Jason A. Michael
Jason A. Michael is a senior staff writer for Between The Lines and Pride Source Media Group. He has been writing for BTL since 1999. Jason is also an Essence bestselling author. He may be reached at [email protected].
Reluctantly Apologetic Ann Arbor City Councilman Jeff Hayner Called Out After Use of Homophobic Slur
Ann Arbor City Councilman Jeff Hayner has come under fire for a homophobic quote he shared on social media. Hayner quoted writer Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" in what appeared to be a rant against the [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Beloved Broadway Star Sutton Foster Credits Growing Up in Michigan For Her Career
She may have been born in Georgia, but Sutton Foster, star of the TV Land and Paramount+ original series "Younger," is a Michigan girl at heart. "I owe a lot to Michigan," she said recently during a virtual sit-down with Pride Source's Chris [...]
Lil Nas X's 'MONTERO' Tops Charts Even in Saudi Arabia Where Being Gay Is Punishable by Death
Yes, the fabulously, flamboyantly gay Lil Nas X is atop the pop charts with his single "MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name)" in Saudi Arabia, a country where homosexuality or "cross-dressing" is punishable by fines, prison time and even possibly death. [...]
WATCH: Nico Tortorella on the Powerful Legacy of Josh's Sensitivity on 'Younger': 'We Need to See More Men Cry'
When "Younger" debuts its seventh and final season on April 15 on Paramount +, Nico Tortorella's Josh will have left his mark on masculinity, says the queer nonbinary actor and activist. "Josh is a straight bro, right?" Tortorella told Pride Source [...]
Former 'Bachelor' Star Colton Underwood Comes Out: 'I Am Proud to Be Gay'
He was 'The Bachelor' in 2019's season 23 of the popular ABC television series of the same name. Now Colton Underwood, 29, has come out as gay. "I've ran from myself for a long time," Underwood confessed to "Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts, [...]
Demi Lovato Has Come a Long Way Since Turning Down Our Question About Her Sexuality 4 Years Ago
Singer Demi Lovato recently revealed on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast that she is a member of the LGBTQ community and most closely identifies with the term pansexual. "I'm so fluid now," she said on the podcast, "and a part of the reason why I am [...]
Michigan Transgender Day of Visibility Founder Reacts to Biden's Recognition
Transgender Michigan Founder and Executive Director Rachel Crandall-Crocker was having coffee yesterday — an iced coffee with almond milk, to be exact — at her favorite spot, The Dovetail in Warren, when the news suddenly flashed across the screen [...]
Family Equality's Denise Brogan-Kator Announces Plans to Retire
Family Equality transgender advocate and Chief Policy Officer Denise Brogan-Kator has announced her plans to retire at the end of May. She has a history of LGBTQ+ activism going back nearly 30 years. Brogan-Kator first started working for Family [...]
LGBT Detroit Honors Former BTL Co-Publishers Jan Stevenson, Susan Horowitz
It was a fitting farewell. LGBT Detroit honored former Between The Lines publishers Susan Horowitz and Jan Stevenson with the agency's 2021 Women's Herstory Month award during a Facebook Live celebration and discussion that took place with the two [...]
Drag Race' Alum Rock M. Sakura Reveals Sex Worker Past to Fight Asian Hate in Wake of Atlanta Shootings
"RuPaul's Drag Race" season 12 contestant Rock M. Sakura (aka Bryan Bradford) has, in the wake of this week's alleged anti-Asian Atlanta massage parlor murders, revealed in an emotional series of tweets that prior to appearing on "Drag Race" she had [...]
Leyna Bloom Celebrates Major LGBTQ+ Milestone After Becoming First Trans Woman of Color in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
This week, another groundbreaking victory for the LGBTQ+ community: actress, dancer, activist and model Leyna Bloom has become the first trans woman of color to be featured in Sports Illustrated's famed Swimsuit edition. "This is what it looks [...]
Elton John Blasts Vatican's Same-Sex Union Statement on Twitter
Elton John is pissed at Pope Francis. The pontiff said in a letter issued today through the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the church's orthodoxy office, that Catholic clergy may not bless same-sex unions because God "cannot bless sin." [...]