Groups encourage black LGBT political leadership
The dearth of openly gay African American elected officials has led the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute (GLLI) - the educational and research arm of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund - to partner with the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) in an effort to boost the numbers of gay black political leaders.
GLBT domestic violence orgs. to give training
The GLBT Domestic Violence Coalition (GLBTDVC) on March 11 will present a day-long training on the Intimate Partner Screening Tool, a method to assist service providers in properly determining who is the perpetrator and who is the victim in a GLBT domestic violence situation. The training will take place at Northeastern University's Curry Student Center from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contrada warns of trans apocalypse
Given that members of the anti-gay group MassResistance have used public forums to accuse gay people of recruiting children for sex and to claim that the Nazis were gay, it's no surprise that the group's blogger, Amy Contrada, has some colorful things to say about House Bill 1722, the transgender rights bill. For the past week Contrada has been unveiling chapters in what purports to be a 75-page report on the dangers of the bill.
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.
Advocates, opponents of trans rights bill to have their say on Beacon Hill
Brace yourselves. If opponents of transgender rights have their way, the discussion at a March 4 hearing on the transgender rights bill, House Bill 1722, will be derailed in favor of dredging up age-old arguments about who gets to use which bathroom.
A new chapter in Union's good book
For the first time in its nearly 200-year history, Union United Methodist Church will have a woman pastor. The Rev. LaTrelle Miller Easterling was introduced as the Columbus Avenue church's new pastor at its weekly worship service on Feb. 17.
Resurrection
Why do physicists say time travel is impossible? It's downright easy to go back to the 1980s these days, at least musically. Swiss supergroup-in-the-making Kamera are the latest heirs to the flux capacitor, and their sophomore album is a jaunt back to the days of skinny ties, spiky hair and walls of synthesizers.
Raya Yarbrough performs debut album
You'll find this disc in the jazz section, as good a categorization as any for this quixotic album. Yarbrough has a jazz singer's precise phrasing and rhythm and the album's many moods call to mind a tight band doing playful improvisations through a variety of styles.
A Twist in My Story
You know how sometimes an unremarkable Top 40 song has a moment when the chorus soars and the guitars go into overdrive and cheese is briefly transformed into something good?
All These Brilliant Things
With my desk always buried in CDs of dull dance music (I'm looking at you, Colton Ford) it's nice to get a reminder that the queers can rock out too. Ariel Aparicio isn't exactly the Great Cubano Hope of rock n' roll, but he's not too shabby either, and this album is a lot of fun.
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