Youth Pride, Inc.
It’s hard to believe that Pride has come and gone so quickly, so many months of planning and preparation are now the content of Facebook photo albums, and another year of happy memories. For us, at Youth Pride this year was full of excitement as we launched our new HIV Prevention/Education program called Ocean state [...]
The Long and Winding Road Home
Poppy Champlin When I graduated from South Kingstown High School in 1976, I had no idea I was going to become a professional comedian. All I wanted to do was go play basketball at URI. (I had done some theatre in high school; perhaps the theatre scholarship Diane Falk and the Drama Department gave me [...]
Busting the Stereotypes
Courtney Beliveau There are many known stereotypes when it comes to LGBTQ community. “Gay men are effeminate.” “Lesbians want to be men. Or at least look like them.” “Drag queens are men who want to be women.” The list could go on and on. Many of us put ourselves in a category but this does [...]
SAGE/RI is Happening!
Sally Ann Hay The re-launch of SAGE/RI (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders) is off to a good start. Recent events reflect the two-pronged approach that the group has adopted: education/advocacy and social/community-building activities. In May, SAGE/RI took part in Nurses’ Week at Newport Hospital. Stephanie Chafee, RI’s first lady, made [...]
Rep. MacBeth – The voice of the people
In one of the more significant – and misinterpreted – actions surrounding the issue of marriage equality, Representative Karen MacBeth voted against the civil unions bill when the vote was taken in the House of Representatives in June. Many advocates of same-sex marriage were surprised by this, given that Rep. MacBeth had been a supporter [...]
PASSAGES
Kip Tiernan, who campaigned to open “Rosie’s Place” in Boston, the nation’s first homeless shelter just for women nearly 40 years ago, died at the age of 85 on July 2. Orphaned at an early age, Tiernan defied the odds against her. After being expelled from Catholic boarding school, she went on to study at [...]
Rhode Island Pride and the Yearly Big Party Event
Raymond Baxter I was volunteering during this year’s 35th anniversary Pride event when one of the other volunteers turned to me and commented that there must be something that we can do for the LGBTQ community other than just throw a big party – the Gay Pride Festival — every year. I was taken back [...]
Activism is Not Dead
Patrick Smock Why does anyone assume LGBT activism is dead with the lack of a marriage equality vote in the Rhode Island General Assembly? The LGBT community is more than marriage equality, and there are many examples of everyday activists promoting equality in Rhode Island. That said, Marriage Equality Rhode Island (MERI) – and I [...]
NEWS BRIEFS
AIDS Project RI Looking for Walkers, Volunteers, Sponsors According to AIDS Project RI (APRI) Executive Director Thomas Bertrand, the 26th Annual AIDS Walk will be held on October 2. The theme of this year’s walk is “Take Charge! Get Tested!” The goal is to promote HIV testing among all Rhode Islanders who may be at [...]
MERI vows to keep fighting for marriage equality
This year’s legislative session brought strong lobbying from our well-funded opposition at a level unseen since the heyday of the fight for civil rights. Unfortunately, both houses of the General Assembly balked at voting, and scrambled for a so-called compromise in the form of civil unions – a fabricated institution meant to ameliorate the worst [...]
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