Vol. 19 • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 • www.therainbowtimesnews.com FREE! The N HAYES - Will EA & G S ra ce S t • Your LGBTQainbow News in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticutimes & Vermont • a r T h R a s t h e l a P h s o t o t : C l o u a r t e u s y g o f H h BROS. PICTURES PHOTO: WARNER G L H C SEAN HAYES Will & Grace alum has the last laugh p5 . P ER W p3 YNAN PO T AYNE FOR STATE RE FOR STATE AYNE P PHOTO: PHOTO: PROJECT ONE Launches Campaign KAREN PAYNE With Forum On Bullying Lesbian Activist runs And Suicide Prevention for Mass. 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Or should I say, lack of the slightest bit of interest or work necticut Alliance for Business Opportunities benefits us all; not only as Fsuch things is what is making at getting their partners or them- (CABO). individuals, but as employ- the news this week. But this is no selves in the mood ... nope! Just CABO is Connecticut’s first and only lesbian, ees of large corporations, “Girls Gone Wild” segment; rather, more like take a pill! Viagra becomes a simple and easy gay, bisexual and transgender chamber of com- small non-profits and as girls getting sleepy. Viagra for chicks appears way to stave off any real mental exercise in the merce. CABO’s mission is to focus on creating business owners. to be a bust. lovemaking department. and enhancing business opportunities for LGBT CABO is your resource to The female equivalent to Viagra has fallen No wonder the (probably all male) scientists and LGBT-friendly organizations throughout doing business with those “short” of its intended mission; i.e.: to give at Boehringer Ingelheim, who have created the Connecticut and surrounding states. who are part of the com- women a boost in their sex lives. Ah, the mys- drug flibanserin for premenopausal women (a The Rainbow Times has been a member of munity and/or support the teries of women ... their drive, interests, or- group who consistently report a lack of sex CABO for several years and just recently be- Jenn Tracz community. You can shop gasm and ejaculation concerns. drive) aren’t having any real luck in coming up came the Corporate Print Media Sponsor for with confidence when you “What? 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Advice Column 351 Pleasant St., #322 By: Tetty Gorfine*/TRT Columnist al, she is hoping that Dear Editor, Northampton, MA 01060 I thought that Jason Lydon’s story was re- Hello Tetty: you can fill the gaps www.therainbowtimesnews.com or comfort old hurts. ally good, and liked his emphasis on protec- I have been in relationship with my tion and consenting sex. [email protected] girlfriend for two years. I do love her It does not surprise —Ramon S., Boston, MA [email protected] but I can’t stand it any longer. She me that you are strug- [email protected] wants to have sex at least every day gling with this. For you though, the question is Dear Editor, Phone: 413.282.8881, 617.444.9618 or and I have no space for myself. When 617.438.4364 Fax: 206.203.0436 I’m reading, she wants to know what it why you haven’t been Katherine Patrick’s story by Susan Ryan is and then begins a conversation with able to tell her how you Vollmar was extremely exciting! The young Publisher Columnists me. She has to go out with my friends feel. Patrick sounds like her father and seems pre- Gricel M. Ocasio Suzan Ambrose all the time. I don’t want to leave her If you’ve been reading pared for the task at hand. If there’s some- Editor-In-Chief Lorelei Erisis Yourself but I don’t know what to do. this column you have one that can get the LGBT crowd aroused, Nicole Lashomb Tetty Gorfine heard me talk about that someone is Katherine. I’ll support her Helpless, Eve Assistant Editor Deja N. Greenlaw how communication is and she’s very nice looking too! Tetty Gorfine Natalia Muñoz Paul P. Jesep Hi Eve: a vital cornerstone of a —Jan S., Cambridge, MA Sales Manager healthy relationship. I realize that speaking your Jason Lydon You are not alone in your desire to Bill Berggren J.M. Sorrell balance your relationship with your mind may bring tension to your relationship. But Dear Editor, Distribution Manager own individual needs. It is common for you are already experiencing a lot of tension and I liked Susan Ryan-Vollmar’s story on SJ Seymour Reporters people to have not actively working on it Gov. Deval Patrick’s daughter Katherine. Sales Associates Joe Siegel difficulty with will cause it to build. The I like the impartial focus of it and enjoyed Chris Gilmore Tynan Power personal bound- .... speaking your mind longer tensions build, the reading about the young woman’s strong Liz Johnson Susan Ryan-Vollmar aries in relation- stormier the result when it desire to help her father’s campaign. Her Webmaster Lead Designer ships. This area may bring tension to your finally comes out. involvement at such a young age makes her Jarred Johnson Jim Curran Express Express is extremely relationship. But you are My suggestion to you, a pivotal presence on Gov. Patrick’s cam- important. Eve, is to begin to talk paign now and opens up her possibilities The Rainbow Times is published biweekly by more with your partner The Rainbow Times, LLC.