Letter to the Editor: St. Patrick’s Parade is a Shame for Boston
Dear Rainbow Times Editor, Sometimes change is elusive, and sometimes you can feel the momentum and know change is around the corner. That was true…
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Latin Vision: ¡Igualdad Para Todo/as en Puerto Rico!
Por: Wilfred Labiosa*/Columnista de TRT– En las pasadas semanas se ha acentuado en Puerto Rico la homofobia. Aunque las noticias del apoyo del Presidente Obama…
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – Exenciones Religiosas
Por: Jenny Pizer, Abogada y Directora, Proyecto de la Ley y la Política para Lambda Legal– P: Vivo en Illinois y he estado ansioso con…
Trans-ceptions: Not being Consumed by Transness; Remembering we are Just Living our Lives
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– Sometimes it’s important to remember that it’s not all about being trans. I have to keep reminding myself of this lesson….
Creep of the Week: Matt Barber Cowardly Goes After Gay Teens
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT– If any of my readers have daddy issues and get off on being told “you’re a bad bad boy,” you’ll…
The OutField: U.S. Soccer, and All that Trans Jazz
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT– Born a male, Jazz began to live as a girl at a young age. Thanks to supportive parents, she was…
MassEquality Icon Awards Raises $140K
Governor, Boston Bruins, MA Coalition for the Homeless, and Esmond Harmsworth honored at second annual event BOSTON, Mass. – MassEquality announced that it raised approximately $140,000 at…
Screen Queen: For a Good Time, Call; Keep the Lights On; Killer Joe; Game Change; Ted; To Rome with Love
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– For a Good Time, Call … For a Good Time, Call … keeps the dirty-girl trend going with a sweet/sexy…
Cliff Hanging: LGBT Centers Bracing for the Domino Effect
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– When Thelma and Louise drove off the cliff, the only people who got hurt were Thelma and Louise. But when…
Openly Gay Boxer Overcomes Adversity, Gives Back to Community
By: Ashley Mark/TRT Reporter– LONDON, Conn. — Shelito Vincent has struggled against all odds throughout her life and found a renewed purpose in an unlikely…
Six million in U.S. Have LGBT Parent
By: Dana Rudolph/Keen News Service– As many as six million adults and children in the United States have an LGBT parent, and an estimated three…
Prop 8 Violates Constitution: Lambda Legal & GLAD Argue in Supreme Court Brief
“In effect, Prop 8 turned the state’s equal protection clause into a clause mandating unequal protection.” WASHINGTON, DC, – Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates &…
VAWA Passes House: Full Protections for LGBT, Native Americans
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– In a major victory for Democrats, the U.S. House voted Thursday (February 28) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act…
Hear Me Out: Tim McGraw, Jewel, More Music Reviews
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– Tim McGraw, Two Lanes of Freedom Two Lanes of Freedom is a significant departure for the country-music stud, who’s so…
LGBT Coalition Grant Focuses on Perception of Transgender Women
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — The LGBT Coalition of Western Massachusetts is the recipient of a grant from the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts. The grant was…
Drag Queens & Friends Plunge into Icy Boston Harbor To Raise Funds
BOSTON, Mass. — The GLBTQ DVP, a non-profit organization providing support and services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GLBTQ) victims and survivors of…
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sean Bean & Channing Tatum, Gregg Araki, Lust for Life
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special to TRT– Benedict Cumberbatch steps into DiCaprio’s shoes as Alan Turing It’s turning into Benedict Cumberbatch’s year at the movies. Co-starring…
LGBT Dreamers Fund Helps with Work Permits, Deportation
BOSTON, Mass. — Nearly 200 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) undocumented young people have either received or are in the process of receiving two-year work…
MA Commission on LGBT Youth Applauds Patrick Administration’s Support of Trans Students
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Youth applauds the release of guidelines last Friday by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary…
Boy Scouts Job Application: “Known or Avowed Homosexuals” Need Not Apply
BSA has yet to take meaningful action on addressing anti-gay discrimination Washington, D.C. – Following recent news that the Boy Scouts of America is considering a change…
Senate Passes Inclusive Violence Against Women Act
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Openly gay U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin was in the chair’s seat Tuesday (February 12) when the U.S. Senate voted 78…
Catching Up With Sandra Bernhard
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Comedian takes on Jodie Foster, ‘disgusting’ reality shows and voices in the night Sandra Bernhard has never been one to…
LGBT Military Equality Takes Center Stage at Tonight’s State of the Union
Same-sex wife of BG Tammy Smith to be seated with First Lady WASHINGTON, DC — The fight for LGBT military equality will be on display tonight…