Wholesale comedy with Michele Balan
Just like the rest of us, some comics are introverts and some are extroverts. It took about five seconds on the phone to determine that Michele Balan is an extrovert. She talks about her appearance at Club Cafe tonight!
John Kelly brings Joni Mitchell to "Out on the Edge"
Think of famous women who've inspired gay men to imitate them, and you think of the Holy Trinity: Barbra, Judy and Cher. Think again and you might come up with some classic Hollywood dames like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, or contemporary ladies like Madonna or Celine Dion. Basically, any woman with a big presence and big reputation is fodder for female impersonation. The gentle, idiosyncratic musician Joni Mitchell, despite her huge influence on popular music, doesn't seem to fit the bill for a drag show.
Project Bread donates to HIV/AIDS orgs
The anti-hunger organization Project Bread announced Oct. 25 that it had distributed more than $800,000 to 116 emergency food programs in the Metro Boston area, and three of those programs work to provide meals to people who are homebound due to HIV/AIDS. Project Bread distributed $15,000 to Community Servings, $8500 to the AIDS Action Committee and $5000 to Youth on Fire, a program of Cambridge Cares About AIDS.
Worcester panel explores intersection of marriage and race
The black community's "don't ask, don't tell policy" toward homosexuality, as one black gay man who attended a panel discussion on marriage equality and race described it, is just one of the barriers to a better understanding of the marriage issue in the black community - and the LGBT community in general.
Most of the Mass delegation to support ENDA with or without Baldwin amendment
If the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) does come up for a vote on the House floor, most members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation have pledged to support it whether or not it includes an amendment to ban discrimination based on gender identity as well as sexual orientation.
LGBT public backs MassEquality
An online survey of MassEquality members shows that there is strong support for keeping the grassroots organization going -- even though marriage equality has been secured in Massachusetts.
Larry Cirignano reaches out to the gays
News of an upcoming Phelps protest prompted former Catholic Citizenship president Larry Cirignano, who was recently acquitted of assault and battery charges, to reach out to gay activist Tom Lang of the group KnowThyNeighbor to try to draft a joint letter from LGBT groups, MassResistance and religious conservatives asking Phelps not to come to Massachusetts.
Director Tim Sullivan on Gay Horror and "Driftwood"
Some people have childhood stories about dressing up in their parent's clothes. But Tim Sullivan was probably covering himself in ketchup and trying to knock down chandeliers. He talks about 'Driftwood"... and why we don't see more gay themes in horror films.
Sheryl Swoopes Asked :: "How Gay is the WNBA?"
About 15 minutes into her onstage interview with WNBA superstar Sheryl Swoopes at Provincetown's Unitarian Universalist Meeting House on Oct. 13, comedian Vickie Shaw cut to the chase: "How gay is the WNBA?" Shaw asked, abruptly changing the subject of her previous question about who inspires Swoopes (her mother) and causing the 200 or so ladies in the pews to erupt in laughter and applause.
Youth tell state commissioners what it's like to be gay in Central Mass
The Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth gathered in Worcester Oct. 22 for the second in a series of regional meetings across the state, and they heard from high school students firsthand about the challenges they face as LGBT young people. During a meeting at Worcester Technical High School with students from that school's gay/straight alliance (GSA), as well as three students who traveled to the meeting from Milford, which is located about a half-hour southeast of Worcester, the commission asked them what problems they face and what support they have found in their school, at home and in other areas of their life.
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