With 'I Stand', Idina Menzel relishes return to the stage
Broadway babe Idina Menzel is putting her pipes to work in the service of her own material, having penned nine of the ten tracks on her first full-length CD, <italic>I Stand</italic>, a lush collection of pop tunes about love, loss and transformation that give an intimate glimpse into Menzel's inner workings.
You better rock
Not many networks change their sexual orientation, especially as flamboyantly as Bravo. Once a home for documentaries and the performing arts, the cable channel got bi-curious after the turn of the century. Just a few short years later, Bravo was the gayest thing this side of Logo, thanks to programming like <I>Queer Eye, Workout, Project Runway</i>, and a new Kathy Griffin comedy special every full moon.
Beantown Softball readies for 2008 season
Dust off those cleats, grease up your mitt with a little Glove Loogie and break out the Ben-Gay. The Beantown Softball League (BSL) will host its annual clinic day April 5 at Smith Field in Allston at noon. It's the open registration for new players looking to join the Beantown Softball League, an organization that welcomes LGBT and straight men and women onto the softball diamond.
On the Hunt :: Manhunt.net leads the Gay Wide Web
For most gay men the name Manhunt.net conjures images of late night hookups and pages upon pages of profiles of hot (and not so hot) naked men. Since its launch seven years ago the company has extended its steamy, sweaty grasp from Boston across the country to become one of the largest gay websites in the United States. In the last few years it has gone international, helping men hook up in Mexico, South America, the U.K., Western Europe and Australia, among other far-flung locales.
Dyke Night at Toast is toast
Dyke Night at Toast Lounge, to which lesbians and their friends have flocked for dancing and drinks every Friday since 2005 - a lifetime in lesbian club years - is coming to an end on April 25.
Pride goes green
This week the committee announced the theme for this year's parade, "Sustaining our community, conserving our world," and the more green-oriented theme will likely win over the critics. It has already drawn praise from the bloggers at QueerToday.com, among the most vocal critics of the 2007 theme.
School's out - still
Despite nearly two decades of existence, the annual Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Boston conference is still charting new territory in the effort to make schools safer for LGBT people. While high school gay/straight alliances (GSAs) are much more common than they were when the conference first launched, middle school GSAs are still relatively rare. But during an afternoon workshop at this year's conference at Jamaica Plain's English High School on March 29, Lane Levine, the student organizing associate for the national GLSEN office in New York, talked with a group of current and former students, teachers and parents about how to start a GSA in a middle school.
This bowling league has balls - and boobs!
The Monday Night Bowling League, an LGBT candlepin league, is staging its 23rd annual HIV/AIDS benefit show and raffle, which features drag performances by league members, at Mass. College of Art's Tower Auditorium on April 6.
Cambridge honors Simmons, women in politics
Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons officially took the oath of office in January, but in honor of National Women's History Month the People's Republic decided to have a do-over March 26.
To Protect and Serve
I don't know if it's the actual sex scenes that are the most important element in lesbian erotica, or the never-ending microanalysis of the tempestuous emotional states of the lead characters.
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