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10 years later, we told you so

Ten years of being right (well, mostly)
Like many in the alternative press, we pride ourselves on being ahead of the game. Sometimes, of course, that means we're wrong about what might be coming down the pike — that's part of the risk of being "out front" and not just reacting to the news as it happens.
By DEIRDRE FULTON  |  September 16, 2009
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Staph infection — the full story

In the flesh
That’s right, a rare bug that threatened to eat away at gay guys like mice on cheese is rampant in the city closest to Portland.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  January 23, 2008
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T-shirt trendsetters’ holiday sale

Bargains
Maine’s very own little taste of couture, Rogues Gallery, will have another of its wildly popular sample sales on Saturday at SPACE Gallery.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  December 12, 2007
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Gay and lesbian couples move one step closer to marriage

Court triumph
Maine’s highest court made a high-road decision last week by unanimously ruling that same-sex couples can legally adopt children in Maine.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  September 05, 2007
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Senator Collins objects to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Equal rights
Senator Susan Collins ignored thousands of letters delivered to her office beseeching her to allow gays in the military.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  August 08, 2007
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Pier pressure

Some unlikely players join the fight against the gentrification of Old Orchard Beach
When you go to Old Orchard Beach and ask Barbra Womack where she’s from, she says “down the street.”
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  August 08, 2007
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Portland ups the cost of standing still

Nickles and dimes
Portland has joined the big girls in the tiny roadside slot machines that never produce a jackpot.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  July 25, 2007
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Next stop: marriage

As New Hampshire enacts civil unions, Maine’s gay-marriage advocates get ready
If we had asked the leadership at Equality Maine about their plan for gay marriage say, two years ago, they would have likely said, “If we told you, we’d have to kill you.”
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  June 08, 2007
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The green, green grass of home

Pollution control
The grass is always greener on the other side — on the other side of Portland, that is.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  May 23, 2007
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What Collins won't tell

Gay rights
We reported last week that Senator Susan Collins might, just might, have a soft spot in her heart for gays and lesbians.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  May 18, 2007
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Ducking the question

Snowe and Collins don’t discriminate against gays, so why are they letting the military get away with it?
Maine senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are — relatively speaking — gay friendly.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  May 09, 2007
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Young inmates

What Maine's prison for kids is really like
There are few places in Maine as notorious as the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  April 04, 2007
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Portland to host international gay conference

Showcase
US Representative Tom Allen will be there. Governor John Baldacci is expected to show.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  October 25, 2006
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High school love

Vacationland tells of gay life in Maine
It’s not just international talent that will wow the crowds at InterPride.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  October 25, 2006
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Flirting with danger

Portland boy, half of Dangerous Muse, making good as gender-bending electro-pop star
Mike Furey wants to play Bubba’s Sulky Lounge. Dangerous Muse, "The Rejection" (QuickTime)
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  October 10, 2006
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Equality Maine moves uptown, downstairs

Moving day
Got an old Hoover kicking around? Coffee maker? Digital camera? TV/VCR/DVD?
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  July 19, 2006
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Home sweet home

Deering pond house delayed
The one sure sign that summer has come to Maine is when the miniature bungalow-style house is placed in the Deering Oaks Park pond to welcome all the fowl who inhabit the city during the summer.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  June 28, 2006
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Say it loud

Pride preps for international event  
It’s Pride in Southern Maine, again, and the usual fanfare begins this week.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  June 14, 2006
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Milestones

An unhappy anniversary
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS, and although not a hotbed of infections, Maine and Portland were some of the first communities in the country to begin to tackle the virus.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  June 07, 2006

Rematch

Gay R vs. gay-friendly D
It’s deja-vu for 8th Senate District voters this year, where incumbent Democrat Ethan Strimling will take on Republican David Babin and a yet-to-be-named Green Independent challenger.
By ERIK EISELE  |  May 31, 2006
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Silence kills

Maine’s senators don’t know about Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell  
The effort to overturn the Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell policy needs more than just the support of the 120 House members who have signed on to the bill to replace it with a non-discrimination law.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  May 25, 2006
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No names

Words + Images prints art, not artists
More a small book of almost square shape than a typical literary journal,   Words + Images solicits both written and artistic submissions from all over the US.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  April 12, 2006

Speaking out

Model gay-youth program closes
Outright, a drop-in center for GLBTQ youth in Portland and beyond, was funded by thousands and thousands of dollars; last month, though, Outright was gone, poof just like that.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  April 12, 2006
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Other love

Maine Jewish Film Festival continues exploration of gender, identity
Portland is the smallest city in the nation to boast an independent, professional Jewish film festival — and it’s been a weeklong event for seven years now.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  March 15, 2006
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Face to face with the future

Equality comes closer in Maine
Last fall, while pro-gay campaigners were furiously busy attempting (and succeeding) at keeping an anti-discrimination bill on the books in Maine, a quiet transition occurred in the state’s largest gay organization.
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  March 08, 2006
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Singin' it for themselves

Portland's gay-friendly atmosphere leaves gay clubs holding the mic
If you think that the live music scene in Portland’s gay bars is dominated by karaoke, you’d be dead ... right!
By TONY GIAMPETRUZZI  |  February 23, 2006

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