Boston's 2nd annual Queer Women of Color Week kicks off Sunday August 2
The second annual Queer Women of Color (QWOC) Week begins Sunday August 2 with QWOC+ Boston's Uni-T Dance and Boat Cruise.
Where is Bryce?
Travis Swanson hasn't heard from his boyfriend Bryce Faulkner for more than a month. In a July 23 interview with Fox News, Swanson said the 23-year-old Arkansas native sent him a text message in late June saying that his parents wanted to take him to "a place in Pensacola" to cure him of his homosexuality. Swanson, who lives in Wisconsin, alleges the news came after Faulkner's mother discovered e-mails between the men. Since then, Swanson hasn't heard from Faulkner. None of his friends have. They suspect that his parents enrolled the pre-med student in an offshoot of the Exodus International program, the world's largest ex-gay ministry.
Gender police at the gym
During the Beacon Hill Judiciary Committee hearing July 14 on the transgender rights bill, a group of representatives of the gym and health club industry testified that such a bill would hurt their businesses by allowing people to use locker room and bathroom facilities based on their gender identity or expression, rather than on their biological sex.
Local org makes the case for the Gay Games to come to Boston
Grassroots organization Boston 2014 will be hosting a kick-off rally celebrating the city's bid to host the 2014 Gay Games. The rally will take place on August 6 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at The Estate nightclub, and it will give Bostonians a chance to meet with representatives from the Federation of Gay Games and make the case for Beantown as the Games' 2014 host cityGrassroots organization Boston 2014 will be hosting a kick-off rally celebrating the city's bid to host the 2014 Gay Games. The rally will take place on August 6 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at The Estate nightclub, and it will give Bostonians a chance to meet with representatives from the Federation of Gay Games and make the case for Beantown as the Games' 2014 host city
Newly appointed president of Kennedy Institute for the Senate pledges support for LGBT community
Peter Meade, the newly appointed president of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, has pledged to continue the senator's legacy of support for the LGBT community in his new role. The Institute, which is slated to be built across from the John F. Kennedy Library on the UMass Boston campus, will commemorate Kennedy's more than four decades of service in the Senate, and it will also work to foster civic education among the general public. Meade said among the many areas of Kennedy's legacy that will be honored by the Institute is his long commitment to LGBT rights.
Maine campaign heats up
With the prospect of a November referendum on same-sex marriage in Maine all but certain, pro-equality advocates are gearing up for a bruising battle to preserve the state's marriage equality bill, signed by Gov. John Baldacci in May.
Fenway and the MAC launch study on black gay men and HIV
Fenway Health study focuses on sexual health of black gay and bi men.
Back to Beacon Hill
Hearing on trans-inclusive bill to begin next week on Beacon Hill
Massachusetts takes on DOMA
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley files lawsuit challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act
Budget for fiscal year leaves funding for LGBT programs in doubt
On June 29 Gov. Deval Patrick signed the budget for the state's Fiscal year 2010, which began this month, but how much funding will go towards the state's LGBT-related programs remains in question.
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