Archive for May, 2012
Brigham and Women’s Hospital & The Fenway Institute Enroll 100 Participants into the Largest Nationwide HIV Vaccine Clinical Trial
Volunteers can make a difference in efforts to control the pandemic Boston, MA – The HIV Vaccine Clinical Research Sites at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and The Fenway Institute are pleased to announce the 100th Boston-area enrollment into the nationwide HIV vaccine clinical trial known as HVTN 505. Nationally, the study is now just [...]
Approximately 8,000 turn out to celebrate NoHo Pride 2012
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter– The 31st annual LGBT Pride Parade was held in downtown Northampton, Mass on May 12th. This year the parade route began at Hampton Avenue and ended at the Three-County Fairgrounds. (Comprehensive TRT Photo coverage can be found at: http://on.fb.me/KuNPCU) “The march and rally have grown significantly,” explained J.M. Sorrell, a 2012 Noho [...]
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – En el Trabajo, ¿Fuera o Dentro del Clóset?
Por: Kenneth Upton/Abogado Supervisor de Lambda Legal– P. Acabo de solicitar empleo para un nuevo trabajo, y no estoy seguro si debo esconder mi orientación sexual durante el proceso de la entrevista. No creo que mi estado proteja a los empleados que son discriminados basados en su orientación sexual. ¿Puedo “salir del clóset” durante mi [...]
¡Vamos a celebrar nuestro Orgullo LGBT!
Por: Wilfred Labiosa*/Columnista de TRT– ¡El mes de Orgullo ya esta aquí! Desde Junio del 2011 hasta ahora han pasado tantas cosas en nuestra comunidad LGBT como en la comunidad LGBT Latina. Durante este mes de orgullo vamos a celebrar estos acontecimientos y llenarnos de energías para continuar la lucha por nuestra igualdad. Lo acontecido [...]
Ask Lambda Legal – “Out” at Work; Is it Safe?
By: Kenneth Upton/Supervising Senior Staff Attorney– I just applied for a new job, and am not sure if I should be “out” during the interview process. I don’t think my state protects employees from being discriminated against based on their sexual orientation. Can I be out at my interview or at work without risk of [...]
The Trouble with Adam Lambert
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Pop star talks ‘novelty’ of his homosexuality, being an unfit role model and his peculiar sex toy Remember the fuss Adam Lambert caused when he tongued his keyboardist in front of the world? Of course you do. The controversial kiss drew both homophobic outbursts and so-what shrugs, and it’s an [...]
HIV/AIDS-Prevention & Treatment Funding Getting Cut in MA: That’s a Bad Idea
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist– The Obama Administration has heralded itself as striving to bring forth an “AIDS-free generation.” In February, many AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) were celebrating the president’s budget proposal that increased HIV/AIDS funding by $800 million. However, this increase in funding is significantly misleading, a reality we know well here in Massachusetts. On [...]
Out of Town: Provincetown to Stay, Shop, Eat & Have Fun; Here We Go!
By: Andrew Collins*/Special for TRT– A Provincetown Primer There’s nothing quite like late spring in Provincetown, when seasonal businesses have all completed their refurbishments and new paint jobs, and the loyal fans of this idyllic gay resort town at the tip of Cape Cod have begun filtering back, predominantly over long weekends in May and [...]
T.R. Knight, Amber Heard, Wentworth Miller, Margaret Cho
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special for TRT– The return of T.R. Knight There was that “f-word” scandal, he quit Grey’s Anatomy and then… whatever happened to T.R. Knight? Well, first he took some time off, appeared on Law & Order the way everyone does eventually, and then spent time under the media radar doing theater – the perfect [...]
Jack Black (Maybe) Goes Gay
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT Is this Jack Black’s first gay role? As a small-town Texan teddy bear who goes off the deep end, it might be. But, because the real-life man he’s playing isn’t out, we may never truly know. Enter Bernie, an offbeat black comedy based on a true story of a flamboyant [...]
MassEquality Selected as a 2012 Nonprofit Excellence Award Finalist
The Massachusetts Nonprofit Network has announced that MassEquality, the leading statewide LGBT advocacy organization based in Boston, has been selected as a finalist for the 2012 Nonprofit Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards are given each year to outstanding nonprofit organizations and professionals in the Commonwealth as part of MNN’s Nonprofit Awareness Day, a statewide holiday recognizing [...]
Gay Democrats, Activists Decry Senator Brown’s Anti-Gay Track Record
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– When Scott Brown first ran for election to the US Senate in 2010 he promised not to be “another loud and angry voice.” Rather, Brown vowed to be “an independent voice, a problem solver.” Now in a close re-election race with presumptive Democratic Party nominee Elizabeth Warren, Brown is trumpeting in radio [...]
NAACP’s Historic Move: Organization Sanctions Marriage Equality (Update)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Saying that the NAACP has “always stood against laws that demean, dehumanize, and discriminate against people,” NAACP Board Chairman Roslyn Brock formally announced Monday (May 21) the board’s vote in favor of a resolution supporting marriage equality. Joining Brock at a press conference at the group’s headquarters in Baltimore, NAACP [...]
Book Review: Paul on Homosexuality, What You Need To Know
By: Paul P. Jesep*/Special for TRT– Civil and human rights will continue to move forward. Changing hearts and minds, however, even if laws are passed must go on. There remains widespread belief that LGBTQ families and individuals are sinful or mentally ill, even in places like Massachusetts and New York among a substantial minority of [...]
GOP Proposals Aim to Upend “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Two anti-gay measures have been introduced in the House Armed Services Committee in an apparent attempt to undermine the successful implementation of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal, a move advocates and defenders of openly gay military service say is unnecessary and unprecedented. One proposal seeks to amend the 2013 National Defense [...]
