Rafanelli adds a dash of gay to bipartisan inaugural events
President Barack Obama's inaugural committee hired Boston's own Bryan Rafanelli to plan three simultaneous bipartisan dinners the evening before Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration to honor Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. John McCain and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
History's first draft: Two African American gay men reflect on inauguration
Just a few hours after Barack Hussein Obama became the first black man in U.S. history to take the presidential oath of office, <i>Bay Windows</i> caught up by phone with two local men, Douglas Brooks, the executive director of JRI Health, and David Wilson, the board president of MassEquality and a plaintiff in the <i>Goodridge</i> marriage lawsuit, both of who attended the inaugural festivities in Washington, D.C
In Brief: making gay money off of Rick Warren, Maine gets marriage bill
For those LGBT people vexed at the thought of having to watch anti-gay Pastor Rick Warren deliver the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration, Boston LGBT activist Chris Mason has a solution.
World of Difference
On his latest album, Houston Bernard is less shocking, still electrifying
MTPC town hall meeting addresses status, strategy for passing trans rights bill
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) held its annual town hall meeting Jan. 13 at the Community Church of Boston, and the centerpiece of the agenda was the transgender rights bill, formally known as "An Act Relative to Gender-Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes."
Our long national nightmare is over
To ensure that Bush's legacy on LGBT rights remains spin-proof, here's a rundown of his administration's work over the last eight years.
Unwilling to be left out in the cold
More than 200 people braved bone-chilling cold on an ice encrusted City Hall Plaza Jan. 10 to call on President-elect Barack Obama to keep his campaign promises to the LGBT community to repeal DOMA and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and to pass a trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) when he takes office.
New coalition aims to make ending HIV/AIDS epidemic a top priority in Mass.
As HIV/AIDS advocates prepare for a potentially bruising budget cycle they have announced the formation of a new group, the Coalition to End HIV, that aims to put the HIV/AIDS epidemic back on the front page of the state's policy agenda.
Athletic Support
If Nick Ciaccio and Matt Ottaviani have their way, members of the LGBT community's largest local sports teams will be keeping the spirit of charity active throughout 2009. Ciaccio, special events chair for Beantown Softball League and Ottaviani, director of community affairs and outreach for Boston FLAG Flag Football, have teamed up to create the Throw Back Initiative, an ambitious effort to rally the organizations' memberships toward literally hundreds of volunteer opportunities over the next 12 months.
So Cool, It's Hot
Anthology by young authors reveals a generation where gay is good
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