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March 2006
Jane and Audacia
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Audacia and Jane at the opening last night. Yes, I know their eyes I closed (I don’t have the hang of this dammed flash yet), but I wanted you to see Dacia’s tiara. What you can’t see are the 4 1/2 high leopard platforms heels she was wearing…
By Jim Finkle
BOSTON (Reuters) – Gay couples from American states that ban same-sex marriages cannot legally be wed in Massachusetts where such unions are legal, the state’s highest court ruled on Thursday.
The ruling was made in response to a lawsuit filed by gay couples from Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, which prohibit same-sex marriage.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts made its ruling after Republican Gov. Mitt Romney had ordered local authorities to refuse applications to be wed in Massachusetts because they resided outside of the state. (more…)
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gay, legal, queer
Taking sex work out of the shadows and into public consciousness.
by Rebecca Castillo and Sarah Feightner
BEING A SEX WORKER isn’t something to write home about for most men and women in the $12 billion-a-year sex industry.
Prostitutes, strippers and adult film stars put themselves and what they do for a living out on the street, stage and TV screen every day, but they often keep their working lives a secret from friends, family, and other employers. They don’t do this by choice, but because their jobs are widely considered illegal, unhealthy and immoral.
Carol Leigh, aka the “Scarlot Harlot,†hasn’t let a little social stigma stop her from rallying for sex workers’ rights since the late 1970s. An activist, author and self-proclaimed unrepentant whore, Leigh recently took the stage at the New York City leg of the Sex Workers Art Show tour to talk about the difficulties of being “out†as a sex worker.
“You don’t want to tell your neighbors because they’ll watch your door,†she told the crowd at the Knitting Factory in Tribeca. “You don’t want to tell your mother, because what’ll she tell the rest of your family? And DON’T tell your dissertation committee!â€
While the typical privacy struggle is a fight for more privacy, a vibrant community of out and proud sex workers like Leigh is fighting for the right to a little less. Cultural happenings like the Sex Workers Art Show, sex work Web sites and blogs, a CUNY-sponsored conference at the end of the month, and a new magazine “by and for†people in the sex industry all showcase sex workers who dare to take their jobs out of the shadows and into public consciousness.
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The Stonewall Chorale, the nation’s first gay and lesbian chorus, announces openings for all voice parts. Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings (beginning on April 4, 2006), 7:00 to 9:30 PM in Greenwich Village. Members are required to sell four (4) tickets per concert as well as pay monthly dues.
We are auditioning for the final concert of the 2005-2006 season (Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana) which will be performed at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, Goodman House on Saturday, June 10, 2006.
Auditions will be held on Tuesday, March 28 (7-9 PM). For more information, to hear and see the chorale and to schedule an audition, visit our web site at www.stonewallchorale.org, or e-mail us at membershipREMOVETHIS stonewallchorale DOT org,
