New Dem Party Chair Wants LGBT Protection Ballot Initiative

The new head of Michigan’s Democratic Party wants lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered advocates to forge ahead on a 2016 ballot initiative seeking anti-discrimination protections.

Some advocates say doing so could be pricey but Brandon Dillon says – with little education – it would do well at the ballot box.

Dillon says if groups don’t mobilize now it could be another four years before the makeup of the legislature would be favorable to taking up the issue.