Youth Pride, Inc.
There is certainly never a dull moment on Chestnut Street, as we at Youth Pride, Inc. (YPI) move excitedly deeper into spring and a step closer to summer. Naturally, with summer coming, thoughts turn to the annual Pride Celebration! What better way to kick off that month than YPI’s annual talent show and fundraiser, YP [...]
Tiverton Assemblyman Stirs Discord with Remarks Opposing Gay/Straight Alliances
by Myra Shays State Rep. Dan Gordon (R-Tiverton/Portsmouth) is on the R.I. General Assembly’s committee on Health, Education and Welfare, which made it surprising and distressing that in late March he posted comments on the Internet opposing the establishment of a Gay/Straight Alliance at Tiverton High School. Among the comments were: “I don’t think there [...]
The Journey Out Takes to the Road
Play portrays truth about older LGBT people The Journey Out is a play – set in a disco, a church and an AIDS support group. It is a celebration of love, of faith, of courage – of women and men who fought and struggled for their right to live openly, to live without shame, to [...]
RI Pride
Pride Chooses New Theme for 2011 Revolution is happening around the globe. It is defined as a fundamental change in power or structure in a quick period of time. The news is filled with stories and pictures of revolution. Rhode Island has been a place of revolution for hundreds of years. Our state was the [...]
News Briefs
RI Association of Gay Professionals Networking Event Join other LGBT professionals on May 5 to celebrate the re-naming of RI’s first organization for gay and gay-friendly business and professionals. The event will be a chance to network with members and learn more about getting involved. All are welcome. Founded in 2009, the RIAGP (formerly the [...]
Voices: Different World? That’s Fine with Me!
by José Martinez Not too long ago, I didn’t know what it meant to be gay. I didn’t know it could be an insult. I didn’t know if you were born gay or if it was by choice. I didn’t know it made you different. I didn’t realize it was that one word that would [...]
MERI
NEW MERI FACEBOOK We have a new Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/Marriage Equality Rhode Island. Keep up to date on the latest in the campaign to win marriage in Rhode Island and “like” Marriage Equality Rhode Island. WE WANT MARRIAGE NOW We have to continue the fight for equality – no matter what. The marriage equality bills [...]
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, As the former president of the Rhode Island Young Democrats, I want to express my gratitude for Congressman Langevin’s outspoken support of marriage equality, an important civil rights issue that must finally be addressed this year. We need more leaders like him. A champion of civil liberties in his own right, Congressman Langevin [...]
Doing Drag; An Odyssey
by Kim Stowell After having tried doing drag a couple of times, I had to tell you about it. My wife Lisé and I were asked to make a cameo appearance in the Providence Gay Men’s Chorus (PGMC) holiday show last December. They needed two lesbians to dress up as gay men for a number [...]
Voices: Contrasting Polyamory with Monogamy
by Joe Santiago One day over lunch I struck up a conversation with a woman sitting near me. After a few minutes, a couple sat down next to my new friend, and she introduced me to her husband and her wife. This took me back a bit, but it also challenged my curiosity and my [...]
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