With Chang-Diaz's nomination official, Wilkerson loses key LGBT support
Last month state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson's re-election effort was one of the top priorities for Bay State LGBT advocates, but with her defeat in the Sept. 16 Democratic primary and her decision to run for her Second Suffolk district Senate seat as a sticker candidate in November she has lost one major LGBT endorsement, and several other endorsements are still up in the air.
Mousetraps
Meet the Judy Blume of the post-Columbine generation and her charming protagonist, Maxie. High school is tough for Maxie for all the usual reasons; not to mention that she's overshadowed by her athletic best friend and her over-achieving cousin, Sean, who's already taking college classes and is secretly dating the school's star football player.
Don't Call Me a Drama Queen!
You've got to love the audacity of the title of this book, which is most definitely not a guide to handling disrespectful people. Rather, it's a reality check for the thin-skinned, or as Mandel describes it, "a guide for the overly sensitive ... who need to learn to lighten up and go with the flow."
The Nude Male
In his forward to this gorgeous collection of male nudes, Leddick says that male nudity in art has now moved from idealization and objectification to actual portraiture.
A 'Backstage Pass' with sass and ass
For going on two decades, one of New York's hottest tickets has been <I>Broadway Bares</i>, a raucous and often raunchy cabaret that raises money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The town's top talent, from the humblest of chorus boys and girls to above-the-title names like Alan Cumming, Bebe Neuwirth, Andrea Martin and David Hyde-Pierce, come together to raise awareness about HIV, and to raise money for people in the entertainment industry living with HIV.
Gay author dismissed from duties at St. Anthony Shrine
This summer Scott Pomfret released a memoir, <i>Since My Last Confession</i>, about reconciling his gay and Catholic identities as a parishioner at Boston's St. Anthony Shrine. Last week the friars at the shrine told him that he was no longer welcome to serve as a lector or in any of his other volunteer capacities with the church.
"Not-So-Straight Talk Express" heading from Mass. to Ohio
Most Bay Staters lament Massachusetts' relative insignificance in presidential politics, but a pair of local LGBT political power players aren't content to just sit on the sidelines and hope for the best come November. Marc Solomon, executive director of MassEquality, and state Rep. Carl Sciortino have partnered with LGBT activists in Ohio to charter buses full of LGBT volunteers for Barack Obama to the battleground Buckeye State next month.
ClubCaf?: 25 Years
Club Caf?'s back room was buzzing on the evening of Sept. 22, as about 25 people loaded up plates at the pasta buffet and sat chatting at tables throughout the room for the Poz Pasta Night, the kickoff event for Club Caf?'s 25th anniversary week.
Unique gathering for LGBT grandparents in November
Inspired by the Senior Pride Coalition, a group of LGBT elders and elder organizations who marched in the Boston Pride last June, Stonewall Communities Lifelong Learning Institute at Wheelock College will be organizing what seems to be New England's first gathering of LGBT grandparents.
Wilkerson rallies troops for uphill sticker campaign, LGBT support up in the air
State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, who lost the Democratic primary Sept. 16 by a one-percent margin to challenger Sonia Chang-D?az, announced plans to run a sticker campaign to retain her Second Suffolk District seat in November at a community forum at the Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Dorchester on Sept. 23.
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