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].
Affirmations LGBTQ Center Debuts Online Store, Offers Unique Logo-Branded Items
Affirmations LGBTQ community center in Ferndale has opened an online store featuring an assortment of merchandise with its logo and branding. The store is a partnership between the center and ShannonLoren, a Troy-based, LGBTQ-owned marketing [...]
Royal Oak City Commission Makes Conversion Therapy Criminal Misdemeanor
The Royal Oak City Commission voted at its monthly meeting Monday, Aug. 10, to make conversion therapy on minors criminal misdemeanor. This follows its decision in June to pass an ordinance prohibiting the practice in the city. Royal Oak is the [...]
Corktown Health Center Joins With WellPartner to Expand Prescription Access
LGBTQ-focused health care providers Health Emergency Lifeline Programs and Corktown Health Center announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12, a new relationship with Wellpartner, the 340B program administrator of CVS Health, to expand and improve prescription [...]
Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Hosts Zoom Town Hall, Urges Community to Flip Ballots Over
A virtual town hall meeting hosted by Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack, who is running for reelection, and Supreme Court candidate Elizabeth Welch, took place Wednesday, Aug. 12 via Zoom. The meeting, which was moderated [...]
Pose' Star Dominique Jackson to Keynote Virtual EQMI Event Aug. 7
Dominique Jackson, one of the stars of the critically acclaimed FX television series "Pose," will be the keynote speaker for Equality Michigan's annual Mission Equality event. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's event, which takes place [...]
Triple Murder Mystery: How the Love Lives of 3 Detroit Men Turned to Tragedy
Their funerals took place on the same day, just a mere three miles down the road from each other. But in life, DeAndree Raeynard Max Watson, 30, and Quentin Demar DeGreaffenried, 27, both of Detroit, traveled in different circles. Their paths would [...]
Community Leaders, Friends Remember Slain Detroit City Council Aid
By all accounts, DeAndree Watson had a bright future ahead of him. The 30-year old legislative aid to the Detroit City Council even dreamed of being elected president one day. But those aspirations came to a screeching halt July 5 when Watson was [...]
Nurse Asineth Little Talks Work During COVID-19, Care for LGBTQ Community
It's not easy to be a certified nurse assistant in the midst of a pandemic. But four months into the novel coronavirus crisis, and Asineth Little is continuing to get by. "When it first started it was a little scary," Little recalled. "I would sit [...]
Michigan 'Hamilton' Star Sydney James Harcourt Talks Broadway and Loving his Home State
Sydney James Harcourt is a Detroit success story. Many young actors from Michigan move to New York City hoping to make it in theater, with Broadway, of course, being the ultimate goal. But unlike Harcourt, most can't brag about appearing as an [...]
Obituary: Mark J. Rabchun
June 8, 1955 – June 23, 2020 Mark J. Rabchun, a beloved member of and dedicated volunteer at Metropolitan Community Church – Detroit, died June 23 of cancer. He was 65. Rabchun was born and raised in Hamtramck. He attended Catholic schools and [...]
Obituary: Joy E. Geng
July 27, 1944 – June 21, 2020 Joy Geng, one of the first out employees at Ford and a longtime supporter and board member of Equality Michigan — and its predecessor the Triangle Foundation — died Sunday, June 21. She was 75. Geng, who lived in [...]
Obituary: Kenneth Jacob
Sept. 12, 1952 – June 14, 2020 Kenneth Jacob, known simply to friends as Kenny, died Sunday, June 14, after suffering a fatal stroke. Jacob was well-known and much beloved in Metro Detroit's LGBTQ community as the longtime manager of Chosen [...]