Youth Pride, Inc.
Live Out Loud Youth Pride, Inc. (YPI) celebrated its young people and supporters on November 5th at the Providence Biltmore. Volunteer and longtime supporter Annie Silvia, CFAR – the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research, and youth ally and advocate Ruby Lazo were the 2010 honorees. The crowd of approximately 175 were welcomed by youth Board [...]
The Imperial Court
The Imperial Court of Rhode Island (ICRI) would like to invite everyone to join us at two great upcoming events. On December 5, join their Most Imperial and Sovereign Majesties Emperor XVIII “Big Daddy” Austen Daniels and Empress XVIII Jacqueline DiMera for the Monarch’s Ball – A Birthday Jubilee. It will be held in the [...]
Speakeasy: Speak it loudly
Byline: Jim Seavor The SpeakEasy Stage Company has come a long way since it opened 20 years ago – a really l o n g way. Its first production, Is There Life After High School once played to an audience of three: two parents and a cast member. This season it’s a firmly established member [...]
RI Pride
Don’t Leave Us Out in the Cold For nearly three years, the RI Pride Center at 180 Allens Avenue in Providence has provided a warm and friendly meeting space for community organizations as well as the dozens of Pride volunteers who meet to plan and organize Pride events. Each month The Imperial Court, Options Newsmagazine, [...]
One Man’s “Gay Agenda”: Volunteering in the Wider Community
Byline: Carl Bloom Carl Bloom, a Coloradan, is a son of Joan Bloom, Board member of PFLAG/Greater Providence. The ongoing bullying of lesbian, gay and transgender youth and resulting suicides disclose persistent bias and hatred and the need for persistence in our efforts to fight intolerance. Each LGBT person has the power to bring about change [...]
News Briefs
Equity Action honors Frank, Hocking, Iwon and Steinfeld At November’s Julie Pell Awards ceremony, Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank was presented with the Equality Award for National and Regional Advocacy. In his remarks, Frank spoke of the election of David Cicilline to Congress as “an important milestone,” and recounted his experience in coming out as a [...]
May Your Days be MERI and Bright
Catch the spirit of the season! Join MERI supporters for some holiday cheer on Saturday, December 4, from 7 to 10 p.m. at 234 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence. Suggested donation of $50 per person at the door. Thank you to our gracious hosts ~ Raffaello LaMantia and J. Edward Levelle. EQUALITY WINS Rhode Islanders Set the [...]
Maya’s Story
As I witness a generation of gay youth struggling with intolerance in everyday life, I think back to what it was like when I first came out in 1995, at the age of 16. I came out to a group of friends and classmates. I got some support, but I also got opposition. Most of [...]
The Edwards Twins: Many for the Price of Two
Byline: Jim Seavor Close your eyes and imagine: you’re sitting in a small performance space in Pawtucket. It’s really little more than a lecture hall with a handful of theater seats and four or five rows of benches – and you’re watching Bette Midler. You’re right. You are not watching Midler. But the space is [...]
Dear Editor
After reading “Love in the City” by Parrys Hampton (Sept. 2010), I found that I related to the article quite well. I have been in love so many times that I wouldn’t attempt to count. For the first 14 years of my bisexual life, I was terrified to lead an open life. That fear of [...]
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