Transgender Emergency Fund kicks into gear
This month, the newly created Transgender Emergency Fund (TEF) will begin helping transgender and transsexual individuals pay their bills. After holding two fundraisers, TEF reached its original fundraising goal of $2500 and has begun accepting applications from individuals who are in need of financial help.
Barry Scott to appeal ruling on juror to SJC
Barry Scott, the openly gay Lost 45s DJ who was convicted last month of disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and violation of a noise ordinance while spinning at a private party in Provincetown last summer, told Bay Windows he will file an emergency appeal within the next week to the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) asking to be allowed to interview one of the jurors who decided his case.
Suspect in Boston anti-gay attack pleads not guilty
Fabio Brandao of Framingham pled not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and civil rights violations in Boston Municipal Court yesterday. The charges stem from his involvement in an apparent gay bashing in Boston's South End in the early morning hours of Aug. 24.
The happy homo hooker
In literature's roster of wonderful opening lines, Blue Blake may not be as pithy as Melville ("Call me Ishmael.") as evocative as du Maurier ("Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." or as quotable as Dickens ("It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." But for sheer memorability, it's hard to beat Blake's "Can somebody stop that bloody Doberman licking Caesar's balls?"
You better wok
We tend to think of drag queens in nightclubs and other exotic locales, not in the kitchen. Sure, drag queens know their cocktails, and they know how to hide the franks and beans. There's even a restaurant in New York staffed entirely by drag queen waitresses. Yet somehow, sequins and wigs don't call to mind home cooking. But the campy new cookbook, <I>Cooking Doesn't Have to be a Drag</I> (available online at www.cookingqueens.com,) shows that drag can be domestic too.
78 Evasions: The Urnash Tarot
The tarot, a deck of cards reputed to predict the future, is a staple of fortunetellers. With their mysterious origins, complex symbolism and association with mystics like The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley, the tarot represents antiquity and the arcane.
The gays of summer: How to enjoy summer's last gasp away from the usual LGBT tourist traps
Just because August is nearly gone doesn't mean it's too late for a summer vacation.
AIDS Project Worcester marks 20 years of helping those with HIV/AIDS
Francine Coleman is 56 and has been living with HIV for 21 years. While she thanks God every day that her condition hasn't progressed to an AIDS diagnosis, she attributes both her health and happiness to AIDS Project Worcester (APW), an organization that has given her a network of incredible support throughout her struggle with HIV.
Coakley gives okay to 1913 law referendum
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has approved a referendum petition on the recently repealed 1913 law, which prevented most out-of-state same-sex couples from getting married in Massachusetts. The repeal, which was signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick on July 31, is being challenged by well-known anti-gay advocacy group MassResistance, headed by Brian Camenker of Newton.
Michelle Obama drops in on LGBT Caucus
DENVER, Wednesday - On the heels of a riveting keynote address to the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama's wife Michelle spoke to a luncheon of LGBT delegates Tuesday, telling them that "discrimination has no place in a nation founded on equality."
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