EASTHAM — A weird and difficult and rarely-touched-upon part of being a young queer person is that, often, you have to take on the role of educator. Most obviously, there’s […]
LGBTQ
HAPPY CAMPERS
Two Summer Programs for LGBTQ Youth Make Plans to Resume
Closing the ‘disconnect’ across the spectrum of gender and racial identities
PROVINCETOWN — After last summer’s shutdowns and shifts, Camp Lightbulb and Summer of Sass are both coming back to town this summer. For both programs, the hope is to provide […]
RELIGION
Gay Catholics Seek Solace and Spirituality at St. Peter’s
Social justice concerns and service lead to ‘a richer faith’
PROVINCETOWN — Mike Dubour was in the process of converting to Judaism. He was tired of the lousy version of Catholicism he kept receiving — what he described as “hatred […]
DEMOGRAPHICS
Wealth of Census Numbers Excludes LGBTQ Data
Legislators and advocates for gay rights don’t have facts they need
PROVINCETOWN — With the counting stage of the 2020 census having drawn to its abrupt close, the Census Bureau’s next step is to release its final report, which will contain […]
BOOKS
Jane Fleishman’s Stonewall Generation Gives Voice to LGBTQ Elders
A look at everything from a legacy of activism to sexual intimacy
“I have been an activist and organizer from my teenage years onwards,” says Jane Fleishman, author of The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging. “As Mandy Carter, […]
POLITICS
Cyr Nearly Alone in Speaking Out Against Morse Smear
Vague sex allegations have ‘chilling effect’ on gay candidates, he says
PROVINCETOWN — A Democratic congressional primary race in Western Massachusetts wouldn’t normally make the news on Cape Cod. But the race for the nomination in the rural 1st district, covering […]
DRAG
Cacophony Daniels Celebrates Her Own Family Values
The show-tune belter returns to Provincetown
“Cacophony is all about enjoying the moments we have,” Courter Simmons says of his drag persona, Cacophony Daniels. “I’ve always wanted her to be the kind of person you get […]
QUEER HISTORY
The Heroic Struggle to Be Out in Central Pennsylvania
William Burton traces the building of an LGBTQ community
The history of the gay liberation movement is usually told from the point of view of those at the center of the action, from the Mattachine Society and Daughters of […]
QUEER ‘I’
Reflections on Gay Pride
The first march commemorating Stonewall was 50 years ago
Pride, being one of the seven deadly sins, has good and bad sides to it. It’s like patriotism. To the extent that it means self-love and self-respect, it’s essential and […]
YOUTH PRIDE
Covid-19 Takes a Toll on LGBTQ Youth
Facing cancellation, Camp Lightbulb goes virtual
For many in the LGBTQ community, annual pride events commemorating the Stonewall uprising of June 28, 1969, have constituted their first euphoric moments of connection, of celebration, of feeling recognized […]
THEATER
The Curtain Rises on Provincetown Theater’s 2020 Season
A look at the year ahead with Artistic Director David Drake
“It was deliberate,” David Drake, the artistic director of the Provincetown Theater, says of his schedule of new productions for 2020, his third year at the company. “Doing this season […]
QUEER ‘I’
Signs of Hope for the Methodist Church
The Outer Cape awaits the lifting of homophobic rules
After the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in February 2019 upheld the so-called Traditional Plan, which affirms the church’s ban on hosting and officiating same-sex marriages and […]
