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Year 2, Vol. 21 • April 3-30, 2008 The www.therainbowtimesnews.com FREE! CT News: CT TransAdvocacy NY News & Libby Post’s RainbowTimes Coalition: HB 5723 Act Lesbian Notions: Your LGBT News in Western MA, the Capital District of NY, Northern CT, & Southern VT p. 16 &17 p. 26 & 27 MARGARET CHO BUSINESS P. 12 NEW! RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 21 MAYA ANGELOU STANDS BY HILLARY CLINTON P. 27 VOTE WITH PRIDE: NOHO PRIDE KICKS OFF PRIDE SEASON, SEEKS VOLUNTEERS P. 13 SUICIDE MISSION: I CHOSE COWARDICE IN ANOTHER FORM P. 8 HB 1722: GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION and HATE CRIMES’ ACT— WHY IT MATTERS P. 3 Photo by: Austin Young Austin Photo by: 2 • April 3-30, 2008 • The Rainbow Times • www.therainbowtimesnews.com Opinions The Controversial Couch TRT endorses Sen. Hillary Clinton Lie back and listen. Then get up and do something By: Nicole C. Lashomb House. I will stop at that because when it By: Suzan Ambrose*/TRT Columnist ple would be strong aphrodisiacs, TRT Editor-in-Chief comes to the current President, I could fill in “Look! Up in the sky!! Is it a especially if the chemicals caused he Rainbow Times is pleased to the rest of the 31 pages of this edition of TRT, bird? A plane? No, it’s the gay homosexual behavior.” ($ 7.5 million announce our endorsement of and yet I would not be able to properly bomb!” Yes, the ‘gay bomb/poof bomb’ was were requested by the Air Force Lab Democratic presidential candidate, describe what this “Bush” has done to this T actually considered and researched by the to develop this bomb.) NY Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. country. U.S. military. A bomb that would render This bomb supposedly would release chem- All of the recent and not-so-recent political In the general election, the candidates will events and biased lack of support of the main- not be in a civil battle, but rather one that will stream media have encouraged The Rainbow be tumultuous and torrential. Let’s face it, Maybe they’ve repackaged the idea in smaller amounts to test the Times’ management to throw its support rhetoric alone will not win. Obama does not behind the Presidential Candidate that we have the political experience to survive those market. Maybe it is in the form of something like Viagra. Because its know is the best suited to tackle and defeat the types of storms. usage seems to induce a similar uncontrollable urge in men. GOP contender, John McCain, in the 2008 Sen. Clinton, as any other human being, has Presidential Election. A major contributing her flaws. She is, however, without doubt, the factor behind our endorsement lies within the Democratic contender with a vast experience enemy forces homosexual, making them more icals causing enemy soldiers to “become strength, perseverance, determination and and a long-standing political career. She can interested in sex than fighting. That must have gay.” Their units would break down because fighting spirit of a woman who has been be put on par with John McCain. The attacks been a heck of a study group to be a partici- all men would become irresistibly attracted to counted down and out numerous times by top that she has withstood from all sides are sim- pant in, eh? one another. Girlfriend, the government has media and political analysts since the demo- ilar in nature to those she would receive in a This far-fetched discovery was made by the no idea how picky gay men can be, do they? cratic contests of Super Tuesday. general election. In a known war, there are no Sunshine Project of Berkley, CA. Using the Perhaps that’s why we haven’t seen it on the While Sen. Barack Obama is an eloquent casualties, unless of course, you are Sen. Freedom of Information Act, Edward market yet. Better yet, maybe we should speaker and can undeniably persuade the Barack Obama. Hammond found a copy of the proposal to check and see how those people in Iraq are masses with his motivational speeches, there If Obama had Clinton’s record, I/we would develop non-lethal weapons from the Air really doing. Is this the real reason Donald is relatively little significance to his short- stand beside him too. However, we simply do Force’s Wright Laboratory in Ohio. The “gay Rumsfeld seemed confident Iraqis would standing political career. If I was being asked not know the skeletons in his closet as we do bomb documents” included several proposals greet us with flowers and chocolates after we by whom I am most moved by in terms of with Sen. Clinton. After living a life-time in for military use of chemicals that could be bombed their country? rhetoric, my choice would certainly be the public eye, dedicated to public service, sprayed over enemy positions. The proposal I have to believe that most men ARE far Obama. Like with any other motivational naturally, she has faced and endured much states, “One distasteful but non-lethal exam- more interested in sex than fighting a war, if speaker, his words just make you feel better. scrutiny. Yet we know practically nothing you gave them the opportunity. So, is it that But being the president of the U.S. is not just about Sen. Obama. Letters to the Editor nothing has come of the idea? Or the results about words. We have certainly seen that Good luck Senator Clinton and may the best weren’t quite what the government had in through eight years of a newbie in the White “person” win! Dear Editor, mind? Maybe the real truth behind the gay Awesome pic of Janet Jackson. I lover her so bomb was that the effects were permanent, Read TRT’s Own Trans Column on Page 4 much! Just wanted to let you know. and not temporary. Or, that an antidote had yet Tally A. , Chicopee, MA to be developed, or that the soldiers liked their Dear Editor, new “male expression” side. (This would Love, Rights … and the Rest of It! It was great to see The Rainbow Times at the come as a “major blow” to top government By: JM Sorrell*/TRT Columnist standpoint. No statewide screening of WGBY’s Anyone & Everyone at officials.) See Couch on Page 28 pring has arrived, and with it, the usu- senator or house member the Academy of Music. Thank you for your ally mix of weather. The political cli- who supported the legisla- dedication to serving our people. Josh R., Northampton, MA Smate is notable in that so much ener- ture’s mandate (to put The Rainbow Times gy seems to be spent on who would make the Goodrich into law on May Dear Editor, 351 Pleasant St., #322 best president (Clinton or Obama) that the 17, 2004) has lost a re-elec- The story on TransCampus was really inform- Northampton, MA 01060 tion bid. As the backlash ative. I am new to the area and didn’t know hot-button issues of abortion rights and same- J.M. the JP www.therainbowtimesnews.com sex marriage have taken a back seat. The and attempts to reverse the that you have so many trans tools and a news- [email protected] economy and the war in Iraq are in the fore- decision kept us busy for several years, this paper that has so many articles about my T [email protected] front of debate. McCain seems beside the continued to be the case. community. Phone: 413-204-8959 • Fax: 866-310-8512 Camilla S., West Springfield, MA point. Deval Patrick got elected governor as he NY: 518-391-2617 Dear Editor, How will this play out? Once the Democrat steadfastly supported same-sex marriage Publisher I didn’t like Libby Post’s article The Best men Columnists without compromise. Governor. All of these Gricel M. Ocasio is nominated, there will be little time for and Women for the Job. How can such an Jennifer Dexter elections were watched closely around the debate between her/him and McCain. This is influential lesbian turn against one of our Editor-In-Chief J.M. Sorrell country. The electability of candidates on the when those wedge issues will arise again. We own? We love Libby here, but come on! Nicole Lashomb Suzan Ambrose progressive side of civil rights is no small Deja N. Greenlaw may not like what we hear from any candidate —Theresa W., Albany, NY Distribution thing. Voters are supporting these candidates once the fireworks resume. It will be about Dear Editor, Ben Peterson Reporters getting elected. LGBT voters will be asked to precisely because of their stance or because it Lindsay Wilson I don’t like the Outfield stories. They’re bor- Sales Associates is one item that would not make or break a Tynan Power be patient again and to support the least harm- ing. Is this guy ever going to write about SJ Seymour decision and the candidate has other features ful candidate. something interesting? Chris Gilmore Webmaster This time, though, there is a difference. that impress the voter. —Mark M., Hartford, CT Liz Johnson Jarred Johnson Both Clinton and Obama have voiced their Clinton and Obama would not be nearly as Dear Editor, The Rainbow Times is published by The Rainbow Times, support for equal rights minus the M-word. supportive of equality for LGBT citizens I don’t get the Trans comunity, even when you LLC. The articles written by the writers, columnists, and This includes federal benefits such as health without this precedence. All of our rights are have SO many articles about it, and even a T correspondents express their opinion, and do not repre- important.
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