Tag: Massachusetts

Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges that were filed against Kevin Spacey over an alleged sexual assault. In 2016, the 18-year-old son of news anchor Heather Unruh met Spacey at a bar in Nantucket. He said that Spacey bought him eight to ten drinks and then groped his genitals under the table. Spacey was charged last year with one count of indecent assault and battery. On Tuesday, the Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe announced that the charge against Spacey was being...

Netflix had an amazing response to the organizers of the Straight Pride Parade who were insinuating that they had corporate sponsors. Super Happy Fun America (SHFA) is organizing a Straight Pride Parade in Boston for this coming August. The organizers have ties to white supremacy. On their website, they wrote a post about “Prospective corporate sponsors,” which included the logos of a bunch of major corporations. This did not make those corporations happy, and Netflix had a great way of telling them. “You...

Credit: @newjorkjordan Instagram One of the biggest gay events in the world, Bear Week, appears to be going pretty darn well so far. The annual gathering takes place in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where bears and their lovers land on an island off of Cape Cod that is filled with sand, seafood and and an assortment of furry dudes available at your disposal. Bear Week’s first weekend (it goes until this Sunday, July 21) included celebrities sightings like Pose star Billy Porter and RuPaul’s...

Credit: Mike Flanagan The legendary week-long event known as Bear Week is about to begin. Hundreds of bears and bear aficionado’s will be entering Provincetown, Massachusetts beginning this Saturday, July 13, all the way until Sunday, July 21. That’s a lot of fur in one small place. I’ve attended this gathering twice in the past (2014 and 2015) and have figured out the best ways to navigate it from start to finish that will leave you feeling refreshed and not completely exhausted...

The people behind the straight pride parade called 911 over a glitter bomb they received in the mail. Super Happy Fun America (SHFA) is an organization that applied and got approval for a straight pride parade in Boston in August. The parade will celebrate “the diverse history, culture, and contributions of the straight community.” The organizers also have ties to white supremacist and alt-right organizations, and the parade’s “mascot and Grand Marshall” will be gay internet troll Milo Yiannopoulos. On Monday, SHFA...

The organizers behind the Straight Pride Parade in Boston announced that the city approved their parade and it will be happening on August 31. The city approved the plan from the organization “Super Happy Fun America” to host the event. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said that the city cannot refuse parade permits because of the content of the parade, although he added that he would not be attending it himself. “Whatever outside groups may try do, our values won’t change. I invite...

Bonefish Harry’s, a taco and tiki restaurant in the Massachusetts towns of Beverly and Lynn, has received hate mail and messages of support after it decided to hang a rainbow flag outside of its establishment. One letter in particular, allegedly sent by an anti-gay former patron named Owen Donaldson, read: Dear Owners, Since you opened, my wife and I have enjoyed several meals at Fishbone Harry’s, have received gift cards for other meals and have had family meals there with some of...

Get ready to cry. A middle school choir teacher was surprised by his students with a performance at his wedding’s rehearsal brunch. Christopher Landis was preparing to marry his fiancé Joe Michienzie when he got quite the surprise, according to the Patriot Ledger. Two parents of Landis’ students organized four Sunday rehearsals with the help of 50 kids and their parents. They then got all of the kids on a bus and drove 30 miles to appear at Landis’ wedding rehearsal. Said Joy...

Jason Babcock and Adam Gentile are the happy couple who just announced that they are adding three more to their quickly growing family. As GayStarNews reports, the two met at a college before getting married in Massachusetts on July 2013. Then, they introduced their newborn son, Tristan, to the world just last year in January. Tristan was brought into their lives thanks to the help of their friend Jessica who agreed to be the surrogate. But Jessica’s generosity didn’t stop there. She...

An anonymous ‘threatening’ note and defaced campaign sign have both been widely shared and condemned on Facebook. Mayor Alex Morse of Holyoke has shared with his constituents, and by virtue of the internet the rest of world, an offensive note sent to his office which specifically targeted his sexuality in a ‘threatening’ manner. Alex, who has served as mayor of Holyoke for five years, explained on social media that the card was sent to his office anonymously. It read: “Alex, you...