One suspect arraigned in Columbus Ave. gay bashing
Fabio Brandao, a 29-year-old Framingham man charged as one of the perpetrators in a vicious South End gay bashing, pled not guilty to multiple counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, and civil rights violations in Boston Municipal Court Sept. 2.
Running for his (political) life: Rough-and-tumble city politics color Sciortino campaign
Four years ago Carl Sciortino's defeat of Somerville Rep. Vincent Ciampa in the Democratic primary was viewed across the state as the most potent symbol of the power of the marriage equality movement in Massachusetts.
Ten years of gridiron gays
Ten years ago, Robert Saurer was fresh out of college and tossing a football around at home, wishing that he had a safe, comfortable environment where he could play football as an out gay man. On a whim, he placed an ad in <i>Bay Windows</i> looking to start a league for gay and gay-friendly football fans.
Transgender Emergency Fund kicks into gear
This month, the newly created Transgender Emergency Fund (TEF) will begin helping transgender and transsexual individuals pay their bills. After holding two fundraisers, TEF reached its original fundraising goal of $2500 and has begun accepting applications from individuals who are in need of financial help.
Barry Scott to appeal ruling on juror to SJC
Barry Scott, the openly gay Lost 45s DJ who was convicted last month of disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and violation of a noise ordinance while spinning at a private party in Provincetown last summer, told Bay Windows he will file an emergency appeal within the next week to the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) asking to be allowed to interview one of the jurors who decided his case.
Suspect in Boston anti-gay attack pleads not guilty
Fabio Brandao of Framingham pled not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and civil rights violations in Boston Municipal Court yesterday. The charges stem from his involvement in an apparent gay bashing in Boston's South End in the early morning hours of Aug. 24.
The happy homo hooker
In literature's roster of wonderful opening lines, Blue Blake may not be as pithy as Melville ("Call me Ishmael.") as evocative as du Maurier ("Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." or as quotable as Dickens ("It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." But for sheer memorability, it's hard to beat Blake's "Can somebody stop that bloody Doberman licking Caesar's balls?"
You better wok
We tend to think of drag queens in nightclubs and other exotic locales, not in the kitchen. Sure, drag queens know their cocktails, and they know how to hide the franks and beans. There's even a restaurant in New York staffed entirely by drag queen waitresses. Yet somehow, sequins and wigs don't call to mind home cooking. But the campy new cookbook, <I>Cooking Doesn't Have to be a Drag</I> (available online at www.cookingqueens.com,) shows that drag can be domestic too.
78 Evasions: The Urnash Tarot
The tarot, a deck of cards reputed to predict the future, is a staple of fortunetellers. With their mysterious origins, complex symbolism and association with mystics like The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley, the tarot represents antiquity and the arcane.
The gays of summer: How to enjoy summer's last gasp away from the usual LGBT tourist traps
Just because August is nearly gone doesn't mean it's too late for a summer vacation.
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