Celebrating a young life :: Yakovleff benefit raises $4000
About 150 people gathered for a night of fabulous haircuts for a good cause at a June 30 fundraiser to honor the life of Daniel Yakovleff.
The Wig
Here's the only problem with the generally exciting wave of J-horror movies that started reinvigorating scary movies ten years ago: there's little sense of humor.
Caravaggio
Derek Jarman's queer classic finally gets a DVD release; is a reexamination of this pioneering director's work due next?
Trembling before Allah
Parvez Sharma's <I>Jihad</i> comes to Boston
Army: Ciara Durkin's death a suicide
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) concluded that Army National Guard Corporal Ciara Durkin's death last September was the result of a suicide. Durkin, a Quincy resident who was an active member of Boston's LGBT community before joining the National Guard, was found dead at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan from a gunshot wound to the head.
City officials, bar owners meet on LGBT safety
Mayor Menino's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing invited the owners and employees of many of the city's LGBT bars and clubs to a June 25 meeting at the Benjamin Franklin Institute to discuss an alleged rise in hate crimes and violent incidents targeting their patrons.
Collection of trans HIV data slow
Despite the mountains of surveillance data about HIV/AIDS, when it comes to the transgender community there is precious little information about the scope of the epidemic. Lee Thornhill, prevention and education manager for TransCEND (Transgender Care and Education Needs Diversity), a trans-focused program at Cambridge Cares About AIDS, said based on the program's work and the experiences of their clients it is clear that transgender women are at increased risk for HIV infection.
Friends honor Yakovleff with scholarship
Friends of Daniel Yakovleff, the 20-year-old Roxbury hairstylist who was murdered in Dorchester in January, will hold a fundraiser June 30 to raise money for a scholarship program at Blaine, the cosmetology school where Yakovleff received his training.
Mass. marriage equality advocates, opponents, lend a hand in Cali
With California voters poised to decide the future of marriage equality in their state, advocates on both sides of the issue in Massachusetts are providing limited assistance to their allies in that state. This month the California Supreme Court decision legalizing marriage for same-sex couples went into effect, but in November voters will weigh in on a ballot question to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
Task Force appoints Carey as new ED
After a four month national search process to replace former executive director Matt Foreman, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's board of directors hired from within, appointing Rea Carey to serve as Foreman's successor.
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