Gayborhood News: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Albany, NY NY to introduce transgender nondiscrimination measure A bill is making its way in NY state legislature that would…
March 2013
Deep Inside Hollywood: Jane Lynch, Matt Bomer, Kelly McGillis, Jonathan Groff
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special to TRT– The sun’ll come out tomorrow for Jane Lynch And that sun will stay out for exactly eight weeks. That’s…
LGBTQ Youth Find Support, Through Empowering Youth-led, Adult-Advised Group
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter– For gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth who continue to be targeted by bullying and isolation in schools, Safe Homes…
Faith, Family, and God: No Change with New Pope; Empowering LGBTQ Christians
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Benedict XVI’s unexpected abdication as Pope and Bishop of Rome doesn’t mean much for LGBTQ civil and human rights. His…
Letter to the Editor: St. Patrick’s Parade is a Shame for Boston
Dear Rainbow Times Editor, Sometimes change is elusive, and sometimes you can feel the momentum and know change is around the corner. That was true…
Latin Vision: ¡Igualdad Para Todo/as en Puerto Rico!
Por: Wilfred Labiosa*/Columnista de TRT– En las pasadas semanas se ha acentuado en Puerto Rico la homofobia. Aunque las noticias del apoyo del Presidente Obama…
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – Exenciones Religiosas
Por: Jenny Pizer, Abogada y Directora, Proyecto de la Ley y la Política para Lambda Legal– P: Vivo en Illinois y he estado ansioso con…
Receiving ‘That’ Phone Call from a Friend: Thinking About Loss in the Trans Community
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist– It happens. You get a call from your friend and they ask you if you are sitting down. At that…
Trans-ceptions: Not being Consumed by Transness; Remembering we are Just Living our Lives
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– Sometimes it’s important to remember that it’s not all about being trans. I have to keep reminding myself of this lesson….
Creep of the Week: Matt Barber Cowardly Goes After Gay Teens
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT– If any of my readers have daddy issues and get off on being told “you’re a bad bad boy,” you’ll…
Thinking Out Loud: If We’re Going to Wear Men’s clothes, Let’s Do it Right
By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT– I have a problem with lesbians in ties. I don’t have a problem with lesbians with short hair (I’ve got…
To Cook is to Love: A foodie’s Journal; Celebrate an Early Spring with Chocolate
By: John Verlinden*/TRT Food Columnist– Last month we had a solid week of single digit temperatures followed by 30 inches of snow with hurricane force…
The OutField: U.S. Soccer, and All that Trans Jazz
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT– Born a male, Jazz began to live as a girl at a young age. Thanks to supportive parents, she was…
The Naked Truth: New Memoir Reveals Secrets of A Working Boy
By: Joseph Gerbino/Special to TRT– “I went through my teenage years believing I was this broken person who didn’t deserve to be treated well,” says…
Openly Gay Mayoral Candidate from Mississippi, Beaten, Burned
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– JACKSON, Miss. — The death of openly mayoral candidate, whose remains were found last week along the Mississippi River levee, is…
History in the High Court Part: Standing in the Way
How procedural questions in the two big marriage cases this month could preclude major rulings – and what that would mean … To prepare readers for…
HBGC with Tod@s Host LGBTQ Mental Health Weekend
Two events encourage LGBTQ people of color to break silence, seek support Boston, Mass. — For decades, taboos and stigma related to mental health and illness…
MassEquality Icon Awards Raises $140K
Governor, Boston Bruins, MA Coalition for the Homeless, and Esmond Harmsworth honored at second annual event BOSTON, Mass. – MassEquality announced that it raised approximately $140,000 at…
Screen Queen: For a Good Time, Call; Keep the Lights On; Killer Joe; Game Change; Ted; To Rome with Love
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– For a Good Time, Call … For a Good Time, Call … keeps the dirty-girl trend going with a sweet/sexy…
Cliff Hanging: LGBT Centers Bracing for the Domino Effect
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– When Thelma and Louise drove off the cliff, the only people who got hurt were Thelma and Louise. But when…
Gay Icons Tina Fey and Paul Rudd in “Admission”
Admission stars talk new film’s acceptance theme, first jobs and shower scene By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– They say dreams come true, and that one where…
Openly Gay Boxer Overcomes Adversity, Gives Back to Community
By: Ashley Mark/TRT Reporter– LONDON, Conn. — Shelito Vincent has struggled against all odds throughout her life and found a renewed purpose in an unlikely…
Discrimination the “Very Purpose” of DOMA, Glad & Lambda Legal Argue in Brief
Washington, DC – Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in U.S. v. Windsor urging the U.S. Supreme Court…