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].
Gifted and ChoZen
ROYAL OAK – When greeting customers in his newly opened home furnishings boutique, ChoZen by BC, interior designer BC Cabangbang first introduces himself and then his mother. Though she died when he was only 11, her memory lives on in Cabangbang's [...]
EMU hosts benefit concert for TransGender Michigan
YPSILANTI – About 75 folks came out Thursday night for a concert to benefit TransGender Michigan at Eastern Michigan University's student center auditorium. The concert, which featured six very different acts, was organized by EMU student and TGM [...]
Patti brings her 'Gospel' to Detroit
Singer's tour of mega-churches rolls into Detroit Dec. 1 DETROIT – Like most legendary soul sisters, two-time Grammy award winner Patti LaBelle started singing in church. But it's taken her more than 40 years to release her first gospel album, [...]
Three new original furnishings stores find home in Ferndale
Gwenn Rosseau has discriminating taste. When she hired Richard Ross of Richard Ross Designs to redo her home, she knew in her mind exactly what she wanted and together the two set out bring her vision to life. "We had a difficult time finding things [...]
Affirmations announces new all-inclusive name
FERNDALE – It's short, simple and ultimately more inclusive. Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center Executive Director Leslie Thompson announced Thursday that when the center moves into its new headquarters next year, it will be known simply [...]
Local activist promoted to LGBT outreach role at IBM
FERNDALE – You've come a long way, baby! Out and proud community leader George Westerman will join IBM's GLBT Sales Team as a global business development executive beginning Nov. 1. A 20-year employee with the company, Westerman has been working in [...]
Music store targeted for gay-friendly stance
MASON – After helping the local Gay Straight Alliance with their float in the Mason High School Homecoming Parade, an independent music store in this small town 15 miles south of Lansing says it's being boycotted for being gay friendly. In the days [...]
Chosen Books closes doors, plans to move to Ferndale
ROYAL OAK – It's been a month now since Chosen Books, a veritable community institution, shuddered the doors of its Royal Oak store. Now, as a new proprietor, with a curiously similar name, prepares to hang his shingle at 120 W. Fourth St., readers [...]
Local activist pens children's book
DETROIT – Move over Louis Carroll, and make way for Michelle Brown. The longtime and well-respected community activist has added a new line item to her resume with the release of her children's story, "Jack with the Curly Tail: A Home For Jack – [...]
Stephanie Loveless helps Green Party embrace trans community
FERNDALE – After a fierce and sometimes fiery battle that raged for more than two years, local publisher, performer and trans activist Stephanie Loveless has succeeded in securing a place for herself and other trans women in the National Women's [...]
The Changer and the Changed' turns 30
{ITAL Cris Williamson 'The Changer and The Changed' 30th Anniversary Tour Saturday, Sept. 23 Hannah Theater in East Lansing} http://www.criswilliamson.com {ITAL When you open up your life to the living all things come spilling in on you. And you're [...]
Essential Cris Williamson' spans 20 albums
Did "The Changer" change your life? Are you ready to revisit the Cris Williamson songbook and discover what other gems are waiting to speak to you? A great place to start is the recently released "The Essential Cris Williamson," which features 33 [...]