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].
Here's To Latrice
She is large and in charge, chunky yet funky. Yes, the one and only Latrice "Mother Fucking" Royale is coming to town. The drag diva – and "RuPaul's Drag Race" favorite – will be starring in a one-woman show called "Here's To Life" at the Baldwin [...]
Motor City ComedyFest Celebrates 20 Years March 12
DEARBORN — The 20th annual Motor City ComedyFest is coming to the Dearborn Ford Community & Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 12. The event is sponsored by Equality Michigan and features four top comedians from across the country. [...]
New LGBT Health Center to Open in the Fall
DETROIT – Health Emergency Lifeline Programs (HELP) has announced they are developing a community-based health center with a dedicated focus on meeting the needs of the LGBT community in Metropolitan Detroit. The new 24,000-square-foot facility, to [...]
Robin Bradford's 'Low Hanging Fruit' makes its Midwest Premiere
The Theatre Company of the University of Detroit Mercy and Matrix Theatre Company recently announced their first joint production, Robin Bradford's "Low Hanging Fruit." The production is the Midwest premiere of the work. San Francisco based [...]
Lesbian Couple, Former Detroiters, Imprisoned in Kuwait
Monique Coverson, a former Detroiter, spent seven years in the Army, most of it stationed in Kuwait. After active duty, Coverson and her partner Larissa Joseph returned to Kuwait to work as military contractors. On May 8 of last year, shortly [...]
Profile: Faith Robinson-Renner
Faith Robinson-Renner was a precocious child. "I gave my mother fits," she recalled. "I had a bottle until I was 4 years old. Then my sister said, 'OK, Faith Ann, we're gonna throw it in the trash can.' That's what I was called, Faith Ann. I was [...]
The Evolution Of Martone
His name is Martone. No last name. Just Martone. It's been that way since he was barely a teenager living in Lansing. At 13, Martone was the youngest person to enroll in Continental Cablevision's public access producers' course. Soon after he was [...]
Michigan AIDS Coalition Merges With Matrix Human Services
DETROIT/FERNDALE – Earlier this month it was announced that the Michigan AIDS Coalition has joined forces with Matrix Human Services, a Detroit-based nonprofit. As a result, MAC will now be known as MAC Health, a new Matrix program. MAC's [...]
NAACP Hosts Town Hall For Clergy On The Black Church And HIV
Rev. William Francis of Atlanta, who identified himself as HIV-positive, moderated the meeting. BTL photo: Jason A. Michael DETROIT – Through their program, "The Black Church & HIV: The Social Justice Imperative," the NAACP hosted a town hall [...]
Obituary: Rev. Rodney E. Reinhart
Born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in Detroit, Rodney Reinhart's first calling was to teach. He earned a degree in English and secondary education from Oakland University and taught for many years in the Detroit public schools. But by the 1970s, it [...]
Trans Sistas Of Color Project Launches With First Event, Outlines Plans
The Trans Sistas of Color Project hosted their first event last week in the form of the Detroit premiere of the web series Edens Garden, which features an all trans male cast. Pictured are TSOCP board member Lilianna Reyes, Seven King, star and [...]
Pugh Trial: A Recap
DETROIT – The long awaited Charles Pugh trial – for sexual grooming, as the mainstream media calls it – finally took place last week. Though Pugh, quite noticeably, was absent from the proceedings. Now living in New York, Pugh was not required to [...]