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Grant Tells All: HIV, Addiction & Revealing New Album
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— John Grant’s head is like a prison, and inside are words waiting to get out. These words flood the melodies of the songs on his second LP, the critically praised Pale Green Ghosts, and they also free-flow in conversation like he’s been wanting to get something off his chest. The [...]
LGBT Asylum Support Task Force Helps Refugees Escape Victimization
Worcester-based organization aids abused, persecuted LGBT people worldwide By: Lauren Walleser/ TRT Reporter— The Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) Asylum Support Task Force—a community-based organization that operates out of the Hadwen Park Church in Worcester, MA—is comprised of volunteers who support and empower LGBT individuals seeking asylum or refuge in the United States. Reverend [...]
Boston Pride Marches on, Rain or Shine
2013 Parade and Festival draws thousands from Copley to City Hall By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter— The 2013 Boston Pride Parade and Festival brought thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and their allies to downtown Boston through rain and shine on Saturday, June 8 as organizations marched from Copley Square to Government [...]
LGBT Seniors Celebrate Pride with Tea Dance
Organizations serving older LGBT adults presents 10th annual event By: Lauren Walleser/ TRT Reporter— Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) seniors and their allies danced with pride Sunday, June 2 as the LGBT Senior Pride Coalition presented “Come As You Are, Or As You Were!” A Pan-Decade Pride Dance Party— the 10th Annual Senior Pride Tea [...]
Flag Raising Kicks Off Boston Pride Week 2013
Elected officials, allies and activists participate in annual ceremony By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter— Boston Pride Week 2013 kicked off its 43rd year on Friday, May 31 at the annual raising of the rainbow flag at City Hall Plaza, a ceremony hosted by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and organized by The Mayor’s Office of Arts, [...]
Boston Pride Guide & New England Pride Map 2013 Released
BOSTON, Mass.—This year, The Rainbow Times, LLC has produced two (2) print publications to honor New England’s Pride celebrations—The Boston Pride Guide 2013 and the New England Pride Map 2013. The New England Pride Map 2013 began to be distributed in May, 2013 and will continue to be distributed throughout Pride season (September, 2013). Filled to [...]
Hennepin: The Quiet Revolution for LGBT Equality
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Nearly every LGBT person knows about “Stonewall” – the spontaneous resistance to police intimidation of LGBT patrons at the Stonewall bar in New York City in June 1969. Relatively few know about Hennepin in May 1970. Events in both places became powerful catalysts for change in the way mainstream society [...]
Immigration Reform Bill Passes: No Provisions for Same-Sex Couples
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved an immigration reform bill today without voting on two amendments seeking to provide benefits to same-sex couples, and the roof erupted into loud applause and cheers. Many LGBT immigration activists had been waiting for the two amendments, both from U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), [...]
What’s the T? Explores the Lives of Trans Women
Documentary film features struggles and triumphs By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter— What’s the T? — a new documentary by out filmmaker Cecilio Asuncion—follows five transgender women as they live, dream and share their truth with the world while exploring their experiences and beliefs on transgender issues including transitioning, finding work, dealing with bullies and creating a [...]
Boston Pride: Mayor Menino is BP’s Grand Marshal for 2013 Parade
BOSTON, Mass. – Boston Pride is pleased to announce that Mayor Thomas Menino has been named the Grand Marshal of the 2013 Boston Pride Parade. In addition to its Grand Marshal, Boston Pride is honored to announce the late Jeanne Manford has been chosen as an Honorary Marshal. The Boston Pride Parade is a march [...]
LGBT Aging Project Joins Fenway Health
BOSTON, Mass. — The LGBT Aging Project, New England’s premier organization for cultural competency training, programs and advocacy for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) older adults, will become an affiliate of Fenway Health effective July 1, 2013. The LGBT Aging Project will become part of Fenway’s research, education and policy division, The Fenway Institute. This new [...]
Minnesota Senate Gives Final Approval to Marriage Equality
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The Minnesota Senate gave final approval Monday (May 13) to a marriage equality bill and the governor has indicated he will sign it, making Minnesota the 12th state to approve allowing same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses the same as male-female couples. The vote also continues an unprecedented momentum toward [...]
Reclaim Pride: Help Free & Honor Bradley Manning
By: Keegan O’Brien*— At the end of April, the San Francisco LGBT Pride Committee announced that Bradley Manning, a Nobel Peace prize nominated gay veteran and whistler blower currently languishing inside a military prison for releasing classified military documents to Wikileaks, would be a Grand Marshal at this year’s pride parade. But mere hours after [...]
Behind the Candelabra
Director talks Liberace biopic and why he’s proud to call it his last film … for now By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to The Rainbow Times— Steven Soderbergh knows who’s significantly responsible for the major success of his male-stripper romp Magic Mike: gay men eager to ogle the barely-covered bits of Channing Tatum and his hunky posse. [...]
GetEQUAL Launches Campaign for Workplace Inclusion
Activists Take to the Streets to Show Congress They’re Serious About Winning LGBT Workplace Protections WASHINGTON, DC — Today, GetEQUAL — a national social justice organization advocating for the full equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans — has launched a campaign calling on Congress to pass a federal law outlawing LGBT workplace discrimination. Calling the [...]
