2012 Boston Spirit Sunset Cruise to Benefit Fenway Health

Updated on Monday, July 16, 2012 at 1:25PM by

Get your summer started right with Boston Spirit's annual Boston Harbor Sunset Cruise the evening of Wednesday, June 20!  We'll be cruising on Bay State Cruise Company’s Provincetown II departing at the World Trade Center dock in Boston's Seaport District at 6:30 p.m. and will cruise around Boston Harbor enjoying the delicious and sweet sounds of DJ Mocha plus scrumptuous food by Jasper White's Summer Shack. There's a Cash Bar and a silent auction & raffles through the evening!

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Becoming Michelle: Marathon is Metaphor for Trans Woman’s Journey

Michelle Figueiredoby Sam Baltrusis photo by Ryan Miner

When Michelle Figueiredo revealed her laundry list of New Year’s resolutions to her group of friends in early 2010, they were flabbergasted. And no, it had little to do with the fact that she planned to go through with the last stage of her transformation from male to female. 

“I made three New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of the year,” she recalls, marveling at how far she’s come in so little time. “I vowed to lose weight and get healthy, to do my best and train for and run a marathon, and to book my surgery and have it by the time I turn 40.”

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