Lawmakers withdraw support for anti-gay proposal
A bill sponsored by the anti-gay group MassResistance to restrict discussion of LGBT issues in schools has lost the support of nearly half its co-sponsors after a campaign by the group KnowThyNeighbor.org and its supporters asking lawmakers to reject the bill. In an unexpected twist, some of the co-sponsors who withdrew told Bay Windows that their decision was not a change of heart; they claimed that they never agreed to co-sponsor the legislation in the first place, and they were uncertain how their name was added to the co-sponsor list to begin with.
Man attacked in Fens
A gay man cruising in the Fens May 27 was attacked by a group of about seven teenagers, who hit him with a wooden plank. The victim, who asked Bay Windows not to use his name, was not seriously injured, but he said he believes the young people came to the Fens with the intent of targeting the gay cruisers who frequent the area. According to the Boston Police incident report of the attack, at least one witness also claimed that the group of teenagers was targeting gay men.
Marriage fight casts shadow over historic Pride Interfaith Service
Stepping to the pulpit after the six-member Union United Methodist Church Men's Choir brought the hand-clapping congregation to its feet with a joyful rendition of the spiritual "I Love To Praise His Holy Name," Drayton Freeman, co-chair of the Boston Pride Interfaith Coalition offered an apology as people settled back onto the cushioned pews of the South End church. "I realize having an Episcopalian following that is probably lethal," said Freeman.
Sending a Message :: Black and gay in Boston
On June 8, the morning of the launch of JRI Health's new ad campaign drawing attention to the lives of gay men in Boston's black communities, JRI Health executive director Douglas Brooks got the chance to see the impact of the new campaign firsthand.
Boston Pride Wrapup :: We all had a ball at Boston City Hall
Lesbian librarians, leather queens and all those Unitarians. The Boston Pride parade just wouldn't be as smart, sexy or spiritual without the marchers who have populated the annual extravaganza for ages, and plenty of them took to the streets on June 9. Nonetheless, this year's Boston Pride offered up plenty of the new and different, from a new route that took marchers past the State House, to the first-ever participation of a sitting governor in the parade and a festival on City Hall Plaza.
Blogging the gay marriage vote at the Constitutional Convention :: Bay Windows is live at the State House
<b>1:45 p.m.</b><br>In front of the State House, it's noticeably warmer on the pro-marriage side of the street, where the crowd is tightly packed. The anti-marriage group is already dispersing. When news of the vote reached the crowd, the pro-marriage people began screaming and waving their hands in the air. Everywhere, people could be spotted crying and kissing each other.
100 turn out for Lowell vigil against hate crimes
More than 100 people turned out for a vigil June 7 at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Lowell to show unity in response to a violent attack on a transwoman June 1 that left the victim, Janine Nickola, with cuts on her arms and legs and part of her lip hanging from her face.
Family Pride to open Boston office
The Family Pride Coalition will move much of its operations up from Washington, D.C. to the Bay State next month, opening a new office in Boston July 2.
Get to the ConCon June 14!
If you need a reason to come out June 14 and rally at the State House for the constitutional convention, MassEquality campaign director Marc Solomon has your rallying cry.
State GOP Committee votes for motion directing Republican lawmakers to support marriage amendment
The Mass. Republican State Committee voted May 24 to instruct Party Chairman Peter Torkildsen to send a written request that Republican state legislators vote in favor of an anti-gay marriage amendment. Debate around the vote exposed a divide on the committee on the issue of civil marriage rights for same-sex couples
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