AIDS Community Watch
The First King of Queens is Crowned On May 1, AIDS Care Ocean State (ACOS) held the first annual King of Queens fundraiser at The Colosseum in Providence. Over 300 people came to show their support for the ten local male celebrities who were dressed to the hilt in sequins, big wigs, stilettos, and lipstick, [...]
MERI
News Update While the debate over equal rights for same-sex couples has shifted in recent weeks, MERI has been actively working to pass an amendment to the new civil union legislation that would grant full marriage rights, recognition and protection to loving and committed gay and lesbian couples. The amendment, sponsored by Cranston State Rep. [...]
Youth Pride, Inc.
New Executive Director for Youth Pride The Board of Youth Pride Inc. is proud to announce the hiring of Kerri Kanelos as its new Executive Director. Kerri will join YPI on June 1 after spending six years at Family Resources Community Action in Woonsocket. There, she served as the Director of Employment and Training, overseeing [...]
PRIDE CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2011
This schedule is subject to change CTP= Countdown to Pride event Saturday, May 21 CTP: Girlspot at Club X (Hawaiian Lu-Out), 681 Valley Street, Providence, 10 pm Friday, May 27 CTP: Neon Fridays @ GLO, 93 Clemence Street, Providence, 10 pm Saturday, May 28 CTP: Denim qnd Diamonds Block Party – The New Dark Lady/Alley [...]
Rhode Island Pride
RI PrideFest returns to South Water Street with Grammy Award-Winning Artist and Motown Legend THELMA HOUSTON The volunteers at RI Pride are busy putting the final touches on the 35th anniversary of RI Pride, which culminates with PrideFest on Saturday, June 18 at the location first used in 2010 on South Water Street in Providence [...]
Voices
We’ve come a long way! Deana Grenier Every once in a while someone needs to come along and remind us all just how far we’ve come. 30 years ago when I was first becoming a teenager and going through puberty in the State of Rhode Island, I never in a million years imagined I would [...]
Interview with Deborah Ruggiero
Kim Stowell Deb Ruggiero describes herself in this adjectival order: Italian, Woman, Community Leader, Teacher, Self-Actualizing Rhode Islander. But she is much more. She serves in the Rhode Island House of Representatives for District 74, for example, and is the Deputy Majority Leader, the Chair of the Small Business Renewable Energy Committee, and a member [...]
SAGE/RI Comes Out of the Closet…Again!
Sally Hay In November of 2008, RI’s Equity Action Fund hosted an LGBTQ Elder Summit. Attended by an array of policy makers, service providers, constituents and educators, the Summit was seen as a good beginning but left most with the knowledge more was needed. An ad hoc group (Patricia Burbank, Marie Esposito, Sally Hay, Marguerite [...]
THE FAMILY – A Musical About the Mob
Kim Stowell What do a former nun/attorney general and a lyricist/composer/musician have in common? The answer is The Family, a Musical About the Mob, written by former Attorney General Arlene Violet with music and lyrics by Enrico Garzilli. Based on real life mob guys and events, the script and score for The Family was about [...]
Gay-Themed Theatre is Busting Out All Over
Jim Seavor A little after June 5, Alexander Platt will begin losing his hair. Gone will be the long dark hair, mustache and beard – as well as a good part of his body hair. That’s when Why Torture is Wrong and The People Who Love Them closes at the Gamm, and Platt begins the [...]
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