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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

LGBTQ

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE CRUEL AND USUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IN MASS PRISONS

Written by EMMA NEWBERY Posted February 25, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

LGBTQ+ prisoners in Mass stand up to a violent system that targets and dehumanizes vulnerable populations.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: LGBTQ, Massachusetts, prison

BEING FRANK: IS THE POPE’S SUPPORT OF CIVIL UNIONS MERELY LIP SERVICE?

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted November 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

"Since marriage equality is out of the question, can the LGBTQ community trust Pope Francis to follow through on civil unions?"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: LGBTQ, marriage equality, religion

ACT UP FOUNDERS REFLECT ON AIDS ACTIVISM, TALK COVID AND CURRENT PROTESTS

Written by NOAH SCHAFFER Posted June 24, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us

“Anyone who thinks the Black Lives Matter movement is not doing a very good job should pay attention to the astonishing movement in public opinion. Sometimes you have to scream real loud or use a bad word.”

Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, LGBTQ, news, news to us

AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, attorney general, Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, Healey, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, Twitter, western Mass

HOW TRUMP EXPANDED POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT HARM LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted February 4, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

It rolled back sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) nondiscrimination provisions in health care, employment, and housing, and expanded discriminatory religious refusal policies.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, Fenway Health, HIV Epidemic Initiative, LGBTQ, migrants, SOGI, Trump

COP BLOCK: CHICOPEE POLICE CLAIM JOURNALISM IS AN ATTACK ON THEIR DEPARTMENT

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

While there have indeed been formal requests made for public information and several articles written about CPD misconduct, it is news to us that we are on the “attack.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

LOVING A CHURCH THAT DOESN’T LOVE YOU

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

The schism in the UMC, sadly, mirrors today’s ongoing battle among religious conservatives.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: LGBTQ, United Methodist Church

A CHICKEN FOR EVERY COP

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 4, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Chick-fil-A

The Western Mass police department that has hosted more than two-dozen events at Chick-fil-A

Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

DUMP HIM: NORTHAMPTON PUNK QUARTET SWINGS TAIL END OF TOUR THROUGH CAMBRIDGE

Written by SARAH HOPE Posted October 3, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Reviews

“We write accessible music because it’s fun and we like to, but also lyrically we try to be thoughtful,” Jac said. “It’s for anyone that can relate.”

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: DUMP HIM, LGBTQ, Music, northampton, Punk

INTERVIEW: TRACY HUERTA (‘FACE VALUE: ART, MAKEUP & IDENTITY’ PREVIEW)

Written by EMILY BASS Posted August 1, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

"All anti-oppressive and liberating issues are important to me, but I concern myself mostly with black and brown liberation, queer and trans liberation, anticapitalist redistribution of resources, and global warming."

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, Boston Hassle, Dorchester Art Project, Face Value, LGBTQ, queer, Tracy Huerta

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