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].
Abrams Lost Her Church, But Has Found Her Calling
Her story made national headlines. Bishop Allyson Abrams stepped down from her church, Zion Progress Baptist Church in downtown Detroit, in October after announcing that she had married a woman. A well respected member of Detroit's faith community, [...]
Husband And Wife Duo Presents Joint Exhibit At Affirmations Gallery
FERNDALE – For Mariuca Rofica, photography comes naturally. "My father, uncle and great uncle were avid photographers when I was growing up," she said. "I always watched them and was interested." But it's her husband, Carl Wilson, she credits [...]
Detroit Artist Records Anthem For Marriage Equality
Logan Mario performs at the Hotter Than July youth prom earlier this summer. BTL photo: Jason A. Michael Remember this name: Logan Mario. A hometown superstar in the making, this 25-year-old Detroit native is a gifted singer/songwriter with a lot to [...]
Hotter Than July Hits A High Note With Year 18
View Galleries of Events Palmer Park Picnic Youth Prom Boat Ride Cruisers Along Detroit River DETROIT – Hotter Than July, Detroit's black gay pride celebration, presented a variety of programming over six days, July 23rd-28th, that both [...]
Mayoral Candidates Make Their Case For LGBT Support At Annual Hotter Than July Conference
Cornelius Wilson, Mike Duggan and Curtis Lipscomb pose for a photo at Hotter Than July's annual Gathering on LGBT Issues conference following the mayoral candidate forum. Polls show Duggan is still currently in second place despite being forced to [...]
HTJ Film Festival Brings Attention Back To Tragic Transgender Teen Murder In Detroit
TransParent producer Natasha T. Miller, event host Doice John, and Lyniece Nelson and Brandie Brown, mother and sister of Shelly Treasure Moore, pose for a photo at the Hotter Than July Film Festival. DETROIT – The Hotter Than July Film Festival [...]
Hotter Than July Kicks Off With Candlelight Vigil
The crowd at the Hotter Than July candlelight vigil and opening ceremony posed for a photo in front of the blue spruce memorial tree following the service. DETROIT – Hotter Than July, Detroit's annual black gay pride, kicked off Tuesday evening [...]
Detroiters Contemplate Creating LGBT Business District
DETROIT – Chicago has Boystown, San Francisco has the Castro and Washington, D.C. has Dupont Circle. So what's Detroit got? Well, nothing at the moment, but maybe someday soon it will if Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh has his way. His [...]
The Willis Show Bar May Live Again
DETROIT – It has a storied past, but if current owners Norman Silk and Dale Morgan have anything to say about it, there are still chapters to be written. The Willis Show Bar, former jazz hotspot turned den of iniquity and then shuttered for [...]
OBITUARY: Edward Johnson
(Editor's note: Funeral services for Johnson will take place Monday, April 15th, at 3 p.m. at the James H. Cole Home for Funerals, located at 16100 Schaefer Hwy. in Detroit.) DETROIT – Community activist, dancer and former female impersonator [...]
Lynn Cothren: In the shadow of a civil rights icon
When Lynn Cothren started working at the King Center 22 years ago, it was just a job. He had just relocated to Atlanta from his home in Fayetteville, Tenn. and to support himself while he studied at the Atlanta Art Institute it was either take a [...]
Horizons Project's 'Who's That Girl' Campaign Seeks to Inform About AIDS and Trans Women
DETROIT – About 50 people showed up Sept. 21 for the launch of Who's That Girl, a media project presented by the Horizons Project and supported by the Michigan Department of Community Health's Health Disparities Reduction Minority Health Section. [...]