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].
Freep Film Festival, Jeff Montgomery Documentary Premiere Postponed
The Freep Film Festival was scheduled to take place April 22 through 26. It was to open with the premiere of "America, You Kill Me," the documentary that tells the story of the late LGBTQ right activist and Triangle Foundation co-founder Jeffrey [...]
Mighty Real/Queer Detroit Art Show Postponed to Pride Month 2021
Mighty Real/Queer Detroit, the month-long, multi-venue LGBTQ art exhibition scheduled for June, has been postponed until next year. "In keeping with public health directives, the Mighty Real/Queer Detroit exhibition has been rescheduled for June [...]
Fundraiser to Aid Bar Staff from Menjo's, SoHo
As the nation anxiously awaits the arrival of the federal government's promised stimulus checks, people continue to struggle financially and seek relief. The staff of the LGBTQ community's favorite nightspots have been amongst those hardest hit by [...]
Obituary: Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, writer of such plays as "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" died March 24 of complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in his home state of Florida. Labeled by The New York Times as a "playwright of gay life," McNally, [...]
OBITUARY Michael Hugh Guigar
Aug. 4, 1966 – Feb. 24, 2020 Michael Hugh Guigar, a longtime member of the Detroit Together Men's Chorus, has died. He was 53. Guigar was born in Marlette, Michigan, and he would go on to earn a bachelor's degree in computer science from Saginaw [...]
Detroit to Showcase its Mighty Real, Queer Art in June
A group of LGBTQ artists are planning a multi-venue art exhibit to run in June throughout Detroit for Pride month. Called Mighty Real/Queer Detroit, it is the brainchild of visual and performance artist Patrick Burton. "The exhibition will explore [...]
REC to Build 43-Unit Detroit Housing Project to LGBTQ Combat Homelessness
The Ruth Ellis Center is planning to build a 43-unit mixed-use housing development on Clairmount Street just west of Woodward Avenue in Detroit's Piety Hill neighborhood. The project is expected to take 18 months to build, and once completed, the [...]
OBITUARY Nancy Ann Unwin
Feb. 15, 1934 – Jan. 27, 2020 Nancy Ann Unwin, the founder of such groups as OUTSkirts and Women OUT & About, was a revered member of and activist for the Southeast Michigan LGBTQ community. She died Jan. 27. She was 85. Unwin graduated from the [...]
Pontiac Audiences Invited to Spend 'An Evening With Miss Bouvee' March 6,7
Drag queens, parties and performances all converge in Eric Swanson's upcoming one-man show scheduled for march 6 and 7 called "An Evening With Miss Bouvee" held at Pontiac's Little Arts Theatre. He said the audience is meant to feel like they're [...]
Pray the Gay Away' Live: Zakar Twins Invite Audiences to Their LGBTQ Comedy Play
Michael and Zach Zakar are identical twins. In typical twin fashion, they finish each other's sentences, and during press interviews — like their latest with Between The Lines for their autobiographical play "Pray the Gay Away" — nothing is [...]
A Driver for Change: Eric-John Szczepaniak Runs for Alpine Township Clerk
Eric-John Szczepaniak was only 18 when, in 2016, he was elected to the Kenowa Hills School Board, becoming the body's first LGBTQ and youngest elected official. Then, in 2019, Szczepaniak was also elected Student Body President at Grand Valley State [...]
21 Years and Counting, Detroit's Dirty Show is Back Again
For more than a decade, the Dirty Show has been considered one of the largest and most important erotic art exhibitions on the planet. Each year, the exhibit features hundreds of quality erotic works, in virtually every imaginable media, from all [...]