Marriage Equality Rhode Island
Visit Your Legislators at the State House These next few months will be crucial to getting historic marriage equality legislation passed, and this is where you come in. Marriage equality supporters MUST be a strong presence on Smith Hill. We’re asking you to commit to lobby at the State House on any Tuesday, Wednesday, or [...]
Youth Pride, Inc.
There’s a lot going on at Youth Pride, Inc. (YPI) these days. It’s no secret to anyone in the RI LGBTQ community that James Robinson, our Executive Director, has decided to pursue other options in a more tropical environment. To provide interim leadership during the search for a new Executive Director, Ken Fish – a [...]
Rhode Island Pride
The Goddess Show — Pride’s celebration of women in music The 12th annual Goddess Show returns to the stage Saturday, April 16th from 1 – 5 p.m. at The Met in Pawtucket. Doors open at noon. We’ve got a great venue and a great line-up of talent – crowd favorites and some new faces. Come [...]
Triple Crown Pageant a Class Act
After a grueling competition that featured some very impressive displays of talent, dedication and good humor – not to mention tough questions from the judges – the winners emerged. They are Lisa DeCesare as Ms. Lesbian, Jesse Ciolfi as Mr. Gay and Victoria Starr as Miss Gay Rhode Island. Highlights of the evening, held on [...]
URI Makes Strides Since Student Sit-in Last September
Sara MacSorley College is a time of growth and self-awareness for all students regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, gender, or socio-economic status. We all have multiple identities and college should be a time to foster each identity and the person as a whole. “People are at different states of ‘identity development.’ Some are [...]
News Briefs
Don’t Ask; Just Dance On April 2, the Interweave group at Newport’s Channing Church will sponsor a prom for LGBT students and their allies. The non-alcoholic event, to be held at FOP Lodge, Mitchell’s Lane, Middletown, will feature a King and Queen contest, a silent auction, a photographer and a DJ. Pizza will be served. [...]
Student Action for Equality
You can scarcely turn around in Rhode Island without falling over an event in support of equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples. (And let’s face it; it’s already hard enough to turn around in Little Rhody…) Last month, rallies were held on campus at URI, PC, Brown, RIC, Bryant and JWU – I [...]
Mayer to receive 2011 Studds Award
Dr. Kenneth H. Mayer is the recipient of this year’s Congressman Gerry E. Studds Award which will be given at The Men’s Event on April 9. Ken is Medical Research Director and Co-Chair of The Fenway Institute and led the Fenway team involved in the groundbreaking iPrex study, which showed that high-risk individuals who took [...]
LOVE Raises Funds and Awareness
Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Program The Garden Room at the Biltmore Hotel was awash in Valentine’s Day décor and sentiment February 12, for a fundraiser benefitting the Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project (GMDVP). Along with a silent auction, delectable food and the song stylings of the Providence Gay Men’s Chorus (PGMC), guests were given a [...]
LGBTQI Biggest Loser Challenge
Living and maintaining a healthy lifestyle affects everyone regardless of how you identify. It is important to be aware of what you eat, get enough sleep, see a doctor regularly and find some way to get exercise. In that spirit, Rhode Island’s first LGBTQI shape-up group is forming as part of the Shape Up Rhode [...]
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