thursday, july 7 Macbeth Tempted by an evil prophecy, and encouraged by his wife ever deeper into his own dark ambition, Macbeth murders his way to the throne of Scotland. Shakespeare’s chilling tragedy is filled with ferocious battles, supernatural horrors, famously gorgeous poetry and some of the Bard’s most vivid characters. A stellar cast, under…
It is now taken for granted that the Catholic Church’s priests sexually abused thousands, if not tens of thousands, of children over the last 50 years and that the Church hierarchy covered it up, quietly settling lawsuits, moving abusers from parish to parish, and doing very little to stop the abuse from happening or occurring…
thursday, july 23 Dogfight It’s November 21, 1963. On the eve of their deployment to a small but growing conflict in Southeast Asia, three young Marines set out for one final boys’ night of debauchery, partying and maybe a little trouble. But when Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress he enlists…
For the first time in almost 115 years, OUTVET, a group honoring gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender veterans will be allowed to march in the upcoming South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The event, one of the largest of its kind in the nation, will be held March 15, 2015 and will finally make room…
LOS ANGELES — Point Foundation (Point) will present its Leadership Award to Jason Collins of the Brooklyn Nets. Collins is the first openly gay athlete to play in any of the four major North American pro sports leagues (NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL). Point is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced the appointment of Douglas M. Brooks, MSW, as the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). A leading HIV/AIDS policy expert, Douglas most recently served as Senior Vice President for Community, Health, and Public Policy at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI). As the Director…
The White House has announced that openly gay NBA player Jason Collins will be seated in the box with the first lady, Dr. Biden and Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to the president, at tomorrow’s State of the Union Address. While at Stanford, Jason Collins was selected as an All American, named the NCAA’s “Big Man of the…
It’s ten minutes to lunchtime and your stomach is smarter than you are. You want to finish the project in front of you, but your stomach has other ideas. It snarls and aches and reminds you that breakfast was hours ago. At that point, you know you might as well give in, no matter what…
According to a Princeton Review survey that asked 126,000 students at 378 top colleges to rate their schools on dozens of topics and report on their experiences at them, the college which topped the list of most LGBT-friendly colleges was Boston’s Emerson College. However, the school that earned the No. 1 spot on the most…
BOSTON — A new study by Digitas, a digitally led, integrated brand agency, finds that LGBT individuals and families are embracing the “mobile first” way by adopting smartphones and tablets to manage family households, plan and book travel, and leverage mobile shopping technology. Digitas partnered with Community Marketing, Inc. (CMI) to survey 1,595 lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
