In a neighborhood that once shunned him, a Boston gay rights pneer fally gets his moment

Contents:

• MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
• IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ONCE SHUNNED HIM, A BOSTON GAY RIGHTS PNEER FALLY GETS HIS MOMENT
• THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE
• THE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS WILL PERFORM DISNEY’S ‘PRIDE CONCERT’

MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE

The four-part te crime seri, now streamg, foc on four victims, gay men the 1990s, who were murred, dismembered, their remas found garbage bags along a New Jersey highway. Adapted om an Edgar-wng 2021 book also lled “Last Call” by director Anthony Caronna and producer Howard Gertler, what ultimately emerg is an unsttg portra of the vlence done not jt to a gay quartet but to gays, lbians, trans people general.

IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ONCE SHUNNED HIM, A BOSTON GAY RIGHTS PNEER FALLY GETS HIS MOMENT

That mak the climatic urt trial a tense tt se of basic gay civil rights. “What we wanted to do was set the table so people unrstood that 2005, ” Caronna said, “gay marriage wasn’t a thg. For gays, 2005 was still a time where somebody uld get off for somethg heo.

There was still a lot of homema homophobia wh the jtice system. “Last Call” begs 1970s Florida where former bety queen Ana Bryant ws natnal attentn and enthiastic support by attackg homosexuals as unf parents. “Last Call” ends wh current Florida ernor Ron DeSantis echog Bryant wh attacks on trans children, gays and lbians.

“One thg we disvered was the homophobia we talk about the ‘90s, Ana Bryant really was the spark for that. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer televisn newssters have a proment profile many untri around the world. Amerin Charl Perez of ABC News is one to particularly note - he published his book 'Confsns of a Gay News Anchorman' (2011) after his oral of beg fired om a posn Florida when he was intified as beg gay.

THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE

For example, France, there is L'associatn s journalist LGBT, and Ameri there is the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — (AP) — Malaysia's ernment Saturday cut short a mic ftival after the lead sger of Brish band The 1975 slammed the untry's anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate durg their performance. ”Healey ed profany his speech cricizg the ernment's stance agast homosexualy, before kissg bass player Ross MacDonald.

THE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS WILL PERFORM DISNEY’S ‘PRIDE CONCERT’

Homosexualy is a crime the untry that is punishable by up to 20 years prison and agency charge of approvg performanc by foreign artists said was disappoted wh the band's nduct, llg “an sult and disrpectg the laws of the untry. ” It said the group will be blacklisted om performg wasn't the first time that Healy ed the stage to fend lbian and gay rights. In 2019, he kissed a male fan durg a ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also outlaws homosexual acts, acrdg to media reports.