For 30 years, the Highland Park-based nonprofit has helped LGBTQ youth find a safe space and housing. With the Clairmount facility, Ruth Ellis Center aims to provide a community space for youth and neighbors.
by CultureShift | June 2, 2021 Image credit: Jake Neher/WDET
This year’s Stride For Pride seeks volunteers to sign up to walk anywhere in their communities to raise funds for the center’s vital work.
Ruth Ellis is celebrated as a Detroit icon for the LGBTQ community. After moving to Michigan in the mid-1930s with her partner, she became a successful entrepreneur and the couple later transformed their home into a place of respite, solace and fun for individuals who identify as LGBTQ+. Ellis, who passed away two decades ago at the age of 101, is recognized as one of the most respected advocates for the early gay and lesbian movement.