Tag Archives: Jim Toy

Bentley Historical Library

The Pride of Michigan

Katie Vloet | November 2, 2022

A historian and an artist team up to create a comic book celebrating Michigan’s first-ever Pride celebration. “It’s my job to bring to life people we wouldn’t know about otherwise,” the author says.

activism

Pride and Prejudice

By Robert Havey | December 3, 2019

Jim Toy stood on the front lines of the gay rights movement in its earliest days, and his perseverance changed the face of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and beyond.

gay rights