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Bob Gautreau and Ellen Moschetto on The Boston International Comedy Festival
Since its not-so-humble beginning in 2000, the Boston International Comedy Festival has showcased hundreds of comedians. Over the years the festival has expanded to include improv and sketch comedy, films, and themed showcases like Women of Color in Comedy and a Gay Night.
Laura Kiritsy on Local Gay Politics
District 9 voters say, ’No gay city councilor for you!’
State auto insurance regulations do not list sexual orientation among non-discrimination categories
The proposed auto-insurance regulations issued by Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration last month, designed to increase competition in the state auto insurance market, left lawmakers on the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight scratching their heads about a seemingly glaring omission.
Coalition calls on candidates to develop AIDS strategy
A week after 100 organizations issued a public call to the 2008 presidential candidates to put forward comprehensive plans to end the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic, the John Edwards campaign released just such a plan Sept. 24.
GLAD attorney: Lexington schools lawsuit has had chilling effect on public schools
Nima Eshghi, an attorney for Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), told attendees at the Greater Boston PFLAG annual meeting Sept. 24 that the federal lawsuit by a pair of families against the town of Lexington for including LGBT-themed books in the elementary school curriculum has had a chilling effect on other schools.
Living Center selected as a Boston Marathon charity
The Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the Boston Marathon, selected the Boston Living Center as one of its 24 official charities for the next three years, making it the only HIV/AIDS charity selected for the program.
P’town chief admits there are irregularities in police report of assault
Provincetown Acting Police Chief Warren Tobias told Bay Windows Sept. 25 that police officers failed to include pertinent information in their report detailing the investigation into the Sept. 10 assault on Richard Hall, a New Bedford man who was vacationing in Provincetown.
Cast and Creative Team on "The Bubble"
A romance doesn’t get much more explosive than the one depicted in The Bubble, director Eytan Fox’s (Walk on Water, Yossi & Jagger) new film about a gay affair between an Israeli and a Palestinian in modern day Tel Aviv.
Greg Walloch on "Sxip’s Hour of Charm"
In its final week in Harvard Square, Sxip’s Hour of Charm - a sort of new vaudeville show that stars a rotating cast of alternative performers, from musicians to aerialists to performance artists - will feature New York City’s Greg Walloch, a comedian and storyteller.
Queer Eye’s Ted Allen on cooking for the BeanTown Jazz Festival
Most people attending the BeanTown Jazz Festival in the South End this weekend will point at Ted Allen and think, "That’s the guy from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." But the foodies among us will say, "He’s from Iron Chef and Top Chef."
Liz Stahler on her CD "Stitches in My Sleeve"
Just two years after graduating college, folk/roots musician Liz Stahler has released her second CD, toured the country, won a songwriting contest and had her songs heard on national television.
Stocks rise amid mixed economic data
Stocks extended their gains Thursday with a modest advance as investors weighed fresh economic data, including a sharp drop in new home sales, for clues to whether more interest rate cuts are in the offing.
LGBT Political Strides in New England
What a difference two years can make. Back in 2005, Jass Stewart placed a distant second to James Harrington in a four-way preliminary election to replace retiring Brockton Mayor John Yunits. In 2007, however, Stewart has incumbent Mayor Harrington on the ropes: The man who aims to become Brockton’s first African American and first openly gay mayor came within 108 votes of topping the ticket in the three-way Sept. 18 preliminary, taking 43 percent of the vote to Harrington’s 44 percent.
Coalition for Marriage and Family Regroups
Three months after the defeat of its constitutional amendment to take away civil marriage rights from same-sex couples, VoteOnMarriage.org announced that most of its activities would now be taking place through an organization called the Coalition for Marriage and Family.
D.A. says cops justified in Barry Scott arrest
Provincetown police officers acted appropriately when arresting Barry Scott while he was deejaying a party they sought to break up back in July, said Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe Sept. 18, whose office recently concluded an investigation into the incident.
MassResistance protests Laramie Project
The anti-gay group MassResistance is working with parents in the Acton-Boxborough school district to hold an Oct. 3 forum to rally opposition to the upcoming student performance at Acton-Bowborough Regional High School of The Laramie Project, a play about the 1998 murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard.
The Human Rights Campaign Brings LGBT Issues to New Hampshire
CONCORD, N.H. - If the Human Rights Campaign has its way, presidential candidates pressing the flesh on the streets, in the coffee shops and on college campuses across New Hampshire will be quizzed, called out or congratulated on their positions on LGBT issues by voters.
Man assaulted in P’town alleges police negligence
A 56-year-old New Bedford man is claiming that Provincetown police were negligent when they tended to him after he was assaulted Sept. 10. Richard Hall, who was vacationing in Provincetown with his partner, was attacked by unknown assailants in the early morning hours of Sept. 10.
Mr. Boston Leather this weekend
If you haven’t been to The Ramrod before, you probably have a good idea what to expect: cheap beer, expensive leather, menacing burly guys, and plenty of hugs. Hugs?
LGBT Spiritual Refuge, The Metropolitan Community Church, celebrates 35 years
During his Sept. 16 sermon the Rev. Michael Cooper, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of Boston, put a new spin on the parable in the Gospel of Luke about a shepherd who leaves his flock behind to venture into the wilderness and find one lost sheep.