Congress to hold first-ever hearing on transgender discrimination
The House Committee on Education and Labor is tentatively scheduled to hold a hearing on employment discrimination against transgender people on June 26 -- the first congressional hearing to focus primarily on transgender issues. The committee's subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hear testimony on the issue.
Rainbow Bright: Gays get lots of love at Pride, 'green' theme not so much
It's hard to imagine an event that could bring together Gov. Deval Patrick and his family, the New England Leather Alliance, the Cambridge Friends School, the corporate representatives of Frito Lay, and the Theater Offensive. But that's just a smattering of the more than 130 groups that waved to the crowds from the Boston Pride Parade route on June 14.
Youth Commission finds state lacks data on trans, other LGBT youth populations
In its 2008 annual report released this month, the Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth found the state lacking in its research on the health and safety needs of transgender youth and other more marginalized subsets of the LGBT youth community.
Not your grandma's lunch crowd
Between the rainbow-colored streamers hanging from the doors and the boom box blasting Erasure it was clear that Emmanuel Church wasn't hosting a traditional senior luncheon the morning of June 12.
Mommie Dearest
The lifestyles of the rich and twisted in <I>Savage Grace</i>
Love and Other Disasters
This is the message of this sweet and formulaic ensemble romantic comedy about pretty Londoners looking for love while they balance big dreams with the quasi-reality of their quasi-bohemian lifestyles: love means never having to say you're sorry you ripped off <I>Breakfast at Tiffany's</i>, or any number of other romantic movies.
Fun in Girls' Shorts
The hit-to-miss ratio on these queer shorts compilations can be depressingly low, but happily this one only has one clunker (That would be the arty ode to teen angst, <I>Can You Take It?</i>, a stylishly shot but ultimately pointless exercise that strengthened my conviction that just as we don't let toddlers play with matches, film school students should not be allowed to watch David Lynch movies.)
She food salad
<I>Top Chef</i> competitors Jen Biesty and Zoi Antonitsas heat up Pride
Magic Misik
Zili Misik set to party at the Dyke March
Advocates hope for LGBT-inclusive domestic violence guidelines
Last week Gov. Deval Patrick declared the rising rates of domestic violence-related deaths a public health emergency, and LGBT domestic violence advocates believe the administration's efforts could lead to increased training for law enforcement in responding to domestic violence within the LGBT community. The Patrick administration is working to update the law enforcement guidelines around domestic violence, and Curt Rogers, executive director of the Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project (GMDVP), said he hopes those guidelines will be LGBT-inclusive.
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