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Marriage equality supporters, opponents hold dueling forums on Goodridge; Trans group on Cape
As the fifth anniversary of "Goodridge vs. Department of Public Health" approaches, both supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage are hosting forums to discuss what has changed in the past five years and what the future holds.
Remembering Rita Hester
On Nov. 20 transgender activists and their allies will gather in Allston to remember Rita Hester, a woman whose murder 10 years ago shook the local trans community to its core and transformed the way people across the country respond to anti-transgender violence.
Back to school
Melissa Ferrick shows support for Berklee’s new GLBT Leadership Fund
In Brief: AG gets injunction against alleged gay basher, MassResistance fails again
Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office on Nov. 3 obtained a civil rights injunction against Fabio Brandao, the 29-year-old Framingham man accused of participating in an anti-gay attack on four Boston residents in the South End in August.
LGBT elders sound off at town hall meeting
The LGBT Aging Project and five local elder service agencies held a town hall meeting Oct. 30 at Boston’s Emmanuel Church to assess the needs of LGBT seniors, at which the approximately 30 elders on hand at the town hall expressed concerns about healthcare, housing, transportation, and a whole host of issues.
Paperboy delivers
Richard Morel is a man of many hats, though he is perhaps most well known for his electronic dance work and remixes, sometimes released under his Pink Noise moniker, for a plethora of well known artists: Cyndi Lauper, Ladytron, Seal and Nelly Furtado, to name a few.
Election Day brings more pro-equality lawmakers to Beacon Hill
Despite pouring money into a handful of state races, the election results only strengthened the power of marriage equality supporters on Beacon Hill.
Baby Talk with Lady Gaga
Hear the interview with young, talented musician (and con artist?), Lady Gaga.
What can we expect from an Obama administration?
With the election of Barack Obama and the expanded Democratic majority in Congress LGBT advocates are hopeful that they will be able to move forward with a federal agenda that had largely stalled under the Bush administration.
Taking a Stand, and the stage
Broadway beloved, Idina Menzel, stops by to chat about her career leading up to her two New England performances this week.
Look out for Monsters!
The development of any Broadway show involves literally dozens, if not hundreds, of major and minor revisions: a word changed here, a plot point revised there, and a musical number dropped or added.
Peake performance
Despite tussle with Republican opponent, Sarah Peake campaigns on legislative record, not orientation
Moving pictures
South End photographer Peter Urban is well known in the local art world for works like his iconic portrait of screen legend Fay Wray and his current "Proof of Motion" series. He said he owes that recognition, in part, to ARTcetera, the biennial art auction benefiting AIDS Action Committee (AAC).
’Shocked and saddened’
LGBT advocates react to Wilkerson arrest, embattled senator vows to press on with campaign
These colors don’t run
Vandals burned the rainbow flag that stood outside a GLBT-inclusive Quincy church. But though a flag can be destroyed, the principles it stands for are not so easily turned back: these colors don’t run.
Old Catholic Church embraces marriage equality - even for its priests
Given the Roman Catholic Church’s strong advocacy against same-sex marriage, the marriage between a Catholic archbishop and a priest and their respective male partnersis sure to raise eyebrows.
LGBT, HIV organizations confront state budget cuts
Not surprisingly, one of the main topics of discussion at the Oct. 20 quarterly meeting of the Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth was coping with Gov. Deval Patrick’s $150,000 cut to the state’s $800,000 LGBT youth funding budget.
News in brief: Catholic Citizenship goes shopping; Time for the HRC dinner
Catholic Citizenship to participate in Simon Malls fundraiser, Time for the HRC dinner!
Log Cabin and Stonewall spar over election at Harvard debate
The closest any of the presidential debates have come to discussing LGBT issues has been a brief discussion of same-sex marriage during the vice presidential debate, and even then Joe Biden and Sarah Palin both seemed eager to change the subject as quickly as possible. But gay issues were front and center at Harvard University the evening of Oct. 14, when Stonewall Democrats Executive Director Jon Hoadley and Log Cabin Republicans President Patrick Sammon visited the campus to debate each other and make the case for why Obama or McCain respectively is the best choice for LGBT voters.
After marriage ruling, Ct. State House rally draws jubilant crowd
It was a display of civic pride not normally seen at an LGBT gathering: a brigade of students from the University of Connecticut’s Rainbow Center bunched up in front of the Connecticut State House on Oct. 10, chanting at full throat "UConn Huskies! UConn Huskies! UConn Huskies!" as the crowd around them broke into applause and cheers.