The OutField: A Tale of 2 Coming-Out Stories; One Successful, the Other Not
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— When Jason Collins came out last month, Helen Carroll was furious. The longtime sports project director at the National Center…
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Boston Organization Steps up, Addresses LGBTQ Bullying & Makes Changes “Now”
By: Ashley Mark/TRT Reporter— The safety of students and creation of affirming school environments is a growing focus among LGBTQ organizations. The Boston chapter of…
First-Ever LGBTQ History Walking Tour of Northampton Set for June
“Journey Through Lesbian Mecca” Will Recall Key Organizations and Locations NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – The first-ever walking tour to reveal the untold history of Northampton’s lesbian,…
Youth Pride: We Must Pay Attention to Marginalized LGBTQ Communities
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist— I had the pleasure of attending Youth Pride as an adult ally on May 18th. I was overcome with joy watching…
Pride: Is it Still Really Necessary?
By: Nicole Lashomb/TRT Editor-in-Chief— Pride. Is it really still necessary? This type of question has often surfaced during discussions around my dining room table. In…
Faith, Family and God: Thinking About Relativism & Keeping Perspective
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Religious leaders, especially those opposed to LGBTQ civil and human rights, narrowly define relativism as pop culture’s attempt to impose…
Airocide: Breathe Easy and Let Your Breath be Taken Away, Ellen Does
By: Duane Wells*/Special to TRT— How much do you really know about germs and bacteria beyond the fact that they exist and can cause very…
On Moving Forward: Exploring This Year’s Boston Pride Theme
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— The Boston Pride theme for 2013 is “Moving forward … Proud, Strong, United!” This signifies the struggle that LGBT people…
Navigating the Activist Cycle: Six Rules for Effective Activism in Human Rights
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This time of year more or less denotes the start of the season I like to think of as the “speaking…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Stephen Sondheim, Scarlett Johansson, Kevin Kline, Gay & the Anti-Gay
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special to TRT— Into The Woods casting gets ensemble-ier Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods is a big show with a lot of characters. And…
Beantown Softball League’s Terriers Hold Strong, Sponsored by The Rainbow Times
By: Sean Sullivan/TRT Sports Correspondent— The cold and heartbreaking month of April has finally made way for a beautiful and warm May and an even…
To Cook is to Love: Food Allergies on the Rise for Children
By: John Verlinden*/TRT Columnist— What’s up with that? Why is this happening? A recent survey published by the Centers for Disease Control, CDC, suggests that…
Thinking Out Loud: Cuba, I’m Proud of You!
It’s happening here, it’s happening there, it’s happening regardless of politics. By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT— In the information packet for my recent trip to…
HIV Still a Crisis in LGBT Community: Support 2013 AIDS Walk & 5K Run
By: Rebecca Haag*/Special to TRT– Forgetting about AIDS or not thinking about your risk for HIV is relatively easy to do. Especially today when AIDS…
Dixie Chicks’ Singer Natalie Maines Talks Lesbian Hair, Crush on Maddow
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— To quote a Dixie Chicks song, fearless frontwoman Natalie Maines has “been a longtime gone.” Seven years after one of…
Out of Town: Four Seaside Gay Friendly Getaways
By: Andrew Collins*/Special to TRT— Four Unconventional Gay Seaside Getaways Beach vacations come in many forms, especially in the context of gay and lesbian travel….
First National Give OUT Day Benefits Local Nonprofits
Nine local LGBTQ organizations raised money and awareness By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter— Give OUT Day—the first national initiative to mobilize donors across the country to…
Hennepin: The Quiet Revolution for LGBT Equality
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Nearly every LGBT person knows about “Stonewall” – the spontaneous resistance to police intimidation of LGBT patrons at the Stonewall…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Guys & Dolls, Leighton Meester, Lisa Cholodenko, Ross Matthews
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special to TRT Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are guys who need dolls A Guys and Dolls movie with Channing Tatum and…
Creep of the Week: Noson Leiter of Torah Jews for Decency
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— The Christian-dominated religious right in America is not exactly known for being BFFs with Jews. I mean, there’s that whole…
Leading LGBT Advocacy Organizations Respond to Senate Judiciary Committee Failure to Consider UAFA
This statement can be attributed to the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLAAD, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, United We Dream and Queer Undocumented…
Immigration Reform Bill Passes: No Provisions for Same-Sex Couples
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved an immigration reform bill today without voting on two amendments seeking to provide benefits…
NCLR Celebrates 36 Years of Legal Victories
Honors Leaders in the Movement for LGBT Equality San Francisco, CA—More than 1,500 people gathered on May 18th to celebrate the National Center for Lesbian…