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By Deval Patrick | May 17
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By Rev. Irene Monroe | May 15
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By Scott Kearnan | May 15
I had an uncle whose second or third wife nobody in my family liked. I don't really know why, and I didn't have an opinion of my own. Yet no one uttered a contrary word in their presence. We may have been poor folk on the South Side of Chicago, but we had a Victorian sense of decorum. It was generally understood both that my family disapproved and that my uncle and aunt's marriage was nobody's business but their own.
Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone has released letter in response to comments made about recently-appointed Alderman Courtney O'Keefe during the board process to appoint her. O'Keefe is openly gay.
Massachusetts Youth Pride is this Saturday!
On May 1st, Jason Collins, the 7' 0" center for the Washington Wizards, and a former Boston Celtics, came out. His statement, "I?m a 34-year-old NBA center. I?m black. And I?m gay" made the cover story for the May 6 issue of "Sports Illustrated."
On Thursday afternoon, May 16, on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the freedom to marry in Massachusetts, Boston Mayor Tom Menino will join gay couples and their families in calling for marriage equality nationwide.
Monday night's 31st annual Elliot Norton Awards at the Paramount Center began with an exuberant medley from "Avenue Q," starting with the humorous "It Sucks to Be Me." By contrast, the evening proved very serendipitous for the Lyric Stage Company of Boston's very snappy revival of the puppet-rich Tony Award winning musical.
In contemporary America, gay culture has long been linked to the club world.
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With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago: plan a wedding.
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Back by popular demand, "Sip the Rainbow" will celebrate the opening of The Bear Sessions
LGBT parents--and any others who have ever struggled to explain reproduction to their young children in a way relevant to their families--will rejoice at the new picture book What Makes a Baby. In 32 vibrant pages, Toronto-based author Cory Silverberg explains how babies are made--in a way that works for all family structures, ways of family creation, and parents' gender identity.
The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange invites LGBT adults interested in expanding their families to attend an informational meeting in Waltham onJune 11, 2013.
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A celebration of survival. Una celebración de sobrevivencia
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