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The cast of RENT’s 20th Anniversary Tour.
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Chris Cole and Fran McMullen in Cole’s APNH office.
As the rents in New Haven rose, so did HIV diagnoses among gay men, especially in communities of color.
That rise isn’t happening just in New Haven, learned AIDS Project New Haven (APNH) Director Chris Cole. It’s a national problem, and it’s not showing signs of going away.
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Bus and counter-bus navigate the Broadway-Elm-York merge.
New Haven finally had its encounter Friday with an anti-LGBTQ “free speech” bus — and it ended practically as soon as it began.
by | Mar 29, 2017 10:10 am | Comments (0)
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Merlot and Birdsey: 13.24 seconds.
Addressing a crowd from the courthouse steps, Chardonnay Merlot extended her hand to a person in a rainbow-printed bandana and asked, “What’s your name?”
“Chris Birdsey.”
“And what pronouns do you identify with?”
by | Dec 22, 2016 2:49 pm | Comments (5)
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Comptroller Lembo Thursday at WNHH.
Activists from across the country are inundating Kevin Lembo with taunts like “faggot” and “Satan” — but that’s not stopping him from moving to prevent state government from forwarding charitable donations to an anti-gay lobbying group.
by | Dec 22, 2016 1:13 pm | Comments (0)
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The Infrastructure crew!
Thursday’s programs on WNHH radio talk infrastructure, jazz, garlic, and the state budget.
by | Dec 22, 2016 8:59 am | Comments (0)
The most recent programs on WNHH radio dive into civic-minded documentaries, explore the complexities of the Emoluments Clause, catch up on the latest in Halal cooking, and laud the latest anti-discrimination measures for the those in the LGBTQ community.
by | Dec 15, 2016 3:14 pm | Comments (0)
Boylan’s upcoming novel.
Thursday’s programs on WNHH dive into policing politics, explore LGBTQ media rights, catch up on community events, and review movies past and present.
by | Nov 10, 2016 2:20 pm | Comments (0)
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Hausladen and Zinn.
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Abdul-Shakoor and Shah.
Thursday’s programs on WNHH radio ask what 21st century transportation might look like, celebrate a New Haven faith center, continue to (loudly) debate the election, go to the movies, fill listeners in on LGBT news and comparative shop for church pews.
by | Oct 25, 2016 7:59 pm | Comments (0)
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Streets.
The most recent programs on WNHH radio delve into jazz music new, old, and New Haven specific, urge listeners to get out and vote, dabble in high school football, and look at new initiatives in journalism.
by | Oct 4, 2016 8:10 pm | Comments (0)
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Turner.
• Dr. Nivea Torres.
• Tom Ullmann.
• The trans rights beat.
• Media maven newscast.
by | Sep 19, 2016 12:48 pm | Comments (2)
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Allen with a bathroom graphic udring “Pride Weekend” tour.
Standing in the narrow, stone-lined alleyway beside St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Hillhouse Avenue, LGBTQ historian John D. Allen remembered some of the blessed unions that took place outside the building.
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• Author William Spivey.
• Eggplants good, bad, ugly.
• Friday Pundits.
• Goodbye, Mr. Stone!
• Cookout for the Homeless.
• Out & About.
• Monkey business.
by | Jul 1, 2016 7:33 am | Comments (4)
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DeLauro: Help me fight for the LGBTQ community.
Elijah Leigh has talked to many lesbian, gay, trans and queer youth of color who don’t feel comfortable being visible in public discussions with legislators and police because “they don’t trust authority or law enforcement.” So he sought to add their voices when a Congresswoman came calling.
by | Jun 20, 2016 7:24 am | Comments (9)
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Demonstrators outside Planned Parenthood.
“Your god is not a loving god!” shouted a demonstrator dressed in bright pink. “I would not want to go to your god’s heaven.”
“Get a bible and read it,” replied a protester with a cross hanging around her neck. “God loves you and wants you to live with him.”
A third person chimed in: “Have you read Leviticus lately?”
by | Jun 15, 2016 8:03 am | Comments (0)
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Antonio: Out & Latino.
Elinor Slomba had just returned home from ladies night at Partners Cafe when she tuned into the news.
Dancer Luis Antonio saw the news flash while in Colorado visiting his boyfriend Jasper’s family on Sunday morning.
by | Jun 14, 2016 3:02 pm | Comments (0)
Dressed in a form-fitting Annie Shirt and dark jeans, DJ Bucciarelli took 168 York Street Cafe‘s courtyard-turned-stage as Jack, flashing a devious grin at the audience before bringing the mic to his mouth.
The wee hours of Sunday morning had just commenced, and he had a serous message for the bar’s packed house, there to hear a selection from GRINDR: The Opera — An Unauthorized Parody.
by | Jun 14, 2016 7:53 am | Comments (0)
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Bandhary-Alexander and Lugo at WNHH.
The latest programs from WNHH radio check in with community members about the massacre in Orlando, revisit immigration reform and the Brock Turner case, meet new authors with new summer reads, and time-travel to a simple time that actually wasn’t so simple.
by and | Jun 14, 2016 7:33 am | Comments (1)
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Morales-Sanchez: “I’m scared. I am angry.”
Following the deadliest massacre of gays and lesbians in U.S. history, New Haveners spoke out for solidarity and acceptance at two back-to-back events.
by | Jun 14, 2016 7:04 am | Comments (0)
The police promised ramped-up protection of gay and lesbian nightspots in town following the massacre of LGBQT bar patrons in Orlando, Florida.
Continue reading ‘Cops, Partners Cafe Stand With LGBTQ Community’
by | Jun 10, 2016 9:50 am | Comments (1)
Gianni as Gianni; Ghee as Lola.
As the actors at New Haven’s latest Broadway touring show left the stage, two stories of self-discovery emerged on a deep red splash of carpet inside the Shubert Theater’s capacious auditorium.
One, a tale of sexual identity and revelation from a senior at Co-Op High School, came quickly, words spinning it into being before an audience.
The other, an unfolding narrative of clandestine drag performances and a father’s hesitant acceptance, revealed itself slowly in short, polite sentences and laughter-tinged personal anecdote from an actor who had just left the stage.
by | May 20, 2016 7:08 am | Comments (3)
Daly at Wednesday’s summit.
Can the Muslim community really count on the FBI to protect it in mosques, schools, and neighborhoods as racial profiling and counterterrorism efforts escalate across the country?
Continue reading ‘U.S. Attorney Pledges Civil-Rights Action’
by | Apr 24, 2016 11:22 pm | Comments (6)
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Clinton, at center, with Rep. DeLauro and Williams on her left, and Rodriguez and Sandra Wincze at left.
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign spent the weekend in New Haven leading with strong suits — an appeal to feminism from America’s potential first female president, and trying to shore up support from black voters, particularly black women voters. It also sought to strenghten a weak spot — the candidate’s position on the minimum wage.
Continue reading ‘Clinton Campaign Hits Feminist, Wage Themes In Busy Weekend In Town’
by | Mar 25, 2016 7:31 am | Comments (0)
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Menlo and Bianchi.
There’s a new gender-nonconforming ladies’ night in town, and it’s going to be positively, poetically, outstandingly fabulous.
That’s because it’s been years in the making — or at least the remaking.
by | Mar 21, 2016 7:32 am | Comments (11)
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Congregation at Sunday’s inaugural Restoration Church service.
Co-founders Betty Lorde and Kim Jenkins.
In the front row of an historic church service, Kim Davis sang a hymn entitled “Holy, Holy, Holy,” not as an outcast, but as a deacon.