Boston Foundation Awards $350K for OUT in Your Neighborhood Strategy
BOSTON, Mass. – The Boston Foundation awarded The Theater Offensive the largest grant the organization has ever received, $350,000 to be put towards deepening its…
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MassEquality Hires Organizing Director Longtime LGBT advocate Wes Ritchie
BOSTON, Mass. — MassEquality announced yesterday that it has named longtime LGBT advocate Wes Ritchie as its new Organizing Director. Ritchie is a former campaign…
Book Review: Reflections of a Loving Partner; The last few months of a relationship torn apart by AIDS
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Gil Victor Ornelas, C. Andrew Martin’s life partner, passed away from AIDS complications on March 30, 1996. Martin graciously invites…
Drag Brunch, Open in New Locations, Appeals to Gay, Straight & Family People
By: Casey Rocheteau/TRT Reporter– Drag Brunch is a monthly Providence tradition. The Rainbow Times spoke with Anthony DeRose, or, as he is better known, Jacqueline…
In the Life Groundbreaking Episode: Journeys of Transgender Children & Their Families
New York, NY – This month, the award-winning newsmagazine In The Life will debut “Becoming Me,” featuring eight families with transgender and gender nonconforming children…
¡Apoyemos a nuestros hermanos en Recuperación!
Por: Wilfred Labiosa*/Columnista de TRT– Hay muchos/as que están en recuperación de drogadicción y alcoholismo y no lo sabemos … ¿por que? Muchos/as no se…
Lambda Legal: La Ley de Protección del Paciente y Cuidado Médico y el VIH
Por: Scott Schoettes/Director Proyecto VIH de Lambda Legal– Recientemente me hice la prueba del VIH y salí positivo. Un amigo me dijo que si cambio…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Clint after Beyoncé, The Carrie Diaries, and Go Fish
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special for TRT– Clint wants Cruise for Beyonce. Can you blame him? If you want to get strict about it, there’s nothing…
Creep of the Week: Misogynistic Rush Limbaugh
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Poor Rush Limbaugh. Can’t a guy even call a girl a s&#t on the radio these days without people getting…
HUD Awards $33 Million To Local HIV/AIDS Housing Programs, 2 in Mass.
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that more than 1,200 extremely low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS will continue to…
Chief Justice: Why make everyone pay for what only some need?
By: Lisa Keen*/Keen News Service– Tuesday’s landmark oral argument in a case testing the constitutionality of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act had some very interesting…
Fenway launches LGBT Health Education website during LGBT Health Awareness Week
BOSTON, Mass. — As part of LGBT Health Awareness Week, the National LGBT Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute has launched its new website…
HBGC to Be Honored By AIDS Action Committee
BOSTON, Mass. — On April 14, 2012, the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition, along with other community activists, will be honored at the Bayard Rustin Community…
HRC: Support Starbucks in Face of NOM’s Attack, Watch Video
NOM Goes After Starbucks for Supporting Marriage Equality– Washington – The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization – is…
MassEquality Statement on U.S. Sen. Scott Brown’s Remarks about Marriage Equality in MA
BOSTON, Mass.—During an interview with CNN on Monday, US Senator Scott Brown described the marriage rights of same-sex couples as “settled law” in Massachusetts and…
Lesbian denied communion addresses Catholic symposium
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– BALTIMORE — A Catholic symposium dealing with gay and lesbian relationships in the Church concluded on an affective note here when…
ClimACTS! Raises $100K to Benefit LGBT Youth
BOSTON, Mass. – ClimACTS! Guilty Pleasures was a smashingly successful benefit for LGBT youth in True Colors, The Theater Offensive’s youth troupe. Boston’s most fabulous came…
Catholics gather in support of LGBT equality in church and society
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– BALTIMORE — A Catholic case for same-sex marriage took center stage over the weekend during a national conference when a church…
Out of Town: Key West Spring Break, What A Vacation!
By: Andrew Collins*/Special for TRT– Even with much of North America enjoying a comparably mild winter this year, let’s face it – thoughts of sipping…
Southern Poverty Law Centers Warns of Rise in Anti-LGBT Hate Groups
MassEquality– Two of 27 are based in Massachusetts; MassEquality has joined FBI advisory committee to help find solutions to hate bias BOSTON, Mass.—A new report that The…
Fed. Lawsuit Filed Against Scott Lively, Organizations March Against Hate
Quotes by TRT Staff — This morning in Springfield Federal Court, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights, NYC, filed a federal lawsuit against Abiding…
Creep of the Week: Kirk Cameron & His Extreme Right “Beliefs”
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special for TRT– On March 2 Kirk Cameron was on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight for some reason. To many viewers it must have…
MassEquality Icons Awards nets $125K, Boston Leaders Attend Event
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– The more than two hundred people who attended MassEquality’s inaugural Icon Awards gathering helped the statewide advocacy organization raised $125,000. The…