Our long national nightmare is over
To ensure that Bush's legacy on LGBT rights remains spin-proof, here's a rundown of his administration's work over the last eight years.
Unwilling to be left out in the cold
More than 200 people braved bone-chilling cold on an ice encrusted City Hall Plaza Jan. 10 to call on President-elect Barack Obama to keep his campaign promises to the LGBT community to repeal DOMA and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and to pass a trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) when he takes office.
New coalition aims to make ending HIV/AIDS epidemic a top priority in Mass.
As HIV/AIDS advocates prepare for a potentially bruising budget cycle they have announced the formation of a new group, the Coalition to End HIV, that aims to put the HIV/AIDS epidemic back on the front page of the state's policy agenda.
World of Difference
On his latest album, Houston Bernard is less shocking, still electrifying
Athletic Support
If Nick Ciaccio and Matt Ottaviani have their way, members of the LGBT community's largest local sports teams will be keeping the spirit of charity active throughout 2009. Ciaccio, special events chair for Beantown Softball League and Ottaviani, director of community affairs and outreach for Boston FLAG Flag Football, have teamed up to create the Throw Back Initiative, an ambitious effort to rally the organizations' memberships toward literally hundreds of volunteer opportunities over the next 12 months.
So Cool, It's Hot
Anthology by young authors reveals a generation where gay is good
Angels among us
Jason & deMarco is a pop singing duo that, by most superficial accounts, should be tailor made for heavy radio play and magazine photo shoots.
New study shows power of parental acceptance, rejection
A new study published this month in the journal <i>Pediatrics</i> shows how important the supportive reactions of parents like can be to the health of their LGBT children.
AG Coakley slaps civil rights injunction on homophobic neighbor from hell
Attorney General Martha Coakley's office obtained a civil rights injunction Jan. 6 against a Norwood woman for repeated anti-gay harassment of a gay neighbor who lives in the same apartment complex.
Advocates focus narrowly in new legislative session
In the midst of an economic crisis that will no doubt occupy much of the legislature's time, LGBT advocates have their sights set on two goals as the start of the new legislative session: to pass a transgender rights bill and to try to protect state funding for LGBT and HIV-related programs.
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