SLDN and OutServe to Merge
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Two leading organizations in the successful effort to repeal the ban on openly gay military service have announced they are merging….
July 2012
Fenway Health Commends FDA on Approval of FTC-TDF For HIV Prevention
BOSTON, Mass. — Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an antiretroviral medication known as emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC-TDF) for use in preventing…
Book Marks: LGBT Book Reviews Containing Hot Topics & Controversies
By: Richard Labonte*/Special for TRT– The Truth is Bad Enough: What Became of the Happy Hustler?, by Michael Kearns. CreateSpace, 294 pages, $15.95 paper. First…
Dance Prodigy Travis Wall On New Series, 1st Big Movie & Trials for Gay Dancers
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– So he thought he could dance, and he can, but Travis Wall didn’t stop there. Now, the 24-year-old has his…
DOJ asks for Supreme Court Review of DOMA
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– In an unexpected move that may well expedite the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of the Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama…
Ambiente Latino Program of MAPS: Prepares Latino Fashion Show 2012
BOSTON, Mass–The Ambiente Latino Program, a special project of the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) focused on Spanish-speaking gay/bisexual men, will be hosting its…
The Theater Offensive to House National Network for LGBTQ Youth Theater
BOSTON – The Theater Offensive will house the newly-formed Pride Youth Theater Alliance (PYTA), a national network of arts organizations with programs focused on lesbian,…
Creep of the Week: “Ultimate Man Scout: Chuck Norris”
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Have you heard the news? President Obama hates the Boy Scouts of America and wants to make all of the…
3rd Annual Revival QWOC Poetry Tour Needs Assistance, Poems, More
They say the third time’s a charm and this year, salon-styled tour, The Revival travels to Toronto, DC, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Durham and Brooklyn to…
Reverend Irene Monroe to Receive GLAD’s 2012 Spirit of Justice Award
Reverend Irene Monroe — nationally renowned African American lesbian activist, scholar and public theologian — will receive this year’s Spirit of Justice Award from Gay…
Vatican Rebuke of Pro-gay Nun Prompts Backlash Among Catholic Laity
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Last month’s Vatican clamped down on an American nun, a highly respected scholar in moral theology and sexual ethics, for a…
MassEquality: Praises Governor, Legislature for Inclusion To Study Homeless Youth
Governor & Legislature Including Commission To Study Issues Related to Unaccompanied Homeless Youth in FY 13 Budget BOSTON, MA—State lawmakers included a measure creating a…
National Catholic Gay Ministry Group Refuses to Sign Bishop’s Loyalty Oath
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– The board of directors of a Catholic gay ministry group has refused to sign a loyalty oath, a move that may…
Connecticut PRIDE Rally and Festival: New Board Announces Plans for 2012-13
[Release by CT Pride] The Connecticut PRIDE committee, a not for profit organization, has produced events that promote awareness, tolerance, acceptance, and equality for “everyone.”…
Rhode Island’s House Speaker, Gordon Fox, Supports Marriage Equality, Again
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– PROVIDENCE, RI—Speaker of the House, Gordon Fox (D- Rhode Island), has come around marriage equality–again–in the Ocean State, according to statements…
Gay Bowling in RI Raises Money for the AIDS Project and Marriage Equality
By: Casey Rocheteau/TRT Reporter– Every Tuesday night at Town Hall Lanes in Johnston, R.I., something quite spectacular happens. For 13 years, the alley has been…
Mayor Morse Kicks Off Pride Month in Holyoke with Flag-Raising
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter– HOLYOKE, Mass—The city of Holyoke celebrated June’s LGBT Pride Month with the raising of a rainbow flag at city hall last…
You Can Help the LGBTQ Prison Community by Becoming a Pen Pal
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist– It has been a few months since I wrote explicitly about the realities of incarceration in our LGBTQ communities. As Massachusetts…
More Non-bigoted Religious Spokespeople Into the Discussion of LGBT Rights
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– GLAAD released a study that identifies an enormous religious opportunity to further LGBT rights. GLAAD joined with the University of…
We Reap What We Sow: Food and Politics and the 2012 Elections
By: John Verlinden/TRT Cuisine Writer– We still call it the “Farm Bill,” and politicians still want the photo op with a small farm family whenever…
Transwomen Coming Out Later in Life Risk Losing Their Families & More
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist– To the transwomen who are/were family men and who have suffered the loss of family: When I began writing for TRT…
It’s Time to Reach Out to, Fight for and Listen to Our Youth
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– Last month, I had the opportunity to attend and speak at The Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth Hearings, held locally at…
SB 1070: Today’s Immigrants Woes Not So Different Than Past Ones
By: Graysen Martínez Ocasio*/TRT Publisher– Arizona’s SB 1070 should not be a part of this nation of ours, for it is blatant discrimination and racial…