Boys in Heat
This scorching collection of erotica will make you forget all those other cookie-cutter anthologies faster than you can say, "fire in the hole."
Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction
Much has been written about the connections between creativity and madness but editor Sabrina Chapadjeive postulates (citing Syliva Plath, Anne Sexton and Virginia Woolf for starters) that female artists are particularly prone to self-destruction.
Pride scrolling
Stonewall Brawl turns the Stonewall Riots, the event that marks the birth of the modern gay rights movement, into an action packed video game in the mode of classic side-scrollers like Street Fighter.
The bliss-off
Peabody Essex panel addresses gay marriage and art
Bi personals site boots trans member
When Nick Teich created a free account on the online personals site BiDatingNow.com last week, he decided to disclose that he is transgender. Perhaps he shouldn't have.
BPD seeks cooperation of club owners in reducing crime
Detectives from the Boston Police Department's Community Disorders Unit (CDU) told a gathering of LGBT bar and club owners June 25 that there has been a steady rise in LGBT-related hate crime investigations in the city in the past four years, particularly in police districts D4, which covers the South End, Back Bay, Lower Roxbury and Fenway; and C11, which covers Dorchester.
Local testifies at first federal hearing on transgender rights
The House Committee on Education and Labor held the first congressional hearing on transgender rights June 26 as part of an effort by LGBT advocates and congressional allies to build support within Congress for a trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) bill. Boston's Diego Sanchez, director of public relations and external affairs for the AIDS Action Committee, testified at the hearing before the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions along with other supporters and opponents of transgender rights.
Marketing association honors MassEquality ad campaign
MassEquality has long been praised for its political muscle, but last month the New England Direct Marketing Association (NEDMA) honored the organization for its media savvy. NEDMA gave MassEquality's "It's Wrong to Vote on Rights" television campaign first prize in its broadcast media category at the organization's annual awards show, held June 11 at the Roxy in Boston.
Menino marks National HIV Testing Day
June 27 was National HIV Testing Day, and Mayor Menino did his part by getting himself tested at JRI Health in Downtown Boston, where he was joined by officials from the Boston Public Health Commission, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and representatives of several community health agencies. Menino joined dozens of mayors across the country in raising awareness about HIV screening as part of the fourth annual Mayors Campaign Against HIV.
Unsafe Schools Program?
Martha Swindler, the gay/straight alliance (GSA) advisor at Barnstable High School, said for many students at her school being out or visibly LGBT means being a moving target.
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