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Hit List NEWS, NOTES AND TO-DOS FOR EVERY GAY AGENDA
CHECK OUT the platform of Jack Patrick Lewis, an out democratic candidate for Massachusetts state representative in the 7th Middlesex District. Lewis, a husband and father who lives in Framingham, is the executive director of OUT MetroWest, which supports community programming, educational outreach and advocacy for LGBTQ youth. In a recent interview with “The Rainbow Times,” Lewis cited innovating schools, improving the MBTA, investing in green energy production and protecting budgetary funds for the disability community as especial priorities. Before advancing to the general election, Lewis will face a democratic primary on September 8. More info: electjacklewis.com ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE offered to New England by the Human Rights Campaign’s justreleased State Equality Index, a report that groups US states into four tiered categories based on the degree to which local legislation protects and advances LGBT rights. Connecticut was one of just seven states placed in the top category, “Working Toward Innovative Equality,” which acknowledged states with the most “robust” legislation. Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont were one level down,
Scott Pomfret categorized as “Solidifying Equality,” a designation for states that are “considered high-performing but not cutting edge on LGBT equality.” New Hampshire and Rhode Island were deemed as “Building Equality.” No New England states were among the 28 listed in the lowest-ranking category. More info: hrc.org
STOCK UP ON BEACH READS
from gay Boston author Scott D. Pomfret. “You Are the One,” published in April, is a collection of previously published LGBT-focused short stories, including its title tale about the torrid affair between a butch soldier and an “uppity homosexual” landscape architect who is tending more than rosebushes on the military base. June sees the release of Pomfret’s “The Second Half: A Gay American Football Novel,” about a complicated romance
between Payton, a college football coach, and Brady, his star quarterback. Payton plus Brady? Sounds like a pageturner. More info: scottpomfret. com
TUNE IN to “New England Pride TV,” a new monthly show hosted by award-winning Worcester-based vocalist
and emcee Dale LePage. LePage, who currently hosts “WooTube,” a weekly entertainment talk show carried by Charter TV3, says he is launching “New England Pride TV” to “give an important voice to the LGBTQ community and their supporters, inform, educate and entertain.” The show
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