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Perceptions
P.O. Box 1525
Midland, MI 48641
989-891-1429
info@perceptionssv.org

Rainbow Referrals
GLBT-friendly businesses in the Saginaw Valley

Please patronize these businesses and tell them you saw their listing in Perceptions Rainbow Referrals.

Arts & Entertainment
  • The 303 Collective
    303 Adams
    Saginaw, MI 48602
    tel: 989-980-7746
    email: the303collective@yahoo.com
    Services: We are a non-profit arts collective focusing on original and progressive theatre and visual arts.
  • Pit & Balcony Theatre
    805 N. Hamilton St.
    Saginaw, MI 48602
    tel: 989-754-6588
    Providing the citizens of the Saginaw area a means of entertainment and education in the literature, theory and practical application of the science and art of drama.
  • The Dow Event Center
    303 Johnson St.
    Saginaw, MI 48607
    tel: 989-759-1320
     Arena, Theater, Hall: The Dow Event Center has everything you need to have fun! In 2004, The Dow Chemical Company was awarded the naming rights of the Saginaw County Event Center. The facility, now known as, The Dow Event Center, continues to bring first-class entertainment to Mid-Michigan. The Dow Event Center boasts various areas to hold meetings, conventions, receptions and other events.The Theater has featured renowned entertainers including Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby, Bill Engvall, Gallagher and is home to the Broadway in Saginaw Series. The Arena has hosted national performing artists such Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Nelly, Kid Rock, Michael W. Smith along with great family events like Sesame Street Live, Veggie Tales and Disney on Ice. Upcoming Events Calendar Of Events
  • The Mixx Night Club & Metro Grille
    Robb Wiersum, Owner
    115 N. Hamilton St.
    Saginaw, MI 48601
    tel: 989-498-4022,
    email: themixxnightclub@sbcglobal.net or robb1GR@comcast.net
    Nightclub, Bar & Grill; The Metro Grille is open Wednesday to Sunday from 6:00PM - 2:00AM with the full menu available from 6:00 - 10:00 PM and appetizers available until 1:00 AM. The Mixx Nightclub offers the hottest dance club in the Tri-Cities with doors opening at 10:00 PM on Friday and Saturday. Check out www.myspace.com/themixxnightclub for current events listing.

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Body Piercing & Tattoo

  • Holey Body @ Old Town Tattoo
    203 N. Hamilton
    Saginaw, MI 48602
    tel: 989-799-3972
    email: HoleyBody@yahoo.com
    Services: Body Piercing, Brandings, Scarifications, Beading & Ribbing.

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Boutiques & Specialty Shopping

  • My Secret Garden - Downtown Bay City's Largest Specialty Shop
    600 Saginaw St.
    Bay City, MI 48708
    tel: 989-891-2000
    email: SecretGardenBC@aol.com
    Home Furnishings, Gifts & Apparel

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Church

  • Divine Light Interfaith Ministry
    contact: Rev. Kathleen VanBuskirk
    627 N. Webster St.
    Saginaw, MI , 48602-4535
    tel: 989-752-9227
    Email: rev_kathyv@yahoo.com
    We are an all inclusive interfaith ministry. Offering spiritual guidance to all people currently holding services in home location until building is acquired. Individuals may call or email for specifics. Offering weddings/commitment ceremonies, funeral services, baptisms, and workshops on various topics.
     
  • Walk in HIS Light Ministries
    contact: Rev. Jerry Glover
    12112 Beyer Rd
    Birch Run, MI , 48420
    tel: 810-424-0508
    Church Email: revjerryandbobby@yahoo.com
    Walk in HIS Light Ministries is a Spirit Filled, Non Denominational Open and Affirming group of believers who welcome ALL who seek a closer walk with God regardless of sexual orientation, race, social or economic status.
     
  • New Life Assembly of Justified Believers
    Pastor Elaine Cheatham
    Meets at 2:30 PM on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every Month
    Meets at SVSU, Curtiss Hall, Room Room 143
    A Word Teaching, Gay Affirming Church

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Fire Protection

  • Tri City Fire Protection
    contact: Alan J. Hodder
    3346 Shane Drive
    Bay City, MI 
    tel: 989-686-1276 
    Services and sells all fire extinguishers. Also restaurant hood cleaning.

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Hair Care

  • Arthur's Salon
    contact: Arthur Bressler
    318 N. Michigan Ave.
    Saginaw, MI
    tel: 989-791-1592
    Superb cuts for the finicky, fussy, fabulous male.

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HIV/AIDS Services

  • BASIS, a service of Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
    515 Adams Street, Bay City, MI 48708
    tel: 989-894-2991
    Tim Neal, HIV/AIDS Care Program Team Leader
    Tom Brubaker, HIV/AIDS Care Program Outreach Coordinator
    Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
    Serving individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Arenac, Bay, Gladwin, Huron, Midland, Saginaw, Sanilac, and Tuscola Counties.
    For 20 years, providing free and confidential HIV/AIDS care services, including care case management, prescription and dental program assistance, housing assistance, food pantry, transportation assistance, client educational workshops, prevention education, and care outreach services.
    Free, confidential and anonymous HIV testing is available to the public. Call 989-894-2991 to make a testing appointment.
     
  • The Hearth Home
    732 Hoyt Street, Saginaw, MI 48607
    tel: 989-753-9011
    Ricardo Bowden, Manager; Kristal Latimer, Coordinator
    Providing HIV support groups, food/household pantry for HIV-positive persons, anonymous/confidential HIV testing, condoms, education, other related information. Office Hours: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm. All services are free.

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Home Improvements, Decorating

  • Kaufman Interior Finishes
    Kenneth P. Kaufman, Owner
    tel: 810-300-1159
    Serving the Tri-Cities Area. Wall Covering, Painting, Creative Finishes, Consulting. Over 10 years experience.

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Housing

Legal Services

  • Ralph Collins
    Ralph W. Collins & Associates
    12745 S. Saginaw St., Suite 806
    Grand Blanc, MI 48439
    tel: 810-577-6075
    email: orator1@direcpc.com
    Offering a wide variety of legal services to our community. Areas of practice include bankruptcy, criminal, family law, probate and estate planning, real estate, and traffic offenses. Serving all of Michigan. Offices in Grand Blanc, Flint and Owosso. Let us help you with all of your legal problems and needs. Call or email today for further information.
     
  • Triangle Foundation 
    19641 West Seven Mile Rd.
    Detroit, MI 48219
    tel: 877-787-4264
    Send Email
    Have you been a victim of an anti-GLBT hate crime, harassment or discrimination? Report it! Triangle Foundation provides services ranging from direct advocacy to GLBT-friendly referrals to attorneys, shelters and other services throughout Michigan.  Call or email today for further information

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Life Coaching

  • Action Leaders Inc.
    Terry King
    Professional Life Coach
    tel:     989-697-1050
    Send Email
    Action Leaders Inc; a life coaching, consulting and training organization that helps successful people transform themselves into vibrant, self-confident, value driven achievers. Call, email, or click for more information.

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Massage

  • Advanced Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Center
    Debbra Zibble
    3055 Enterprise Dr #2, Saginaw, MI 48603
    email: atmbcenter@sbcglobal.net 
    tel: 989-249-7606
    Services: Deep-Tissue & Relaxation, Prenatal & Cherub, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Hot Stone Massage, Workplace Chair Massage, Sports, Trigger Point, Lymphatic Therapy, Reiki and Shiatsu, Myofascial (Certified and Insured Therapist). Spa Services available: Body Treatments, Facials, Airbrush Tanning, Ear Candling, Gentle Hair Removal, Manicures, Pedicures
  • Body Balance Therapeutic Massage
    Eugenia Jarema, Nationally Certified Massage Therapist
    Saginaw, MI 48638
    By Appointment Only
    Tel: 989-790-2205
    Email Eugenia
    Providing massage therapy from general relaxation to deep tissue therapeutic. Individual sessions customized to your needs for the moment or working towards a long term goal.  "If you have a Body you can benefit from Massage Therapy."
  • Creative Balance ~ Women's Wellness
    Susan Ross, CRMT, ACMT
    Midland, MI
    email: poet1942@sbcglobal.net
    tel: 989-835-1539
    Services: Therapeutic Massage (relaxation, sports, cranio-sacral, neuromuscular, etc.); Energy Bodywork (Reiki, Polarity, Touch for Health, Chinese Meridians); Stress management (meditation, guided imagery, etc.) and Herbal & Nutritional Supplements.
     
  • Tina Saycosie CMT
    certified massage therapist
    989-791-4701
    By appointment only
    Services: deep tissue, ear candling, hot stones, lymphatic drainage, prenatal/infant, reflexology, shiatsu, swedish
  • Healthy Handz
    Barbara LaDrig     CMT, NCTMB
    215 E. Jefferson, Frankenmuth, MI 48734
    email: littlesplatter@hotmail.com
    tel: 989-652-2577
    Services: Nationally Certified Massage Therapist offering hot stones, deep tissue, acupressure, positional release, trigger point, Swedish, reflexology, pre-natal and infant massage.
  • Reflexology and Reiki
    Janice O'Hare
    Auburn, MI
    email: jo55225@yahoo.com
    tel: 989-225-4286 Call or email me for an appointment.
    Services: Reflexology for hands and feet, relieve stress and tension, improve blood supply and promote the unblocking of nerve impulses, help bring the body into balance. Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes balance. The word "Rei" means universal and the word "ki" means life energy.  Reflexology,  Reiki, and Structural Alignment. 

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Medical & Dental

  • Family Dentistry and Orthodontics
    Darrell M Sheets, DMD, PLC
    1480 W Center Rd. Suite 7
    Essexville, MI 48732
    tel: 989-895-7475
    Services: Family dental practice in Medical Mall 2, Pine at Center. A separate orthodontic practice (Dr. Bobby Jones) is at the same location.

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Music

Pets

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Real Estate

  • Dean McKenzie Boivin, Realtor
    Weichert Realtors Town & Country
    4855 State Street
    Saginaw, MI 48603
    office: 989-799-1490
    direct: 989-798-2787
    email Dean
    Weichert Realtors offer a full range of Real Estate services for the Tri-County area and beyond. With over 10 years of experience working with ALL members of our community, Dean can help you with your next move. Offering a variety of "No Money Down" programs for all buyers. "Thinking of selling your home? Call for your free Market Analysis today." Moving out of the area? Dean can help also, with his Relocation connections, let him find the right Realtor to fit your needs.
     

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Recreation & Fitness

  • YWCA of Bay County
    3405 Midland Road, Bay City, MI 48706
    tel: 989-686-4800
    Single, Senior and Family Fitness Packages (same-sex couples in one household are defined as family; dependents are defined by IRS rules). Come work out in an atmosphere of relaxed fitness. Swim or exercise in our heated, olympic-sized pool. Personal training, yoga, weight training, tai chi, aerobics, tae kwon do, and more. The YWCA is a co-ed facility.
     
  • Camp Out Michigan
    PO Box 154
    Bay City, MI 48707-0154
    Send email
    Camp Out Michigan organizes an annual weekend of outdoor fun for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and their friends. Bike Tour 2008 will be July 25 - 27. Participants will enjoy camping, group meals and activities, a choice of mapped bike rides with Sag support, and a canoe/kayak trip. Visit the web site for more information. 
     
  • Camping.OUT
    19641 West Seven Mile Rd.
    Detroit, MI 48219
    tel: 313-537-3323 x108
    Send email
    A project of the Triangle Foundation, Camping.OUT is a summer camp for GLBT and allied youth ages 13 - 17 that will take place in northern Michigan Aug. 12-17, 2008. Visit the web site for more information. 

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Restaurants

  • FRALIA'S Deli - Featuring Sandwiches, Soups, Salads, and Deserts.
    422 Hancock Saginaw, MI 48602
    tel: 989-799-0111; fax: 989-792-2880
  • HELLO SUSHI - Japanese Cuisine
    2575 Tittabawassee Rd., Saginaw, MI 48604
    tel: 989-790-0022; fax: 989-790-3050
    Take Out Available.
  • Maria's Authentic Mexican Restaurant - Take Out Available.
    See Menu Online
    6090 State St.
    Saginaw, MI 48602
    tel: 989-799-6300
    fax: 989-799-2829
  • Pasong's Cafe
    114 N. Michigan Ave.
    Saginaw, MI 48602
    tel: 989-791-5008
    Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.
    Take Out & catering available. See Menu online. Established in 1986, we are proud to offer you food prepared daily without MSG and made when you order.

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