Will you be in Provincetown this weekend? Check out the Queens Row Drag Revue at The Crown & Anchor. The event raises funds for the annual Provincetown Portuguese Festival held later this summer, June 23-26.
Join Gurthie Brooks as she hosts this variety show featuring Provincetown’s best drag performers. Doors open at 7:15pm. Tickets and more information is available on their website, Queens Drag Revue.
WWII era photo
Source: woolfandwilde.com
I want to dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical time where being true to yourself and loving who you want wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email me at bosguymail@gmail.com.
Thursday, April 21st you are invited to join BAGLY staff, board, volunteers, donors, and supporters for a night of pool, food, darts, and great company at Cathedral Station in the South End.
BAGLY SOCIAL
Cathedral Station South End
Thursday, April 21, 2016
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
BAGLY will be discussing volunteer opportunities and they will be giving away two tickets to their Out For Youth event on Wednesday, May 25th at the New England Aquarium. BAGLY is one of the nation’s oldest LGBTQ youth organizations, and is committed to social justice in all its forms. To learn more about BAGLY’s work stop by Cathedral Station on Thursday, April 21st or visit them online at www.bagly.org.
There have been many weekends where I have crawled out of bed only to make it to my couch. This photo which was shared with me by @bpmoynihan is for all of you who may be spending your Sunday precisely like this guy.
Last week Eric Angelo and Max Emerson teamed up to promote Pure for Men (it is an actual product! I thought it was a spoof!)
The one minute video is probably best described as gay potty humor and is appropriately entitled, Avoiding a Bottom Disaster. I thought this was hilarious but it may be too vulgar for others so don’t say I didn’t warn you first.
Source: menandcoffee.com
Life’s too short to drink crappy coffee and cry over boys who don’t care.
—Matty Healy
Have a good weekend and thanks for stopping by to check out my blog.
climACTS! UNDERGROUND
Thursday, April 28 at 6:00 pm
The Theater Offensive (TTO) annual FUNdraiser, climACTS! is less than two weeks away Thursday, April 28th at Icon Nightclub – 100 Warrenton St.
The party will be emceed by David Brown, DJ Brent Covington will be on hand and Cuban-American performance artist Octavio Campos will be joined by an ensemble of sexy dancers and performers. Check out this video I put together from a climACTS! fundraiser from a couple years ago. You’ll understand why I say this isn’t your typical, stuffy fundraiser; it is actually quite a bit of fun.
If you’ve never attended the TTO’s annual fundraiser, I’d highly recommend you check it out. For more information or to get tickets link here.
It seems like much of the South has declared war on their LGBT communities. Citing “religious freedom” North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee state legislatures all introduced legislation that singles out the LGBT community to make it legal to discriminate against them. While it was nice to see Louisiana’s Governor bucking that trend by proactively signing an executive order to provide more protections for their LGBT community earlier this week it would be naive not to assume more discriminatory legislation will be forthcoming.
It seems like the South has declared war on the LGBT community
April 11, 2016 Tennessee state legislators passed a bill that could jeopardize access to mental health treatment for LGBT individuals – it is still working its way through the state house.
April 5, 2016 Mississippi’s Governor signed House Bill 1523 into law, under the pretense of ‘religious freedom’, legalizing discrimination in that state against the LGBT community.
March 28, 2016 Georgia Governor vetoes anti-LGBT legislation after facing growing criticism by the business and entertainment community.
March 23, 2016 North Carolina signed a vindictive law that made local ordinances that protected LGBT individuals null and void and legalized discrimination targeted at the LGBT community legal.
Boston Pride 2016 theme strikes the right note in response to anti-LGBT legislation
I have no doubt that several if not all of the above legislation will be challenged in the courts and shall be found unconstitutional but in the interim the climate in the South seems to be getting more toxic for our community. In about 6-weeks Pride Season will begin and many cities in the South will hold their annual celebrations. We would be wise to remember the political clout Pride has, bringing together our beautifully diverse community.
In light of the rash of discriminatory legislation, think about using the upcoming season of Pride to organize and respond to parade of hateful legislation.
Date of photo unknown
Source: welcomebacktopottersville blog
I want to dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical time where being true to yourself and loving who you want wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email me at bosguymail@gmail.com.
Last night transgender activists booed Gov. Charlie Baker off stage because of his lack of support for a pending bill designed to prevent bias against their community in public spaces. The bill in question, known as the public accommodations bill, would prohibit bias against transgender people in restaurants, shopping malls, and other public areas.
Baker was the keynote speaker at the 10th Annual Boston Spirit LGBT Executive Networking Night at the Marriott hotel in Copley Place. The annual event draws more than 1,000 LGBT business leaders and earlier in his speech he drew applause when he told the crowd that “we should not discriminate against anyone in Massachusetts.”, but according to The Boston Globe he infuriated many when he hedged on the question of the public accommodations bill. Rather than declare support, he said he would “make sure I talk to all parties involved” if the legislation comes to him. The crowd voiced their displeasure with boos.
You can read the full article in The Boston Globe here.
Continuing my important, educational work to help you expand your vocabulary, today’s word is huddle.
huddle (verb) crowd together; nestle closely.
Used in a sentence: I asked the nice policemen to huddle with me to feel safe
Boston Spirit Magazine presents their annual LGBT networking night tomorrow, Wednesday, April 13 at the Marriott Boston Copley Place Hotel from 6-9 p.m.
RSVP before heading over tomorrow and note that there is a $10 admission fee. This year’s featured speaker is Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.
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