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’True Blood’ hunk hopes for gay sex scene
Stephen Moyer, who plays vampire Bill on HBO’s ’True Blood,’ has come out with his true feelings for co-star Alexander Skarsgård, who plays Eric.
’Stop Trans Pathologization’ campaign kicks off Oct. 17
The Trans Depathologization Network, a group committed to the removal of ’gender identity disorder’ from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases, has been joined by seven international networks and 161 trans groups in the two weeks leading up to its campaign kick-off on Oct. 17.
David Scondras sues Lawrence P.D. over 2006 teen sex arrest
On Oct. 9, 2006, former City Councilor David Scondras was arrested in a parking lot near Lawrence General Hospital for soliciting sex with a minor. Scondras, the first openly gay City Councilor in Boston, is now suing the Lawrence Police Department, alleging that he was severely beaten by police officers and then denied medical treatment.
So They Say... 10/15/2009
Ever wonder what ’Girls Gone Wild’ creator Joe Francis thinks about gay rights? Gay Navy veteran talks about gay visibility in the military. Andrew Sullivan feels betrayed (in a political sense). HRC prez says to give Obama a chance. And Belinda Carlisle talks gay marriage. Here’s the latest round-up of memorable quotes from around the LGBT world for the past week.
Tips, tricks, and tools to help you tie the knot in NH!
An LGBT wedding expo will be held in Portsmouth, NH on Sunday, Oct. 18 from 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Exhibition of AIDS activism in visual media coming to Harvard
ACT UP New York: Activism, Art and the AIDS Crisis, 1987 - 1993, a new exhibition at the Harvard Art Museum’s Carpenter Center, includes posters, stickers, and other visual media that were conceived in the midst of the AIDS crisis. The art is a presentation of almost a decade of AIDS activism efforts in New York City.
Provincetown’s first annual Restaurant Week ready to set sail!
Twenty Provincetown restaurants will "set their tables" for the town’s 1st Annual Restaurant Week. Participating restaurants will offer three-course (appetizer, entrée, and dessert) prix fixe dinners at either $25 or $35; excludes gratuity, alcohol and tax.
Boston will not host 2014 Gay Games
Boston saw defeat Sept. 29 in Cologne, Germany, as it was announced by the Gay Games Federation that Cleveland, OH, had been chosen to host the 2014 Gay Games.
So They Say
These week in So They Say: Larry Kramer loves being gay (he really does). Rapper Warren G. isn’t against gay people (he really isn’t). Tyson Beckford doesn’t sleep with men (but would with President Obama). David Mixner says time is running out in Maine and it is time to mobilize. And Gays in the Military spokesperson Tim Smith responds to vandals. These week in
Menino, Flaherty to duke it out for mayor
Current mayor of Boston Thomas M. Menino will face City Councilor Michael Flaherty in the race for mayor, as Election Day draws ever closer.
Pro linebacker comes out in support of marriage equality
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo showed his support for marriage equality by attending a recent reception held by grassroots organization Equality Maryland, which aims to legalize marriage for same-sex couples in the state, the Washington Blade reported.
Coakley files injunction against gay basher
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed an injunction against Eric Patten on Sept. 23 that prohibits him from violating the civil rights of the victims based on actual or perceived sexual orientation.
Obama nominates openly lesbian commissioner
President Barack Obama announced Sept. 14 that he is nominating Chai R. Feldblum, a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, for Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Fens update :: Gardening tops cruising
The recent news that’s come to light regarding gay cruising in the Fens (and what gets left behind) has spurned some interesting questions within the LGBT community and greater Boston. A recurring concern is that the Boston Police Department is targeting a minority group of people (the LGBT community; and more specifically, gay cruisers) in their efforts to keep the Victory Gardens clean and vandalism-free.
South End artist Urban dies at age 61
Locally renowned photographer Peter Urban died on Sept. 13 in Needham after a long battle with cancer. Urban was 61 years old.
Transgender beauty pageant to debut in India
The first annual Miss India contest, a beauty pageant for transgender women, will be held on Dec. 19 in Chennai, the Times of India reported Sept. 2.
Is Jennifer’s kiss a publicity stunt?
Diablo Cody, the screenwriter for upcoming comedy-horror flick ’Jennifer’s Body,’ opened up to The Frisky about the make-out scene that actresses Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried share in the movie.
Coakley seeks Kennedy’s Senate seat
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced September 3 that she will be running in the special election to be held later this year to fill the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat.
Boston P.D. cracking down on cruising in the Fens
Boston’s Fenway Gardens has recently seen a markedly increased police presence. Witnesses suggest that the round-the-clock patrols are working to eradicate gay cruising, for which the area is well known.
Mass. has lowest divorce rate in the nation, new study reveals
Massachusetts had the lowest divorce rate in the nation in 2007, a recently released study from the Division of Vital Statistics at the CDC revealed.