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.
Me2
Until the most recent movie version, each iteration of <I>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</i> has been tailored to the up-to-the-minute fears of its generation. This eerie novel goes where the Nicole Kidman vehicle should have, drawing on conspiracy theories, urban anomie, identity theft and consumerism to create a subtle horror tale about erosion of the self.
Reheating the Cold War
Identities in transition at the Bernard Toale Gallery
Advocates optimistic about trans bill's fate, history says otherwise
Students of the state legislature know that when lawmakers want to kill a bill without taking a vote on its merits, they vote to send it to a committee for further study. Exhibit A? Gov. Deval Patrick's casino gambling bill.
LGBT safe zone: GLSEN conference comes to English High
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) of Boston brings its 18th annual conference to the English High School in Jamaica Plain March 29.
MassEquality expands board
MassEquality added five new members to its board of directors this month, bringing the total number of board members up to 15.
No charges for McGee in alleged assault
Carl Stanley McGee, assistant secretary for policy and planning in Gov. Deval Patrick's administration, is in the clear. The state attorney's office in Lee County, Florida, has decided not to press charges against McGee for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
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