Taking educators to school
Wakefield High School was a war zone for Diane Difraia. She preferred sweats and t-shirts to hip-huggers and girly tops. On the athletic field she was so aggressive her coaches told her to play with the boys. In tenth grade Difraia came out as a lesbian to her family and close friends, but asked that they keep it a secret.
(No) Money changes everything
To the average American the news about the U.S. economy looks bleak: the housing market is in shambles over the sub-prime mortgage crisis, gas prices across the country are reaching record highs (more than $3.50 per gallon in Massachusetts), and economists say that the economy is in a recession, despite protests to the contrary from Pres. Bush.
Bayard Rustin breakfast breaks new ground
The 19th annual Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast, an event to mark the contributions of LGBT people of color in fighting against the AIDS epidemic, breaks new ground this year. Diego Sanchez, director of public relations and external affairs for AIDS Action Committee, will be the first transgender person to keynote the event, which takes place May 3 at the John F. Kennedy Library.
LGBT funding increased
LGBT advocates and their allies on Beacon Hill made some modest gains this week during House debates on the next fiscal year's budget.
Youth commission to honor Boston Pride, PFLAG leaders
The Friends of LGBT youth will honor Boston Pride Committee President Linda DeMarco and Greater Boston PFLAG Executive Director Pam Garramone at this year's Sunset Soiree at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge on May 8.
Women displaced by blaze feel LGBT community's love
After an April 11 fire at the Jefferson Village apartments in Framingham left them temporarily homeless, two longtime lesbian activists, Laverne Saunders and Judah Dorrington, have received an outpouring of support from the LGBT community.
Gay film fest still fab
The annual tradition of the Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts is always accompanied by the annual tradition of queer film buffs grousing about the Festival selections.
Hot for teacher
Although it's set in a small town in Northern England in the 1980s, Alan Bennett's play <I>The History Boys</i> has plenty of relevance here in the land of MCAS and hockey team orgies.
Artadia opens at Mills Gallery
While the question may still be up for debate - has the visual arts scene of South End or even the city arrived yet? - Artadia's Boston 2007 exhibition opening at the Boston Center for the Arts' Mills Gallery on April 18 makes a good case that it has.
French kissing in the USA
Take a romantic trip to Paris - or rather, Hollywood's memory of Paris - in the play with music <I>Paris by Night</i>, making its world premiere this weekend at Trinity Rep
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