Remembering Barbara A. Lenk, first openly gay jurist on Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court

Massachusetts Supreme Court Associate Justice Barbara A. Link, the first openly LGBTQ person to serve on the Court, died last month at 75. “The...

Top 10 Gay Reasons to Vote GOP in 2012

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told a gay Iowan recently that if LGBT issues were most important for him, then he should vote for...

Bryan Rafanelli, Ricardo Rodriguez, Ken Oringer and the Art of Holiday Entertainment

Boston Spirit's 'Ricardo Recommends' columnist Ricardo Rodriguez along with Bryan Rafanelli and Ken Oringer demonstrate the art of entertaining in style  Entertaining at home has...

‘High’ Time for Kathleen Turner

Actress returns to Boston in out playwright’s drama of crystal meth addiction As a young writer in New York City Matthew Lombardo was laser focused...

The Best Rooms in Town

The Luxury Inns of Provincetown There comes a time when your share of that condo on Commercial Street seems remarkably inadequate. Crashing in that closet...

Road trip to Maine: There’s a lot more to Maine than Portland and Ogunquit

Minus the trilogy of bars and smattering of gay-owned B&Bs, Ogunquit is its beach — and, face it, you can go anywhere on the...

Gay Muslims Find Hope in New England

Local gay and lesbian Islamic faithful are challenging traditional views of homosexuality both here and abroad In the fall of 1997, 19-year-old Faisal Alam entered...

Yoooou’re Out!

By Cyd Zeigler Jr.

Boston’s professional lacrosse team signed the first out male pro athlete in America a few years ago; what would it take for a Red Sox, Patriot, Bruin, or Celtic to come out as gay?

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in Iraq

How gay soldiers are able and willing to put their lives in the line of fire for a military that won’t let them be...

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Cape Cod Pride

“Honoring Our Past, Uniting for Our Future” was the them of the fourth annual Cape Cod Pride Festival, and over 1,100 people came out...

Taylor Small becomes Vermont’s first openly transgender state legislator

Taylor Small, a trans woman from Winooski and director of health and wellness at the Pride Center of Vermont, has become the first openly transgender...

GLAD Summer Party in P’town | July 22, 2023

Join GLAD for a delicious taste of summer, a gorgeous view and an opportunity to support GLAD’s transformative mission at their 42nd Annual Summer...

Suspect pleads guilty in 1988 murder of Cambridge man’s brother in Australia

For over 30 years, Steve Johnson of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has sought justice in the 1988 anti-gay hate-crime death of his brother Scott, then 27...