October 2011
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Six States Declared States of Emergency, Over 3M...
Other nearby towns in MA: Easthampton, Northampton, Holyoke and at least six other states also declared states of emergency: New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York.
According to The Daily Hampshire Gazette, officials from Gov. Deval Patrick’s Office declared a state of emergency across Massachusetts. It could be days before power is restored, they added. The western...
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GLAD Defends Its Win in Gill Case & Attacks BLAG's...
Filing in First Federal Appeals Court Moves Case Closer to Hearing Date
Today Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed a vigorous attack on the constitutionality of the federal “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA). In a legal brief submitted to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, GLAD defended an earlier District Court ruling finding DOMA unconstitutional. GLAD’s brief...
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Northampton Mayoral Candidates Forum for the LGBT...
Forum Organizers: Bet Power & Jean Savarese
TRT Talk Radio Host Allie Thorpe interviews Bet Power for the upcoming LGBT Community & Ally Northampton Mayoral Candidates’ (Michael Bardley and David Narkewicz) Forum to be held on Saturday Oct. 29th, in The State Room at the Center, 35 State St. in downtown Northampton.
In a recent press release, Savarese explained that “the...
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Noam Chomsky At Occupy Boston On Saturday
Boston, MA—Internationally-recognized author, linguist, and activist Noam Chomsky will be speaking at Occupy Boston in Dewey Square on Saturday, October 22 at 6 pm as part of Free School University’s Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series. This will be Chomsky’s first lecture at Occupy Boston. Chomsky has already released statements of support for both Occupy Boston and Occupy Wall...
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TRT Wears Purple on All Social Media Platforms,...
The Rainbow Times is wearing Purple on Oct. 20, 2011 to stand in solidarity and end anti-LGBT bullying. Will you join us?
TRT on Twitter — TRT on FaceBook — TRT’s Website
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Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project Expands to...
BOSTON, Mass. – The Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project (GMDVP), a southern New England (MA, RI & CT) domestic violence program, is expanding its organizational focus to serve the entire GLBTQ community. The program previously had a primary focus on serving gay men, bisexual men, and transgender survivors of abuse. On September 26th, the GMDVP Board of Trustees voted unanimously to broaden...
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Occupy Boston: We Will Occupy
Boston Police threatens protesters’ peaceful movement
BOSTON, Mass.—On Monday, October 10, 2011, 10,000 people marched from Boston Common to Dewey Square to the North Washington Bridge in support of Occupy Boston and to demand fundamental and lasting economic and political reform.. At the same time, Occupy Boston expanded to an adjoining section of the Rose Kennedy Greenway...
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Occupy Boston to March with Unions, Students
Thousands will gather to speak out for good jobs and a fair economy
WHAT: Occupy Boston to march with labor unions, students and community allies.
WHEN/WHERE: Students from BC, BU, Harvard, MIT, Tufts and others will gather at the Band Stand on Boston Common at 1:30 for a march to Dewey Square. At 3pm they will join with Occupy Boston, Mass Uniting, labor unions and other community allies in a...
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Community United Against Bullying: A Vigil in...
Norwalk, CT – The Pride Network: Connecticut, along with GLSEN Connecticut, will be holding a candlelight vigil for the unnecessary and unfortunate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth suicides that have occurred as a result of unsupportive communities, most notably the recent death for 14 year old Jamie Rodemeyer. The candlelight vigil will be held at 7pm on Wednesday,...
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Northampton, MA SlutWalk event on Facebook →
Let’s support this important event. No woman deserves to be treated in this manner. The Rainbow Times supports and is in solidarity with the SlutWalk march.
sanityscraps:
October 22nd! Be there, my fellow sluts.
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SPLC Urges Public Figures to Boycott Values Voter...
WASHINGTON, DC/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today urged all public figures to boycott this weekend’s Values Voter Summit, which is hosted and co-sponsored by two groups that demonize members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community with false propaganda.
“The Family Research Council and the American Family Association are...
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The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition...
BOSTON, MA—The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is endorsing Occupy Boston, Occupy Wall St. and the Occupy Movement across the United States. MTPC is in solidarity with call for economic justice, government reform, and equal representation in government, which has been echoed by Occupy Boston activists.
Transgender youth, adults, and their families are part of the 99%...
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P-Town's Carnival 2012 Poster Contest
In preparation for the Provincetown Business Guild (PBG) Carnival 2012 “P-town, A Space Odyssey”, we are reviving our Annual Carnival Poster Contest. All artists interested in creating a poster depicting this coming years “P-town, A Space Odyssey”, are asked to complete and submit a design by March 1, 2012.
The Guidelines are as follows:
Size 11 X 17
Must be original...
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Kara Suffredini Named to Equality Federation Board...
BOSTON, MA—On September 30th, MassEquality announced that Executive Director Kara Suffredini has been named a member of the Equality Federation Board of Directors. The Equality Federation is a national alliance of statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organizations working to build a more skilled and effective state-based equality movement.
“This is another example of...
