Eastern NE News

May 27, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Rhode Island’s 35th annual Pride celebration in Providence on Saturday, June 18 will feature disco superstar Thelma Houston…

May 13, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter “This looks like the high school prom I always wanted to attend,” said comedian and mistress of ceremonies…

May 3, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Providence, RI – Supporters of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island vow to keep fighting for full marriage equality…

By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter May 13, 2011 Timing is every thing. And this year’s gathering of gay lawyers came at the end of a historic…

By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter May 2, 2011 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence has come out in opposition to civil unions; just days after House…

May 5, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Wilfred Labiosa has been named as the new Executive Director of CASPAR, a non-profit organization based in Somerville….

By: Chuck Clbert/TRT Reporter April 28, 2011 If a majority of eight members on the Massachusetts Governor’s Council approve her nomination to the Supreme Judicial…

By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter April 28, 2011 House Speaker Gordon Fox (D-Providence) stunned members of the LGBT community on Wednesday when he announced his support…

By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter April 27, 2011 Kathy Kushnir, the Executive Director of Marriage Equality Rhode Island (MERI) has resigned. The board accepted her resignation…

April 14, 2011 By Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter The creative black-tie gala of dinner and dancing sold out three days in advance. By Saturday evening, April…

March 27, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter United States Senator John Kerry (D-MA) is the co-sponsor of legislation to combat the frequent harassment of students…

April 7, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Tom Bertrand has been named as the new Executive Director of AIDS Project Rhode Island. Bertrand fills the…

April 7, 2011 By: Tynan Power/TRT Reporter Over forty people gathered in Cambridge this March to begin charting a course towards a state-wide gay straight…

April 7, 2011 By: Chuck Colber/TRT Reporter Catholic advocates for LGBT rights got a boost with the release of a new report showing the faithful…

April 6, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter A historic report on LGBT health was released on late last week. The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,…

**Update on Cipollini’s negative comments regarding Gov. Patrick’s former judge’s nominations** April 6, 2011 By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief BOSTON–Governor Deval Patrick’s nomination of openly gay Massachusetts…

April 4, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT ReporterRhode Island State Rep. Dan Gordon (R-Portsmouth-Tiverton) recently made derogatory comments about a Gay-Straight Alliance at Tiverton High School….

March 20, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter BOSTON – One in four LGBT persons experience domestic violence, according to research conducted by a non-profit organization,…

March 22, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Felix Arroyo, a Boston City Councilor, did not participate in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on March…

March 14, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter The members of the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee listened to testimony from supporters and opponents of same-sex…

March 3, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter In a surprising and significant legal turnaround, President Obama has determined that part of the Defense of Marriage…

March 3, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter The headline for a recent public forum was as provocative as it was unsettling. Even the event’s keynote…

March 3, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Dr. Kenneth H. Mayer will be honored by Fenway Health with this year’s Congressman Gerry E. Studds Award,…