Between the Lines (newspaper)

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Between the Lines
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Front page of Between the Lines
January 3, 2013
Type Biweekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)Pride Source Media Group, LLC. [1]
Founder(s)Mark Weinstein [2]
PublisherBenjamin Jenkins
Thomas Wesley [1] [3] [4]
Editor-in-chiefChris Azzopardi [1]
News editorJackie Jones
(News and Features) [1] [4]
Founded1993
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Ann Arbor, Michigan [1]
Circulation 18,652 [ citation needed ]
ISSN 1080-7551
OCLC number 28202161
Website pridesource.com

Between the Lines is an LGBT newspaper in the Michigan area. [5] [6] [7] [8] It is headquartered in Livonia, Metro Detroit. [9] It is a member publication of the National Gay Media Association and is affiliated with Q Syndicate, an LGBT content provider founded in 1995. [4]

Contents

Voters guide

During election years, the newspaper publishes a voters guide with endorsements of political candidates running for office in Michigan. [10]

Community activities

The newspaper sponsors a number of LGBT events in the area. [2] Between the Lines also organizes a Same-Sex Couples Wedding Expo, coordinated by one of the paper's publishers, Jan Stevenson. [3]

History

Between the Lines was founded by Mark Weinstein in 1995. [2]

In the summer of 1995, Susan Horowitz and Jan Stevenson purchased the paper during a meeting Horowitz had with Shannon Rhodes, then the editor of Between the Lines. At the time of the sale, the publication was a 12-page monthly LGBT newspaper. [2]

Horowitz, an activist from New York City, had a background in publishing as founder of Pride Publishing, Inc. and also served as the first executive director of New Festival. [4] She took over the editorial aspect of the paper. [2] Stevenson, a former corporate banker and first executive director of Affirmations Community Center, [4] took over advertising. [2]

Since the sale, the paper has utilized writers that have included artist Charles Alexander, Oakland University communications department chair Shea Howell, and John Burchett, who would go on to serve as Governor Granholm's chief of staff. Horowitz and Stevenson released their first issue as co-publishers in December 1995. [2]

At the time, many LGBT people in Michigan remained closeted and the fight for LGBT rights was one that was often fought by individuals rather than organizations. As a result, few people wanted to give the paper their full name and fewer were willing to be photographed. [2]

Between the Lines has covered such events as the discovery of protease inhibitors, the decision by the Michigan-based auto makers to offer domestic partnership benefits to their employees, and passage of the Michigan constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex relationship recognition in the state, Proposal 2. [2]

As of the end of 2020, Horowitz and Stevenson retired. New publishers, Benjamin Jenkins and Thomas Wesley, took over on January 1, 2021.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Us". Between the Lines. Archived from the original on 2014-04-27. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Carreras, Jessica (May 29, 2008). "Looking back, moving forward". Between the Lines. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "About Pride Source". WDET-FM . Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Contact". Q Syndicate. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ Kompes, Gregory A. (2005). Fifty fabulous gay-friendly places to live. Career Press. ISBN   9781564148278 . Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Jeff; Chilcoat, Loretta; Derby, Susan (2004). USA. Lonely Planet. p. 406.
  7. ↑ Lamb, Vince (2010). Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage. CreateSpace. p. 82.
  8. ↑ "Between The Lines newspaper in Farmington Michigan". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  9. ↑ "About Us Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine ." PrideSource. Retrieved on April 14, 2014. "Mailing address Pride Source Media Group Between the Lines Newspaper 20222 Farmington Road Livonia, Michigan 48152"
  10. ↑ Lamb, Vince (July 26, 2012). "Stabenow, Irwin, Kuhnke endorsed by Between the Lines". Examiner.com .
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