Don't worry if you were always picked last in gym class - this afternoon of field games is Keshet-style. From fashion design relay races and gay Jewish trivia to a "Name That Folk Song" challenge and colorful game of capture-the-flag, the Keshet Color War has something for every type of athlete. This is one event you won't want to miss!
Details:
Sunday, August 24, 1:00-6:30 pm
Check back here for a full schedule of events and location!
Ease into Sunday with a lazy morning of food, friends, and mimosas, along with other gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews and allies. Extra points for wearing your bunny slippers.
Details:
Sunday, August 3, 11:00 am
At the home of a Keshet member, Jamaica Plain, MA
RSVP by Wednesday, July 30 to Orly at [email protected] or 617.524.9227 for location.
Our May practice was rained out! Come join the women of Keshet for a noncompetitive morning of shooting hoops, brushing up on skills, or just getting back in shape. See old friends and meet new people!
Details:
Sunday, July 20, 10:00 am
John F. Kennedy School Field
5 Cherry Street, Somerville, MA 02144
"All the world's a stage..." including the Boston Common. Bring your own picnic and enjoy a beautiful summer evening as a group from Keshet takes in a performance of the gender-bending As You Like It by the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company.
Details:
Wednesday, July 23, 8:00 pm
Meet at 7:00 pm. (Show begins at 8:00.)
Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common 02116
RSVP by July 22 for contact phone number to Orly: [email protected] or 617.524.9227.
Paul Kelleher attended the Pride Parade through the South End, Back Bay and downtown today, posts photos and reports the guy above was bedecked with the names of every single T stop.
BehindDarkEyes took a lot of photos (including one of a protester). So did Boston Steamer, Dan Bruno, ChaosReins and Rachel Gogan. Somebody snapped Mike Mennonno's photo.
By now, everyone's heard that Governor Patrick's daughter is a n out and proud lesbian. Good (or planned?) timing with the Boston Pride festivities this weekend. There's a full article on Towleroad, one of my favorite bloggers out there.
Boston Guerrilla Queer Bar will "take over" a Faneuil Hall bar this Friday. No, of course, they don't announce which one beforehand (you need to sign up for the mailing list to get some e-mail the morning of the event):
The idea is to turn an unsuspecting straight bar into a gay bar for one night. Call it guerrilla bar fare.
HEARTBREAKERS BALL: A Queer Valentine's Day Party hosted by qwoc+ boston and madfemmepride
For singles looking for a midnight kiss, for couples looking to get off the couch, for the new-to-boston LADEEZ and ready-to-rock BOIS and GRRRRLS, throw on something HOT/COOL/SEXY/SULTRY/FLIRTY/FRESH and join Queer Women of Color and MadFemmePride on Valentine's day!
Thursday, Feb 14
SAINT Nightclub
8:30PM-11:00 FREE SOCIAL 11PM-2AM 21+, $5 Dance Party
Give us a shout and let us know you're coming: RSVP HERE (for free entry till midnight)
A strain of MRSA bacteria that first surfaced among gay men in San Francisco is now turning up in gays in Boston, likely due to travel between the two cities, according to a study published yesterday.
The study on the Staphylococcus aureus strain known as US300 is based on samples taken at hospitals in San Francisco and at Fenway Community Health, where 126 men were found with it.
What activities are there around the greater Boston area or Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline et al to organize a queer gay lesbian bi transgender community center in New England?... like in New York http://www.gaycenter.org/ or http://www.lgbtcenters.org/
see also
Connecticut
http://www.ctpridecenter.org/
http://www.ctgay.org/
Rhode Island
http://www.youthprideri.org
Robert David Sullivan recently bemoaned the loss of gay bars in Boston. Drinkboston.com counters with an interview with Josh Gerber, co-founder of Boston Guerrilla Queer Bar Boston, a group that gathers once a month at a different "straight" bar to mix things up a bit:
J.L. Bell surveys the literature on the topic and shows how it was a political tool used by the Revolutionaries.
Chris Mason takes photos, describes the protests over the military theme, at the opening flag ceremony at City Hall.
Steven Fales was the model Mormon boy: an Eagle Scout, international missionary, BYU graduate, married in the Salt Lake Temple, and father of two children. But what happens when the model finds himself in “reparative therapy†for "same-sex attraction"…and fails?
Are you looking for like-minded progressives to skate with in Boston? Want to cross-promote your events and campaigns on wheels? Are you new to the area and looking for groups to get involved in? Are you psyched about building strong cross-issue coalitions while boogying to old school hits?
Join Socializing for Justice for Roller Skating for Justice at Chez Vous on Thursday, April 5th
8PM to midnight, ALL AGES, EIGHT BUCKS.
No program. No speaker.
Just strap on your free rental skates and enjoy yourself.
Are you looking for like-minded progressives to dance with in Boston? Want to cross-promote your events and campaigns in a tropic environment? Are you new to the area and looking for groups to get involved in? Are you psyched about building strong cross-issue coalitions while banishing those winter blues?
When Macy's pulled the Pride mannequins from its Downtown Crossing store, Sandouri Dean Bey wrote the store to cancel his charge account in protest. He's just gotten a letter from Macy's that basically says homophobes are people, too:
... Unfortunately, while many people share your views about the content of the window display, many others do not. They too, are our customers. I hope you can appreciate our position on this subject, even though it may differ from your own. ...
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