Bette Midler: The Showgirl Talks Boys in Heels, Bullying and More
‘Miss M’ talks boys in heels, bullying and ‘bittersweet’ bathhouse days By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– More than 30 years have passed since Bette Midler…
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PFLAG Loses Founder Jeanne Manford: The Mother of the Straight Ally Movement
PFLAG National – the nation’s original family and ally organization, and the largest grassroots-based non-profit for families, friends, and allies of lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
AIDS Foundation of Western MA to Host 20th Anniversary Gala
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts — Tickets are on sale for Viva! 2013, the 20th Anniversary Gala to benefit The AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts (AFWM.) The gala will…
Bread and Puppet Theater presents The Possibilitarians
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Commencing its 50th anniversary of presenting in-earnest socio-political puppetry, the long-standing award-winning Vermont-based Bread & Puppet Theater, featuring Artistic Director Peter Schumann and his troupe of…
LGBT Youth Commission: Increased Attention to LGBT Youth Needs
BOSTON, Massachusetts – The Massachusetts Commission on LGBT Youth will issue policy recommendations for Fiscal Year 2014 designed to improve the lives of the Commonwealth’s…
U.S. District Court Hears Arguments in CCR/SMUG v. Scott Lively
By: Francisco L. White/TRT Reporter– SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — District Judge Michael A. Ponsor heard arguments on Monday regarding a federal lawsuit filed in March 2012…
Fenway Tackles Health Disparities in LGBTQ Youth of Color
BOSTON, Massachusetts — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded The Fenway Institute a three-year, $800,000 grant to address health disparities in LGBTQ (lesbian,…
Barney Frank After the MA Senate Appointment
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– One day out of retirement as a member of the U.S. House, Barney Frank said Friday that he has asked…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Viggo Mortensen & Kirsten Dunst, New gay HBO pilot, Pan’s Labyrinth
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special to TRT– Viggo Mortensen & Kirsten Dunst are The Two Faces of January Eventually they’ll run out of Patricia Highsmith books…
OutServe-SLDN Statement on Expected Hagel Nomination as Secretary of Defense
WASHINGTON, DC — Army veteran and OutServe-SLDN Executive Director Allyson Robinson issued the following statement today as multiple reports surfaced indicating President Obama will nominate former…
MassEquality Named Leading High-Impact Local Nonprofit by Philanthropedia
Dollars contributed to MassEquality are dollars well spent BOSTON, Massachusetts—MassEquality announce on January 4th that it made Philanthropedia’s list of top nonprofits working locally to advance…
Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) v. Scott Lively: Pack the Springfield Federal Court!
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts — On Monday January 7, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. the Stop the Hate and Homophobia Coalition Springfield will be joining the Center for Constitutional…
Congress: 1st Day, 1st Fight; GOP-led Rules Highlight Defense for DOMA
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The Republican leaders in the U.S. House started off the 2013-14 session giving unusual prominence to their legal defense of…
HUD Enforces LGBT Equal Access Rule; No Discrimination
Washington D.C. — On January 2nd, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a settlement agreement in a claim it brought against Bank of…
Fenway: More HIV Prevention Funding Needed for Gay Men
BOSTON, Mass. — New HIV infections held steady at about 50,000 in 2010, the CDC reported last month, but new infections among gay, bisexual and…
Hear Me Out: The Best Albums of 2012
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– 10. Cat Power, Sun Clocking in at just under 11 minutes, “Nothin’ But Time” starts simple enough, with just piano…
Creep News: Pope Benedict XVI – Judging & Hating; His “Christian” Way
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– There are a lot of things that threaten world peace: The ready availability of assault rifles. The Military Industrial Complex….
Fiscal Deal Creates Cliff Hanger for LGBT Centers
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– LGBT service groups and others who depend on federal funding for a portion of their work can breathe a sigh…
Justice Scalia: A Reduction to Stone Throwing
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The depth of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s discomfort for things gay became apparent in 1996, ten years after…
Creep of the Week: Justice Antonin Scalia’s Homosexual Stance
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– A famous Italian Catholic has had a big change of heart regarding marriage equality after publicly saying some pretty nasty…
Chelsea Clinton vs. Rick Warren on Marriage Equality
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– California evangelist preacher Rick Warren hasn’t changed much in four years and neither, apparently, have the questions he’s asked by…
Justice Dept. to Reform Puerto Rico Police Dept. Due to Alleged Misconduct, More
WASHINGTON, DC – On Dec. 21st, The Justice Department (DOJ) entered into a sweeping agreement with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Governor Luis Fortuño to…
Secretary of Defense Hopeful Apologizes for “Anti-Gay” Record
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– In a development illustrating one measure of the LGBT political lobby’s influence on the Obama administration, a Republican figure said…