Between the Lines (newspaper)

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]

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

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]

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]

في ذلك الوقت، ظلّ العديد من أفراد مجتمع الميم في ميشيغان يخفون ميولهم الجنسية، وكان النضال من أجل حقوقهم نضالاً فردياً في أغلب الأحيان، لا نضالاً جماعياً. ونتيجةً لذلك، لم يرغب سوى قلة من الناس في ذكر أسمائهم الكاملة للصحيفة، وكان عدد أقل منهم مستعداً للتصوير. ^{[ 2 ]}

وقد غطت "بين السطور" أحداثًا مثل اكتشاف مثبطات البروتياز، وقرار شركات صناعة السيارات التي تتخذ من ميشيغان مقراً لها بتقديم مزايا الشراكة المنزلية لموظفيها، وإقرار التعديل الدستوري لولاية ميشيغان الذي يحظر الاعتراف بالعلاقات المثلية في الولاية، الاقتراح 2. ^{[ 2 ]}

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