Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

Equality Michigan is a civil rights advocacy group providing political, policy, and anti-violence services on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community of Michigan. This record group documents the administration of Equality Michigan, as well as its policy, outreach, and victims' services activities. Also included are records from the Triangle Foundation and Michigan Equality, Equality Michigan's predecessor civil rights, political, and policy organizations.

The Equality Michigan records contain materials documenting both of the organization's predecessors (Triangle Foundation and Michigan Equality), as well as the organization's recent political and advocacy activities. The record group also documents the anti-violence and victim's services provided by Equity Michigan and its predecessor organizations.

Topical files across the collection contain materials documenting hate crimes and violence perpetrated against the LGBTQ+ community in Michigan and across the United States. They also contain reports of police misconduct and violence.

The Triangle Foundation is a gay and lesbian civil rights and advocacy organization, located in Detroit, Michigan and formed in 1990. Its programs include an anti-violence project, media activism, and legislative education on gay civil rights. The record group includes minutes; correspondence; press releases and publications of the Triangle Foundation; news clippings documenting issues relevant to the gay/lesbian community and of Triangle activities; and videotapes of local cable television newsmagazine Lambda Digest.

This record group documents the administration and activities of this advocacy organization to bring public attention to issues impacting the lives of gay males and lesbians. The records include both paper and visual materials and have been divided into eight series: Audiovisual Materials, Administrative, Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Legislative/Political, Miscellaneous, Other Organizations, Religion, and Publications and Clippings.