New state police LGBT liaison named
Massachusetts State Police Lt. Barbara Bennett recalls her initial response to Sgt. Lorraine Cambria's suggestion that Bennett apply to succeed her as the State Police Liaison to the LGBT Community: "I'm not a parade-marcher."
Couple in dispute with Somerville police agree to continuance
Rebecca Knobel and Catherine Courtemanche, both of Nashua, N.H., agreed to a continuance without finding in Somerville District Court Aug. 14 regarding the criminal charges against them for disorderly conduct and, in Knobel's case, resisting arrest.
BPHC defends controversial condom billboard
The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) defended its "Are you using?" public awareness campaign, which featured billboards and MBTA ads promoting condom use to prevent the spread of HIV, against charges by a Dorchester Catholic school that the placement of one of the billboards near the school was inappropriate.
Presidential contenders get their gay on in Boston
First, an example of the hazard of hosting a political event in a bar smack dab in the middle of summer: As the Logo - Human Rights Campaign (HRC) televised presidential forum wrapped up on Thursday night, over at Club Caf?, a bearded guy clad in a blue Izod shirt, shorts and clutching an Amstel Light leaned over and asked a female patron with shoulder-length blonde hair and wearing an orange T-shirt, "Is this a bar or a political event? I don't get it." The woman, somewhat tersely, responded that that the crowd had been watching a presidential forum devoted to LGBT issues. "Is it over?" asked Blue Izod. "Yes," replied the woman. "Oh, thank God," he said.
Prime Timers mark 20 years
Twenty years ago retired professor Woody Baldwin, then 67 years old and living in Reading, placed an ad in Gay Community News looking for other mature gay men interested in forming a social club and support group. The standing-room-only crowd that gathered at that first meeting exceeding all of his expectations.
P'town manager asks DA to investigate arrest
Provincetown Town Manager Sharon Lynn has requested that the Barnstable County District Attorney's office investigate the behavior of Provincetown police officers when arresting DJ Barry Scott on July 14.
Get Drunk and Vote at Revive Thursdays
Six of the eight Democratic presidential contenders for 2008 will be participating in a forum tonight - and it will be screened live at Club Cafe for "Revive Thursdays." We're in the spirit, so here's a drinking game to play while the debate rages.
Candidates court LGBT celebs
In the run-up to the Aug. 9 LGBT-themed Democratic presidential debate on Logo, the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama made their latest play for the LGBT vote, announcing high-profile gay endorsements last week, The Clinton campaign won the support of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), while Obama picked up the support of New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson.
Cambridge senate race heating up
When it comes to support for LGBT issues, the winner of the special election to succeed former state senator Jarrett Barrios, who vacated his Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex District seat in July, will have big shoes to fill. So who among the candidates is best suited to the task?
Tussle over tax deduction continues
A psychiatrist testifying as an expert witness for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) questioned the judgment of his colleagues who recommended sex-reassignment surgery for Rhiannon O'Donnabhain, who is suing the IRS for the right to deduct the cost of the surgery from her taxes. But one of O'Donnabhain's lawyers, Bennett Klein of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), questioned the psychiatrist's qualifications to determine O'Donnabhain's treatment needs, as U.S. Tax Court Judge Joseph H. Gale heard a third day of testimony in the case on July 26.
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