Chaz Bono (photo by Kristian Dowling)Join Boston Spirit magazine for our 5th Annual LGBT Executive Networking Night. Taking place on March 28th at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, the event will feature our 2012 Keynote Speaker Chaz Bono! In February, 2011 more than 1,000 local lgbt corporate professionals attended this event making it the largest LGBT business event in New England … don’t be left out in 2012.]]>
Gay Pride flier from Mitt Romney during his term as governor of Massachusetts, 2003-2007. (special thanks to Alex Oneto for the image)
by James A. Lopata
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told a gay Iowan recently that if LGBT issues were most important for him, then he should vote for Obama.
The GOP record on gay rights is pretty dismal compared to Democrats, but even so, in the 2010 elections, 31 percent of gay voters said they voted Republican. Surely these must not be single-issue gay voters.
But what if there were actual gay reasons for voting Republican? I stretched my powers of imagination and came up with a list of The Top Ten Gay Reasons to Vote GOP in the 2012 presidential elections.
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Boston Spirit's 'Ricardo Recommends' columnist Ricardo Rodriguez along with Bryan Rafanelli and Ken Oringer demonstrate the art of entertaining in style
Entertaining at home has to be one of the most stressful things for me. Just ask my husband Michael. All the worrying about the food, the drinks, the guest list, and the perfect ambience. Believe me, I love to put together a party but only once in awhile. Now, add the holidays to the list and then we are talking about quite the undertaking.
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Kathleen Turner and Matthew Lombardo (photo by brianambrose.com)Actress returns to Boston in out playwright’s drama of crystal meth addiction
As a young writer in New York City Matthew Lombardo was laser focused on penning up to eighty pages of dialogue a week for the NBC soap opera Another World.
The out playwright of High, starring two-time Golden Globe winner Kathleen Turner, certainly never considered touching a drug on his rare night out on the town with friends.
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Join Boston Spirit, along with co-presenter Boston Magazine, for our 2011 Travel & Wedding event. If you are looking for the best deals of the season from many of the area’s best travel and wedding related businesses, this is the place to be! From hotels and resorts, to jewelers and caterers, we’ve got it all for you in one place. The event is FREE to attend but you must RSVP.
Boston Marriott Long Wharf, Sunday, October 23rd from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
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If you are looking to take part in candid discussions about the state of Boston’s legal, finance, and real estate industries in a networking setting … We’ve got you covered.]]>
The Great Room at Land's End InnThe luxury inns of Provincetown
There comes a time when your share of that condo on Commercial Street seems remarkably inadequate. Crashing in that closet your best friend calls a guest room will do nothing for your romantic life. You’re big girls and boys now and it’s time to start living large in a whole new sophisticated way.
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Portland Head Lighthouse, ©iStockphoto.com/khyimA week's vacation in Maine: Day One
Thought LGBT Maine was basically Ogunquit and Portland? Wrong. You’ve only just begun.
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Get your summer started right with Boston Spirit's annual Boston Harbor Sunset Cruise the evening of June 22! We'll be departing from Boston Harbor Cruises at 6:30 p.m. and will cruise around Boston Harbor enjoying delicious and the sweet sounds of DJ Mocha.]]>
"Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess" written and directed Lilly Scourtis about the Bay Area’s most provocative and controversial lead singers of the ‘90s punk scene, Marian Anderson.
Trans, lesbian, bi, straight, or gay — you label it — Boston LGBT Film Fest has it all
It’s a bit of a cliché to say that a film festival offers “something for everyone,” but the Boston LGBT Film Festival, now in its 27th year, really does. Proving that film is indeed universal, the festival’s mission is to use film to reach out to a broad cross-section of the community and inspire connection.
Launched in 1984, the Boston LGBT Film Festival is among the oldest in the country but organizers have hardly rested on its reputation. They work hard all year, partnering with other film festivals and organizations, to keep the event fresh and relevant to audiences. Not only does the festival present new films from all over the world, many of them area premieres, but they also integrate them into diverse programming aimed at education, activism and awareness.
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