Join the Boston Gay Tea Party

From The Bay Area Reporter:

Want to support a state that still respects your right to marry? Massachusetts is calling.

It has been legal for same-sex couples to marry in the Bay State since 2004. In July, Massachusetts repealed an arcane law that had prohibited out-of-state couples from getting married there. Unfortunately, Proposition 8, which passed November 4, states that only a marriage between a man and a woman will be recognized in California, so you shouldn’t expect any legal rights when you return home after marrying in Massachusetts or Connecticut, which legalized gay marriage in October.

Read the rest by clicking here!

Cleveland to Bid on 2014 Gay Games

The Cleveland Synergy Foundation is holding a press conference in Cleveland, Ohio to discuss it’s plan to bid on hosting Gay Games IX in 2014.

According to the official website (still under construction):

Cleveland Synergy Foundation is a public benefit corporation that shall be organized and operated to measurably enhance the economy, image and quality of life in the greater Cleveland GLBT and Straight community by attracting and creating significant cultural, athletic and benevolent events and festivals.

It has been rumored that Miami and Boston will also bid on hosting the games.  The next gay games will be held in Cologne, Germany in 2010.

Boston Bigot Intimidates Lesbians Based on Bias

A Massachusetts man has been accused of taunting and fighting with a lesbian couple at a Connecticut restaurant. The police involved in the incident have said the man brought up last week’s Connecticut Supreme Court ruling allowing gay marriages during the confrontation.

Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Dabrowski of Boston was charged with intimidation based on bigotry or bias and breach of peace after the confrontation which took place in Fairfield last Saturday. Dabrowski has posted bail and is due in state court on Monday, October 17th.

Fairfield police say Dabrowski shoved a woman by her face and ripped a necklace off of her partner’s neck.

Dabrowski has denied pushing anyone or pulling off the necklace.

A Decade of FLAG Football Celebrated in Boston

From a post in Bay Windows;

Ten years ago, Robert Saurer was fresh out of college and tossing a football around at home, wishing that he had a safe, comfortable environment where he could play football as an out gay man. On a whim, he placed an ad in Bay Windows looking to start a league for gay and gay-friendly football fans. Now, Greater Boston’s Friends, Lesbians and Gays (FLAG) Flag Football League consists of 180 players who make up fourteen teams and is one of the most active gay sports leagues in the state.

“I wanted to get back into some kind of organized sport, but I wanted to do it in an environment that wasn’t so, I don’t want to say threatening, but uncomfortable at times if you’re a gay athlete. … I wanted to specifically play with other gay athletes,” said Saurer of his idea to start the league.

Update on Fabio Brandao & Boston Hate Crime

It was reported earlier, that this past Friday, a Framingham man was arrested after being accused of taking part in what police are considering to be a hate-crime that occured on August 24th, against three gay men and a woman in Boston.

The accused, Fabio Brandao, 28, was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon.

The Boston Police allege Brandao, along with three other men attacked the victims around 2:45 a.m. Witness say the attackers were shouting homosexual slurs.

Yesterday, that 28-year-old Framingham man was ordered to stay out of the South End by Boston Municipal Court Judge Eleanor Sinnott.  Judge Sinnot also gave Mr. Brandao a 10:00 p.m. curfew while he is free on $10,000 bail, and awaiting an Oct. 10 pretrial conference.

You can read more at bostonherald.com or at the metrowestdailynews.com.

Next Page »