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].
Dionne diversifies
You know her for her five Grammy awards and 50 chart hits, but gay-fave Dionne Warwick is branching out. The legendary singer, coming Jan. 9 and 10 to Caesar's Windsor, is promoting her new gospel album – only the second ever of her nearly 50-year [...]
Perfect attendance: Felix Sirls
His score is 10 out of 10. For every year there's been an AIDS Walk Michigan – City of Detroit, there's been Felix Sirls in the mix – and often out front and in the lead. "To be 61 and be down here and still coming in first, it's showing people we [...]
More than just another pretty face
He brings the sexy to "Noah's Arc" – the Logo series and, opening next month, the feature film – but there's also a serious side to Jensen Atwood. In town to celebrate his birthday with a special party at Backstreet late last month, the actor sat [...]
Brian Londrow honored by MCC-Detroit
FERNDALE – If ever you've had the occasion to visit Metropolitan Community Church-Detroit, odds are you've seen Brian Londrow. For the past 20 years, he's been a powerful presence in the church, playing the piano every Sunday, directing the choir [...]
Detroiter killed while in Atlanta for Pride
DETROIT – A Detroit man was shot to death during a Labor Day weekend trip to Atlanta to attend Black Gay Pride. Forty-eight-year-old Kashman Avery, known to his friends by his last name, had just left Club 708 in the early morning hours of Sept. 2 [...]
Ladies Preferred offers love songs with a twist
DETROIT – It's billed as a musical of love songs by women for women, but that's only half the story. The fourth annual production of Ladies Preferred, a benefit for the Kick Agency for LGBT African-Americans that takes place Sunday, Sept. 21, [...]
Local vigil gathers for Tenn. UU victims
DETROIT – They came to grieve and grasp at understanding in the wake of senseless tragedy, to find comfort and consolation in their common pain. Three days after the shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, [...]
HTJ film festival a 'SPICE-y' night
DETROIT – A crowd of 75 people came out to enjoy the Hotter Than July Film Festival last Thursday night. The event, which took place in the intimate amphitheatre of the Legal Aid and Defender's Association new downtown headquarters, was hosted by [...]
Empathy, compassion and optimism will be missed
FERNDALE – He had a love of theater and, above all, a love of people. John Fowler, 62, died May 29 of liver disease. Born and raised in Painesville, Ohio, Fowler attended Miami University on the other side of the state. While he earned a teaching [...]
Into the (Gay) Groove
Did you hear the news? Madonna is set to perform at this year's Motor City Pride. OK, so it's not actually the Madonna, but it's a Madonna – and we're not talking about the (possible) image of the Holy Mother burnt into a toast point here, either. [...]
Quiet for a cause
HIGHLAND PARK – About 25 youth from the Ruth Ellis Center joined with an estimated 500,000 of their peers across the country Friday to take part in the National Day of Silence campaign. Wearing signs around their necks with slogans such as, "You [...]