Out on CD
Check out three hot new musical pics this week! Amy Winehouse's American release of "Frank"; The Killers with "Sawdust"; and "The Moon Is Disgusting" by That 1 Guy
FBI: increase in hate crimes based on sexual orientation
As a bill to protect LGBT people from bias-motivated crimes stalls in the U.S. Senate, a new FBI report documents a rise in hate crimes based on sexual orientation in 2006.
Trans activists call for an end to violence
Reading aloud from a letter she had recently sent to her mother, who had kicked her out of their home when she came out as trans, a young woman from Minnesota captivated a crowd last weekend gathered to remember trans victims of violence.
It's a one-derful life
Every year when the temperature drops and snowfall threatens, Boston area theatergoers can count on certain shows to warm their hearts. You've got your pick of multiple versions of A Christmas Carol, a classic and contemporary version of The Nutcracker, and even the outrageous Gold Dust Orphans are reprising their holiday spooktacular Silent Night of the Lambs. This season, The Lyric Stage presents a new offering with the New England premiere of This Wonderful Life, Steve Murray's homage to It's A Wonderful Life.
SpeakOut to keep speaking
The board of directors of SpeakOut met Nov. 14 to consider a motion put forward by board co-chair Bernadette Smith to dissolve the organization, which was founded in 1972 as the Gay Speakers Bureau and purports to be the world's first LGBT speaker's bureau.
Trans activists call for an end to violence
Reading aloud from a letter she had recently sent to her mother, who had kicked her out of their home when she came out as trans, a young woman from Minnesota captivated a crowd last weekend gathered to remember trans victims of violence. "It's been a little over a year since I've been gone, but you probably don't care," said the transwoman, who identified herself as Synthia. Synthia was one of several speakers at the ninth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Nov. 18, an event celebrated by members of the transgender community and their allies around the world to commemorate the lives of transgender murder victims and to demand an end to the violence.
Talking about a revolution
I'm usually the one conducting the interview, but it's not far into my conversation with publishers Amanda and Joyce Cascio before they're trying to turn the tables on me. It figures; the partners, in business and in life, didn't get their new book Dragonfly Stories from concept to launch in four months by beating around the bush.
Drood looks like a lady
After singing in a host of Sondheim musicals, playing a gloriously eccentric society matron in Souvenir, and tearing into the iconic Mama Rose in Gypsy, what becomes a leading lady most?
Board to vote on dissolving SpeakOut
SpeakOut, which bills itself as the nation's first LGBT speaker's bureau, may soon be closing its doors. The board of directors was scheduled to meet the evening of Nov. 14, after Bay Windows went to press, and one of the items scheduled for a vote was a motion to dissolve the organization.
The big feast
After a three-year absence one of Boston's signature events for people living with HIV/AIDS, the Boston Living Center's Celebration of Life Thanksgiving Dinner, returns this month to the Hynes Convention Center.
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