Columnists :: Pressing The Flesh
 
Pols on parade
By Laura Kiritsy | Friday Jun 19, 2009
Last week’s Boston Pride Parade and its attendant festivities attracted so many elected officials and political candidates, it’s hard to know where to start with our wrap-up of the activities.
Tobin and company gay up West Roxbury; Barrios takes to the grill for Felix G. Arroyo
By Laura Kiritsy | Friday May 29, 2009
Though I’m sure it’s hard for some of you to believe that we actually get invited to the events we write about, as opposed to just barging into any old gathering of two or more people - as candidates campaigning for an at-large seat on the Boston City Council are wont to do - we recently received an invite to an LGBT fundraiser for West Roxbury City Councilor John Tobin and a couple things jumped out at us.
Our first blind item; Menino’s second career and Know Thy Neighbor goes south
By Laura Kiritsy | Friday May 8, 2009
Our first blind item; Menino’s second career and Know Thy Neighbor goes south.
The Michlewitz fan club, Sen. Walsh hits the road for marriage equality
By Laura Kiritsy | Friday Apr 24, 2009
Move over Boston City Council President Mike Ross, it looks like the gays have a new political heartthrob: Aaron Michlewitz, a candidate in the May 19 special election Democratic primary for the 3rd Suffolk District seat formerly held by Sal DiMasi.
The MassEquality follies; Get your Newsom here
By Laura Kiritsy | Friday Apr 3, 2009
In addition to being pretty good at protecting marriage equality, MassEquality also knows how to throw a pretty good party. Or maybe it’s just that I don’t get out much.
Gays come out of the closet for Flaherty
By Laura Kiritsy | Thursday Mar 26, 2009
Michael Flaherty gets with the gays at Club Cafe, Solomon says ’So long’ to lawmakers and friends.
3rd Suffolk race gets another gay, Arroyo skips St. Pat’s parade
By Laura Kiritsy | Friday Mar 20, 2009
Last month we brought news of Ryan Higginson, an openly gay Democrat running in the special election to replace former House Speaker Sal DiMasi in the 3rd Suffolk District. This month we bring tidings from John Keith, an openly gay man campaigning as an independent candidate for the seat.
Now, for the rest of the 3rd Suffolk candidates
By Laura Kiritsy | Friday Feb 27, 2009
Last week we brought news of openly gay candidate Ryan Higginson’s campaign to replace former House Speaker Sal DiMasi in the 3rd Suffolk District special election. This week we got to all of the non-LGBT candidates in the race - Aaron Michlewitz, Susan Passoni and Lucy Rivera - to suss out their positions on the issues.
DeLeo debuts at
MassEquality Gayla
By Laura Kiritsy | Thursday Feb 19, 2009
Bob DeLeo comes out at MassEquality’s Valentine’s Day Gayla, Sam Yoon is not heartless and the 3rd Suffolk race gets a gay!
Bottoms up for the state GOP
By Laura Kiritsy | Thursday Jan 8, 2009
In a recent story on the political website PolitickerMA about his bid to become the next chair of the Mass. Republican Party, Michael Franco declared himself "a bottom up Republican."
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