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Andrew Beierle on his second novel: First Person Plural
"My twin brother Porter and I have been inseparable since birth. That’s not merely an observation. It’s a diagnosis. We are conjoined twins ... we live cheek by jowl in what most people would consider one body ... within our single rib cage are three lungs, two gall bladders, two stomachs and two hearts. An important distinction: two very different hearts."
Tim Schofield :: On the trail for Boston City Council
Tim Schofield gives voters the first real chance since 1993 to elect an openly gay person to the City Council.
Fenway to publish medical textbook on LGBT health
Fenway Community Health and the American College of Physicians will publish next month a medical textbook, The Fenway Guide to LGBT Health, focusing on the specific health issues faced by LGBT patients.
Fenway to publish medical textbook on LGBT health
Fenway Community Health and the American College of Physicians will publish next month a medical textbook, The Fenway Guide to LGBT Health, focusing on the specific health issues faced by LGBT patients.
AIDS Action receives $50,000 from Wainwright
Wainwright Bank CEO Robert Glassman received a Distinguished Social Entrepreneurial Leadership Award from the Grand Circle Corporation and the Lewis Family Foundation at the Corporate Philanthropy Summit Sept. 6, and as part of that award Wainwright Bank received $100,000 to be split evenly between a charity of the bank’s choice and a new social initiative.
Gay City Council Candidates Step Out
Tim Schofield isn’t the only openly gay person running a strong campaign for a local city council seat (see "On The Trail," page 1): Grace Ross made an impressive showing in the Sept. 11 preliminary election for an at-large seat on the Worcester City Council, placing sixth - ahead of two incumbents - in a free-for-all race with 18 candidates (not nine candidates as we incorrectly reported last week).
Bar exam flunker wants anti-gay lawsuit dismissed
Stephen Dunne, the man who filed suit against the Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners and the state’s Supreme Judicial Court after he failed the bar exam in part for refusing to answer a question about same-sex marriage, now wants his lawsuit dismissed.
Tedeschi’s fires clerk accused of anti-gay harassment
Tedeschi Food Shops fired a clerk from the convenience store chain’s Jamaica Plain location in response to a complaint from a lesbian couple that the clerk harassed them and refused to serve them. John Connell, a regional manager for Tedeschi’s, said the company verified the couple’s claim by examining video footage of the exchange between the clerk and the couple, and they promptly terminated the clerk.
Holliday in Philly: Rockies romp 12-0
Matt Holliday lined into a triple play, then hit a three-run homer his next time up Wednesday night to start the Colorado Rockies on a 12-0 romp over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Mussina, Yankees beat Blue Jays 4-1
Mike Mussina pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning in his return to the rotation and the New York Yankees won their seventh straight game, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Wednesday night.
Tim Acito on "Zanna Don’t"
In Tim Acito’s world, it’s always 1973.
New BPS superintendent has pro-LGBT track record
In October of 2000, months after the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts could legally bar gay men from participating, Carol Johnson decided to stand up to the Scouts. Johnson, who began serving as the new superintendent of Boston Public Schools last month, was at the time the superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools, and she had worked to make sure that LGBT students, parents and faculty felt welcomed and included in the district.
Southie condom company has gays covered
It’s no secret that gay and bisexual men make up a sizable segment of the condom-buying population; since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, condoms have been the premiere tool, so to speak, in the gay and bi male’s safer sex arsenal.
Sxip Shirey on "Sxip’s Hour of Charm"
You could run out of hyphens trying to describe entertainer Sxip Shirey, a composer-impressario-storyteller-etc. The New York-based musician defies categorization, but there’s one word that fits him like a glove: enthusiastic.
Bar exam flunker wants anti-gay lawsuit dismissed
Stephen Dunne, the man who filed suit against the Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners and the state’s Supreme Judicial Court after he failed the bar exam in part for refusing to answer a question about same-sex marriage, now wants his lawsuit dismissed.
Fenway gets federal grant to study LGBT populations
Under a presidential administration that has been accused of hampering scientific research in general and research on gay men in particular, the Fenway Community Health Center received a $1 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the first federally funded research center focused on conducting population research on the LGBT community.
Man files complaint against car dealership
Phillip Daggett, who received widespread media attention as the bartender on duty the night Jacob Robida attacked patrons at the New Bedford gay bar Puzzles Lounge last year, is alleging anti-gay discrimination by his former employers and co-workers at Route 44 Toyota in Raynham.
Back to school :: Gay parents face unique challenges
School clothes, school supplies, student orientation, carpool schedules. The lengthy to-do list for parents before they can load their budding scholars onto the school bus is enough to make any parent pine for a return to the days of summer camp and sleepovers at grandma’s house.
Barry Scott back in court next week
The case of oldies DJ Barry Scott, whose arrest in July by Provincetown Police for disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and resisting arrest has caused controversy because of allegations that police used unnecessary force, returns to Orleans District Court Sept. 14.
Elder LGBTs represent at AARP extravaganza
Local LGBT elder service organizations will be among the scads of exhibitors at the American Association of Retired Persons’ (AARP) annual conference, Life@50+, which comes to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center from Sept. 6-8.