave its final approval Thursday to a bill that would prohibit discrimination against people who have had an abortion.

A faith-based health care clinic will continue to pursue its legal challenge to Michigan’s LGBTQ rights law after losing this week in a US district court.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of Michigan’s civil rights protections that bar discrimination against LGBTQ people.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday codifying LGBTQ protections into the state's civil rights law, permanently outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state.

Two bills to outlaw discrimination against LGBTQ individuals passed the Michigan House Wednesday.

The Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to expand the state's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include LGBTQ rights.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer reiterated Friday that she’s ready to sign a bill to extend legal protections to LGBTQ people under Michigan’s civil rights law.

A bill to expand Michigan’s civil rights law to include LGBTQ protections has been moved into a position to be voted on soon by the state Senate.

Michigan’s already expansive civil rights law would also specify that those protections include LGBTQ people under legislation that cleared a state Senate committee Thursday.