Andrew Rannells On The New Normal, Anti-Gay controversy & Comparisons to Modern Family
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– Another modern family is moving into prime time: Ryan Murphy’s The New Normal, premiering this fall on NBC, casts Andrew…
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Woven Voices: A New Creative Writing Group for HIV+ Long Term Survivors
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Woven Voices is a new Creative Writing Group at Fenway Health directed by artist and AIDS long-term survivor Cletus Warren. The program…
Transgender Activist to Give Keynote at HBGC’s LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Conference
BOSTON, Mass. — Janet Mock, People.com Staff Editor and nationally-renown transgender activist, will give the keynote address at the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition’s 2012 LGBTQ Youth Empowerment…
Screen Queen: Hunger Games, Romy and Michele, Weekend, Jaws, Revenge
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Weekend In an interview with Andrew Haigh on the Criterion Collection release of his second feature film, Weekend, the director…
Adoption & Foster Care Mentoring E.D. Named a National “Angels in Adoption™”
BOSTON, August 23, 2012—Adoption & Foster Care Mentoring announces today that Executive Director Colby Swettberg has been selected as a member of the 2012 class…
Frenchie Speaks Out About her Sexuality & Upcoming Album
By: Chris Azzopardi/Special for TRT– Everything happens for a reason in the life of Frenchie Davis. Ten years after getting disqualified from American Idol for…
HRC Calls the Family Research Council a Hate Group Because It Is One
Washington Post publishes Chad Griffin op-ed expressing condemnation for shooting, detailing FRC’s history of hateful rhetoric Washington – Today the Washington Post published an op-ed column by HRC President…
AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts’ 16th Annual AIDS Walk/5k Run & Festival
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts (AFWM) is proud to announce that the 16th Annual AIDS Walk of Western Massachusetts & 5K…
Taste of Provincetown Celebrity Chef: Chef Alex Sáenz, Ten Tables Restaurant & Bar Chef
Release by MassEquality– PROVINCETOWN, Mass — Chef Alex Sáenz, born and raised on South Carolina backyard barbeques and his mother’s savory cooking, has worked at…
“Stories From Home: Letters From Military Families to Congress”
Washington, DC – Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and OutServe, the association of actively serving LGBT service members, launched a new online campaign today spotlighting the…
American Idol Jordin Sparks: Talks Acting Debut & How ‘Whitney Loved her Gays’
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Whitney Houston’s starring role – the last before her tragic death earlier this year – isn’t the only reason Sparkle…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Gaga, Hedwig, Kimberly Peirce, Dustin Lance Black
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special for TRT– Gaga carries a big Machete Inspiring as her acting was in the long-form “Telephone” video (you know you watched…
AIDS Project RI’s 27th Annual AIDS Walk for Life Looking for Walkers
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — AIDS Project Rhode Island wants young people to grow up healthy and AIDS free. They’re looking for walkers for the 27th annual…
To Cook is to Love: A Foodie’s Journal & Jurassic Park Café
Food, politics and the 2012 elections By: John Verlinden/TRT Food Columnist– Remember Jurassic Park, the best-seller and blockbuster movie? It was a cautionary tale about…
Mister Sister Wins Award: Erotica For and By the LGBT Community
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– PROVIDENCE, RI — Mister Sister, a Providence-based Erotica retail store has run the gamut in 2012. In January of this year,…
MA Transgender Athlete Makes Strides Toward Equality in Olympics
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter– A decade after beginning his career in the hammer throw, Keelin Godsey attempted to become the first openly transgender athlete to…
Out of Town: Yellowstone, Cody, Bozeman, and Jackson Hole
By: Andrew Collins*/Special for TRT– Yellowstone, Cody, Bozeman, and Jackson Hole Established as America’s first national park in 1872, Yellowstone has bewitched human visitors for…
Eva Simons: Pop Star Talks Gay Influences, Doing NYC Pride, More
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– It’s hard to talk about Eva Simons without mentioning her hair. That towering mohawk is as big as her voice,…
Dance Prodigy Travis Wall On New Series, 1st Big Movie & Trials for Gay Dancers
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– So he thought he could dance, and he can, but Travis Wall didn’t stop there. Now, the 24-year-old has his…
Reverend Irene Monroe to Receive GLAD’s 2012 Spirit of Justice Award
Reverend Irene Monroe — nationally renowned African American lesbian activist, scholar and public theologian — will receive this year’s Spirit of Justice Award from Gay…
Gay Bowling in RI Raises Money for the AIDS Project and Marriage Equality
By: Casey Rocheteau/TRT Reporter– Every Tuesday night at Town Hall Lanes in Johnston, R.I., something quite spectacular happens. For 13 years, the alley has been…
We Reap What We Sow: Food and Politics and the 2012 Elections
By: John Verlinden/TRT Cuisine Writer– We still call it the “Farm Bill,” and politicians still want the photo op with a small farm family whenever…
Transwomen Coming Out Later in Life Risk Losing Their Families & More
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist– To the transwomen who are/were family men and who have suffered the loss of family: When I began writing for TRT…