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Bebop Bailey
The only slight hitch in jazz guitarists Sheryl Bailey’s career: a distinct lack of groupies.
LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying guide finally makes it to schools
After being caught in political limbo for about five years a Department of Public Health (DPH) anti-bullying guide will finally see the light of day on April 30.
HX drops suit against Berggren
HX in Boston, parent company of the New England Blade, filed a dismissal of its suit against the paper's former associate publisher, Bill Berggren, April 22.
The Independent Film Festival of Boston :: Second Skin
Fantasy and reality clash in Second Skin at The Independent Film Festival of Boston
MFI launches new lobbying arm, surveys supporters on schools
Since the end of the marriage battle last summer the Massachusetts Family Institute, which spearheaded the failed campaign to ban same-sex marriage, has kept a relatively low profile, particularly on LGBT issues. MFI’s advocacy this year against the transgender rights bill, House Bill 1722, has been the group’s lone public foray into anti-LGBT activism since the defeat of the marriage amendment.
Save the last dyke
It still seems hard to believe, but tonight is the last Dyke Night for the foreseeable future. With Toast converting into a full time restaurant, the popular women’s night will be homeless for the first time in 3 years - sadly, that’s quite a long tenure for a lesbian night in the Boston area. Hopefully this will only be a brief hiatus, but Dyke Night is going out in style with a monster bash tonight.
After more than three months, no arrest in Yakovleff murder
More than three months after he was found stabbed to death in a Dorchester apartment, there have been no arrests in connection with the murder of Daniel Yakovleff, a 20-year-old openly gay hair stylist.
SpeakOut to hold reunion; organization expands fundraising, recruitment
Last November the board of directors of SpeakOut, the LGBT speakers’ bureau, considered disbanding the organization, which had been plagued by decreasing revenues, an inability to retain board members, and a $4000-plus debt to the IRS. Ultimately, the board opted to continue; in December it launched a strategic plan to get the organization back on track.
Money woes
With all of their programs being either level funded or receiving only a slight increase the House Ways Means proposed Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) budget, LGBT and HIV/AIDS advocates scrambled last week to file amendments to get more funding for LGBT youth programs, domestic violence programs, elder services and HIV/AIDS services.
French kissing in the USA
Take a romantic trip to Paris - or rather, Hollywood’s memory of Paris - in the play with music Paris by Night, making its world premiere this weekend at Trinity Rep
That’s entertainment
I hate spring in New England. There, I said it. March and April are cold, wet and raw which, although appealing as a hookup profile, serves no value as weather. All this indoor time is good for planning, and one reason to hang on is the spring and summer concert schedule.
AIDS activists launch Central Mass. transgender fund
A group of HIV/AIDS advocates will hold a drag fundraiser in Worcester on April 19 to raise money for a new fund designed to help transgender people facing financial distress.
Eleven minutes with Jay McCarroll
Although he’d made some ripples in the fashion world, it was the reality show Project Runway that really established out designer Jay McCarroll. The winner of the hit show’s first season, many fans say he is the closest the show has come to its goal of finding "the next big fashion designer."
Barry Scott given copy of internal police investigation
Oldies DJ Barry Scott went back to court April 11, asking Orleans District Court Judge Therese Wright for internal police documents related to his arrest last July while DJing a private house party.
Gray zone
Young, independent filmmakers face a lot of intimidating prospects: tight budgets, caustic critics and the daunting task of identifying a truly original idea, to name a few. But confronting the man who killed your brother?
IBM, Verizon partner with GLASS on GED program
Many of the youth who access services at JRI Health’s Boston GLASS (Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services), which primarily serves LGBT youth of color, face multiple barriers to completing their education. Constance Robinson, GLASS’s crisis and resource specialist, said that many of the youth who turn up at the Mass. Avenue center have dropped out of high school after being subjected to anti-gay taunts and/or physical assaults. GED programs, said Robinson, sometimes can be just as hostile towards LGBT students.
Breaking Spirit Bridge
In Piper’s Someday, Perkinson gave her plucky heroine Piper Cliff some tough stuff to deal with, including an abusive, alcoholic grandfather and the death of her parents
No increases for LGBT programs in budget
The House Ways and Means Committee’s Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) budget proposal contained dreary news for LGBT advocates. The proposal, released April 16, provided level funding for LGBT youth, elder and domestic violence programs and added a modest increase to the state’s HIV/AIDS budget.
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Popular science writer Mary Roach has already served as a delightful tour guide to the world of cadavers and research into the afterlife. But those were just warm-ups for her exploration of the world of sex research.
Cheering squad, after party for Living Center marathoners
If running the Boston Marathon is too taxing on your tootsies, why not grab your old pom-poms and cheer on runners from the Boston Living Center’s (BLC) marathon team instead?