Cloudburst opens 25th Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, June 1-9
HARTFORD, Conn. — A vivid rainbow of genres, topics, voices and viewpoints will be shared in the 25th season of the Connecticut Gay & Lesbian…
2012
The OutField: Texas A&M University tackles diversity & even transgender issues
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– A school on the list of America’s 10 least inclusive colleges for LGBT students would seem an unlikely host for…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Jane Fonda, Brittany S. Pierce, Harmony Korine, Steel Magnolias
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special for TRT– The Butler’s conservative icon: Jane Fonda Jane Fonda has spent her entire life working for liberal causes when she…
How’d we get so fat so fast? Fifth in a Series: Food & Politics and the 2012 Elections
By: John Verlinden/TRT Cuisine Writer– We’re in the midst of an epidemic in America. Two-thirds of us, 190 million people, are overweight. More than a…
Creep of the Week: James, The Creep, Loomer
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Have you heard the one about the National Day of Silence? Here’s the set up: A teen walks into her…
Thinking Out Loud: We Must Have Political Power to Prove We Don’t Have Political Power
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– I’ve often thought I should write a column called, “Weird Things Lawyers Do,” to explain to normal people why attorneys,…
MassEquality Marks 2nd Anniversary of State’s Anti-Bullying Law: Calls For Reform
BOSTON, Mass.—Tomorrow, May 3, marks the second anniversary of the signing of the state’s bullying law. This law requires school districts to create bullying prevention plans…
HBGC Event: Black and Latino Gay Men on Pornography
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– It was a hot topic of conversation. And talk about pornography they did as more than 50 people (mostly men of…
Boston Pride and EDGE Media Network announce free Boston Pride app for iPhone
First-In-The-Nation App to Facilitate 2012 Pride Week Parade, Festival, and Other Official Boston Pride Activities BOSTON, Mass. – Boston Pride announced today that their official…
Boston Pride Headliners for 2012 Festival: Alexis Jordan, Rye Rye, and Kerli
Three musical artists to perform at June 9th Festival on Boston’s City Hall Plaza BOSTON, Mass.– Boston Pride recently announced that musical artists, Alexis Jordan,…
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – Día de Silencio: ¿Aprobarán mis maestros?
Por: Hayley Gorenberg/Subdirectora jurídica legal para Lambda Legal– P: Soy un estudiante en la escuela secundaria (preparatoria), y quiero participar en el Día Nacional de…
Ask Lambda Legal – Day of Silence: Will my teachers approve?
By: Hayley Gorenberg/Deputy Legal Director for Lambda Legal– Q: I’m a high school student, and I want to participate in GLSEN’s National Day of Silence (DOS)….
Melissa Etheridge (Kind Of) Opens Up: Talks Ex, Getting Remarried & New Album
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Come to her window, but Melissa Etheridge won’t be around. Why? Because she’s everywhere else – on tour through the…
Expanded HIV Testing a Reality in Massachusetts
By: Rebecca Haag*/Special for TRT– Today we are one giant step closer to making it easier to test people for HIV in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval…
AIDS Action Committee Applauds Governor & State Lawmakers For Passage of HIV Screening Bill
BOSTON, Mass. —Tomorrow, April 26th, Governor Deval Patrick will sign “An Act To Increase Routine Screening of HIV.” This bill will modernize the Commonwealth’s HIV…
Senate Vote Keeps LGBT Protections in Domestic Abuse Bill
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A casual listener to U.S. Senate debate Thursday (April 26) would not have heard the skirmish over protections for LGBT…
LGBT Coalition to Host Acceptance Workshop for Parents and Allies of LGBTQ Youth
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – On Monday, May 21, the LGBT Coalition of Western Massachusetts will be holding a special workshop for those parents and families who…
New Pew Poll Shows Increasing Support for Marriage Equality
Numbers also show opposition to marriage equality reaches an all-time low Washington – New polling data from the Pew Research Center for the People &…
LGBT Cancer Network Directs Patients to 400 Facilities; New Transgender-Friendly Designation
NEW YORK, NY – The National LGBT Cancer Network, the first program in the country to address the needs of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
LAPD New Transgender Inclusive Policies For Police Interaction & Prison Detainment, MTPC reacts
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Reporter– Recently, the Los Angeles Police Department announced new policies regarding transgender individuals, signed into effect by Chief Charlie Beck. These policies…
The Real Mike Ruiz: Photographer Opens Up About How It All Started
By: Chris Azzopardi/Special for TRT– A child imagines life outside reality by creating a wild, monster-inhabited world of escapism in Pan’s Labyrinth, a stylistic fantasy-art…
Simplifying Racism & Blaming Marginalized Groups Is Never OK (Updated)
By: Graysen Martínez Ocasio*/TRT Publisher– No one said the world affairs and the people that surround us are remotely aware of differences that should not…
Sex Scandal Involving the State Democratic Party Erupts in North Carolina
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Less than three weeks before voters in North Carolina go to the polls to cast a vote on same-sex marriage…