Recognizing and supporting the continued efforts and contributions of the City of Ferndale to the LGBTQIA+ community of the State of Michigan.

Recognizes Ferndale, Michigan as a historic and continuing LGBTQIA+ community hub. This resolution would honor the city's decades-long role, from population growth in the 1980s and 1990s to institutions like Affirmations, founded with 1988 support and expanded into a downtown center that provides therapy, youth services, vaccinations, STI/HIV testing, a food pantry, SNAP assistance, and free legal and housing clinics. It would highlight the Pittman-Puckett Gallery and the deaths that galvanized local activism, note Ferndale Pride events that drew about 30,000 people last year, cite early openly gay elected officials, the 2006 anti-discrimination ordinance, the 2017 permanent Pride flag display, and consecutive perfect Human Rights Campaign scores as examples of the city's civic leadership.