Chic Ironic Bitterness
In the wake of the destruction of the World Trade Center, pundits heralded the end of the "Age of Irony," claiming that the tragedy would awaken America into a new seriousness.
Somerville Police decline to press hate crimes charges
The Somerville Police Department announced Jan. 15 that it will not pursue hate crimes charges against Richard Malloy, a Methuen man who a group of lesbians claim followed them to a friend's apartment in Somerville last November, shouted homophobic slurs at them and assaulted them. In a statement the department said that after an investigation, detectives determined that there was no evidence to find probable cause to charge Malloy with a civil rights violation.
Trans bill briefing draws a crowd
About 40 people, a mix of lawmakers, aides and LGBT advocates, turned out at the State House Jan. 16 for a legislative briefing on House Bill 1722, which would update the state's non-discrimination and hate crimes laws to make them transgender-inclusive.
<i>Pilot</i> columnist takes aim at LGBT youth programs
The Jan. 4 edition of the Archdiocese's official newspaper, <i>The Pilot</i>, features a column by Dale O'Leary attacking LGBT youth programs and warning parents of the dangers of their youth getting involved with homosexuality and transsexuality.
New trans legal clinic kicks off Jan. 16
Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, will speak at the kick-off event of a new Boston-based legal clinic for low-income transgenders.
Relationship recognition in New England
An overview of how the six New England States have legalized - or not - a spectrum of coupling models.
She's still here
Jennifer Finney Boylan's new memoir, <i>I'm Looking Through You</i>, is a bit of a departure from her 2003 memoir <i>She's Not There</i>. While the latter book catapulted her to the top of the best sellers list and onto the <i>Oprah</i> show with her comic, intimate account of her transition from male to female, the new book takes a turn for the supernatural, recounting her experience growing up in a suburban house in Philadelphia that, according to local legend, was haunted.
28th First Event to take place Jan. 16-20
Long Island activist Juli Owens, keynote speaker for the 28th annual First Event conference, said she plans to talk about the choices that transgender people are forced to make to balance their transgender identity and the need to survive in an often hostile world.
Crossing the border
With New Hampshire joining the ranks of the civil union states this year, same-sex couples can now obtain all of the legal state benefits of marriage in four of the six New England states, either through civil unions in New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut or through marriage in Massachusetts. But what happens when you cross state lines?
Guilty
You get cool points for coming out of the Francophone closet, but only geek points for being a fan of Japanese pop. What can I say? I love the simple pleasures of bubblegum pop but get annoyed at the brain-dead lyrics. Since I don't speak a word of Japanese, J-pop is the answer.
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