News from Your Gayborhood: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Boston, MA MassEquality urges team to make pro-LGBT video Following a homophobic tweet from New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes,…
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Deep Inside Hollywood: Jodie Foster, Tyra Banks, Gregg Araki, Casey Wilson
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special for TRT– Jodie Foster to direct money monster Jodie Foster’s next turn behind the camera – her fourth as director – is…
InterPride Annual World Conference a Success, Hosted by Boston Pride
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Thirty years ago, Pride coordinators created InterPride to increase outreach and effect positive change through networking, collaboration and education within…
Thanksgiving: Remembering Colonialism, Genocide & the Truth About the Holiday Legacy
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist– November sees the end of the election season and the beginning of the winter holidays. This is when we trade debates…
How Race Could Affect This Election
By: Nicole Lashomb*/TRT Editor-in-Chief– If you’re anything like me, you may be experiencing some anxiety this election cycle—severe anxiety. I’ve always been a news junkie….
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – Donativos de Sangre Gay
Por: Scott Schoettes/Director del Proyecto de VIH para Lambda Legal– Estimado Lambda Legal, P. Yo soy un hombre gay y por mucho tiempo he querido donar sangre. ¿Escuche que…
Faith, Family, and God: You Don’t Go to Hell – Myths and Legends
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Many in the LGBTQ community, especially those of practicing faith, are surprised when I share that hell is myth, legend…
Creep of the Week: Birther & Anti-Marriage Equality Dinesh D’Souza
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT– Are you sitting down? Because this may come as quite a shock: Another anti-gay stalwart and “defender” of marriage has…
Spirituality Book Reviews: Gay Amish, Magnificent Journey & Spiritual Self-Esteem
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Three recent books about LGBTQ spirituality offer very different insights. In doing so, they underscore how diverse, complex and different…
RI Ruling on Taxes Will Bring Relief to Same-Sex Bereaved Spouses
GLAD Applauds Division of Taxation Decision BOSTON, Mass. — In a move sparked by a request for declaratory ruling by Lise Iwon in regard to…
Cambridge Hosts LGBT Town Hall
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– For the third time in eight years, the City of Cambridge hosted an LGBT town hall meeting — its purpose…
Fighting Forward: Dustin Lance Black Votes for Obama; Talks Legacy
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– Dustin Lance Black has been on the front-lines of LGBT equality since his Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk presented him a platform to be…
Transgender Day of Remembrance Events Nationwide
Transgender Day of Remembrance, TDOR, is held in November to honor Rita Hester, murdered on November 28th, 1998, according to www.rememberingourdead.org. Hester’s murder started the…
Ask Lambda Legal – Blood Donations
By: Scott Schoettes/HIV Project Director for Lambda Legal– Dear Ask Lambda Legal, Q: I’m a gay man and have wanted to donate blood for some…
Emails Show Romney Thwarted Equal Treatment of Gays as Mass. Governor
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A new revelation surfaced about Mitt Romney Thursday (October 25), revealing yet another step he took as Massachusetts governor to…
Gay Man Sues Domestic Violence Program for Discrimination
BOSTON, Mass. – After being denied access to facial reconstructive surgery by the R.O.S.E. Fund, a free service routinely afforded to female victims of domestic…
New Report: Knights of Columbus Donate Millions to Fight Marriage Equality
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Sometimes they dress up like the Three Musketeers, donning fancy, feathery hats, and show up for a grand parade. More often…
VT: Upcoming LGBTQ First Aid and Healthcare Advocacy Training
BRATTLEBORO, Vermont – November 9th-11th, the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont will sponsor a 20-hour first aid and healthcare advocacy training intended to strengthen the…
Why Is Republican Scott Brown Ducking Major Media Outlets?
BOSTON, Massachusetts — With exactly two weeks before Election Day, Republican Scott Brown appears to be executing a strategy of ducking some media outlets rather…
Equality Needs a Champion Like Elizabeth Warren
By: Kara Suffredini, Esq.*/Special to TRT– Eight years ago, we knew that if we won the right to marry in Massachusetts the rest of the…
Warren Campaign Targets Gay Vote With Get-Out-The-LGBT-Vote Rally
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Her campaign strategists know that in as a close a race as this one — multiple polls show her with a…
New Book Chronicles Fenway Health’s First 40 years – Fenway Hosts Book Signing Event
[From a Press Release] Tom Martorelli’s For People, Not For Profit showcases the evolution of community & LGBT healthcare through 40 years of Fenway Health’s…
Activists Deliver “Binders Full of Women” to Mitt Romney Headquarters
BOSTON, Mass. – This afternoon, activists gathered in front of the campaign headquarters of the Republican nominee for President, Mitt Romney, to voice their disappointment…