GLAD Publishes Groundbreaking Transgender Family Law Book; organizations react
BOSTON, Mass — Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, GLAD, is proud to announce the publication of Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy,…
2012
Outcry to Free Trans Woman, CeCe McDonald, Grows Nationwide
By: Bet Power*/Special for TRT– On June 5, 2011, a young African American, transgender woman survived a violent attack motivated by racism and transphobia in…
Gay Dads: Transitions to Adoptive Fatherhood for the LGBT community
The first study of gay men’s transition to fatherhood, by Abbie E. Goldberg, arrives this summer from one of the nation’s leading experts on parenting…
“Falsettos” Returns To NY After Long Island Run, To Benefit LGBT Youth Crisis Center
BALDWIN, NY – Off Sides Entertainment, Inc. announced that it is joining forces with Long Island Crisis Center, Long Island’s oldest suicide prevention and crisis…
Book Marks: Carry the One; Coral Glynn; I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in Letters and Riding Fury Home
By: Richard Labonte*/Special for TRT– Carry the One, by Carol Anshaw. Simon & Schuster, 272 pages, $25 hardcover. The flawed natures of ordinary people are…
Thinking Out Loud: NOM’s Marriage Strategy—The cynical art of being wholesome
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– Is anyone really shocked about the revelations from the recently released internal memorandum from the National Organization for Marriage (“NOM”)? …
The OutField: Lisa Howe has Hope in More than One Way
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– So much of life is about being in the right place at the right time. For Lisa Howe, that meant…
DIH: Tom Hardy, Sofia Vergara in bed with Sharon Stone, Adam Pally, ‘Gypsy’
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special for TRT– Tom Hardy as gay rugby star. Yes, we buy it. It wasn’t bad news to hear that Mickey Rourke…
Creep of the Week: His Royal Creep, Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Oh, Steve King. You are a royal creep, indeed. A longstanding foe of LGBT people and anyone who sees LGBT…
Jason Mraz Won’t Give Up Supporting LGBT Community
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– How cool is Jason Mraz? For one, his unwavering fight for equal rights led him to shoot a Human Rights…
Theater Offensive To Honor Transgender Activist Gunner Scott
BOSTON, MA – Nationally recognized transgender activist Gunner Scott will be honored with The Theater Offensive’s Out on the Edge award. As Executive Director of…
Executive Order Rejection: Old strategy or New campaign?
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The Obama administration revealed a political calculation last week: Now is not a good time to sign an executive order…
MTPC 3rd Annual Lawyers for Trans Rights Awards Robert A. DeLeo
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition’s 3rd Annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights event was held on Thursday, April 12th at The Estate in…
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…
Hear Me Out: Madonna, Still Knocking ’em Dead
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Madonna, MDNA No one can replace Madonna. We get it. And should we not, the queen of pop’s latest electro-romp…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Twilight, Glee, Corpus Christi, & Olympia Dukakis’ Cloudburst
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special for TRT– Glee and Twilight stars leap to White Frog Somebody must have once given indie filmmaker Quentin Lee good business…
Creep of the Week: National Organization for Marriage
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Hey girlfriend, what are you wearing to the race war? Some sexy camouflage chaps, perhaps? A rainbow stripped Kevlar vest?…
Two Indictments for Federal Hate Crime Under Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act
The Indictment Marks the First Case Charged under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act Involving Sexual Orientation WASHINGTON – Two…
Team OUT Run Competes for At-Risk LGBT Youth In Boston Marathon 2012
BOSTON, Mass. – The Theater Offensive’s Team OUT Run will compete at the Boston Marathon 2012 and lace up their sneakers for at-risk LGBT youth…
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…
Virulent Anti-Gay Santorum Finally Out of Republican Race; Thank you!
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum was one of the most virulently anti-gay candidates in the large field of Republican presidential…
First Argument Against DOMA at U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit
By: Lisa Keen & Chuck Colbert/Keen News Service– The seventh-floor courtroom of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston was…
AIDS Fundraiser to be held featuring local Cape Cod musicians
WEST DENNIS, MA, – On April 30th, 2012 from 6-9 p.m. at O’Shea’s Olde Inne (348 Route 28) in West Dennis, MA there will be…