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Merry Triple Xmas
It’s said that the holidays are a time of tradition. That may be true, but it doesn’t mean our ideas of tradition should be so narrow as to only encompass annual viewings of "A Charlie Brown Christmas", "The Grinch", and drunk Aunt Lucy’s backside as she once again discovers the effects of overindulging in nog.
Town hall addresses global HIV/AIDS pandemic
An overflow crowd of medical professionals and students, human rights activists and leaders of community-based organizations marked World AIDS Day and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Harvard Medical School on Dec. 9.
Do the Wright thing
Journalist Kai Wright has spent much of his career writing about the impact of HIV/AIDS on young gay men of color, but when he set out to tell the stories of young black and Latino gay men living in New York in his book, "Drifting Towards Love", he intentionally avoided an overt discussion of HIV.
Medicine Wheel inspires on World AIDS Day
The dark, earthen atmosphere artist Michael Dowling created for his latest installation at Medicine Wheel, "The Paper Project", inspired a respectful, enlightened group of visitors during the event’s 24 hour vigil on World AIDS Day, Monday, Dec. 1.
Blue Christmas with Lea Delaria
Lea DeLaria talks about how much Christmas sucks in her upcoming show at Boston’s Center for the Arts!
Second investigation provides new details on Durkin’s death
A report by a military investigator at Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase, Lieutenant Colonel Linda Sahin, into the death of Army National Guard Corporal Ciara Durkin reveals new details about Durkin’s apparent suicide in Sept. 2007.
Character Acting
This holiday season, you don’t need to pester the fat-suited Santa Claus at the local mall to find area performers willing to gift-wrap themselves inside a second skin.
Second wind for marriage movement
Activists aim to secure marriage in all N.E. states by 2012.
Sudden impact
The afternoon of Nov. 23 was bitterly cold, with temperatures in the 20s and steady, biting winds, but that didn’t dissuade a crowd of about 60 people from assembling in front of Cambridge City Hall for the latest local Join The Impact rally against California’s Proposition 8.
Online high school caters to LGBTQ youth
An online high school for students who are lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning their sexual orientation will be launched in fall 2009.
Healing Arts
December 1, 2008 marks World AIDS Day, an annual opportunity to reflect on the history of the devastating epidemic: the lives lost, the progress made, and the work that remains ahead.
Deck the Theater Halls
This week, we focus on three shows that offer a slightly twisted take on the holiday season.
Giving thanks by giving back
While Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for what you have, it is also a time to give back to the community and help those who have less. Bay Windows would like to highlight a few individuals who have donated considerable time to making our community a better place.
In Brief: study finds Mass. bisexuals face significant health disparities
A group of researchers funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Williams Project at UCLA will release a report Nov. 20 showing that in Massachusetts LGB people face great health disparities compared to their straight neighbors.
Celebrating Goodridge’s social innovation
Five years to the day that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declared that same-sex couples were entitled to civil marriage rights under the state constitution, a group of marriage equality advocacy organizations were honored by the Boston History and Innovation Collaborative with its Social Innovation Award.
Panel discussions offer divergent views on impact of Goodridge
Advocates and opponents of marriage equality held panel discussions to mark the fifth anniversary of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s (SJC) landmark Goodridge ruling, but the tone of the two events could not have been more different.
MassEquality adds support for trans bill to endorsement criteria
With the marriage battle in Massachusetts behind it, MassEquality is raising the bar for lawmakers and political candidates seeking its endorsement.
Five years on, mostly smooth sailing for marriage equality
Five years after the court’s historic decision, Mary Bonauto, lead counsel in the Goodridge case and Civil Rights Project director for Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), said same-sex couples have found that state agencies recognize their marriages without controversy.
Election Day anti-equality victories spark heated debate among LGBT advocates
In the aftermath of the passage of California’s Proposition 8 and other anti-gay ballot measures in Arizona, Florida and Arkansas on Election Day the national LGBT community has been engaged in a heated debate in the media, cyberspace and in the streets