2017 Boston Pride Guide Now Available

(Boston, MA) – May 18, 2017 – Boston Pride has unveiled its 2017 Pride Guide, which will be provided for free at hundreds of locations in New England, including more than 100 Stop & Shop stores throughout Massachusetts, as well as at flagship Pride Week events. The 2017 Pride Guide contains information on this year’s Pride Week (June 2nd-11th), a calendar of events, and 24 contributions by members of the queer and ally communities that focus on LGBTQ issues and perspectives. The production of the 2017 Pride Guide is a volunteer effort led by Editor-in-Chief and Boston Pride member Michael Anthony Fowler. The theme of this year’s Pride Week is “Stronger Together.”

“The 2017 Pride Guide embodies our theme, ‘Stronger Together,’ as we assembled a dedicated and diverse group of contributors to produce a publication that is informative, relevant and inspiring to the LGBTQ community and its allies,” said Fowler. “We are #wickedproud of the quality of the content and the wide array of stories that will educate the public about the LGBTQ community and inspire intersectional solidarity and action in this trying time for the queer rights movement. We thank our contributors, the over 80 businesses, politicians, and local non-profit organizations for supporting our work by placing advertisements in the Guide, and all who helped put together the 2017 Pride Guide. It’s truly a labor of love.”

Beginning on May 1th, the 172-page full-color 2017 Pride Guide will be distributed to approximately 500 locations throughout New England and will also be available online. For information on where to find the magazine or to read the digital version, visit www.bostonpride.org/guide.

Boston Pride Week 2017 will kick-off with the Pride flag raising on Boston City Hall Plaza on Friday, June 2nd and continues with ten days of events, culminating in the annual Boston Pride Parade and Festival on Saturday, June 10 and the Block Parties on Sunday, June 11 in Back Bay and Jamaica Plain.

Pride Guide Contributors include (arranged alphabetically):

Takiya Anthony-Price, Co-founder of A Better View, Inc., marijuana activist, co-host of an upcoming podcast on cannabis, and Boston-area professional

Brian M Balduzzi, theatre reviewer, MBA student at Cornell University, and former tax and estate planning attorney

Louisa Bertman, award-winning illustrator, filmmaker, and visual journalist

Chelsea Bland, union steward and LGBTQ committee chair of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 2, Executive Producer for Capital Pride Alliance, and freelance photographer

Mark Brennan-Ing, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation at ACRIA and Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing

Malcolm J Carey IV, Treasurer of the Board of Directors of Boston Pride, accountant, and comic book aficionado

Fabio Correa, PhD, professor of Hispanic Cinema and Spanish Language at Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Megan Eimerman-Wallace, activist and Executive Producer of logistics for Capital Pride Alliance

Paige Gunning, Advocate at the Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health, working with LGBTQ survivors, and volunteer at The Network/La Red

Marilyn Humphries, Contributing Photographer for the Boston Pride Guide and independent photojournalist focusing on social and political activism

Mark Krone, Senior Contributing Writer to the Boston Pride Guide, writer for Boston Spirit Magazine, and member of the board of The History Project, Boston’s LGBTQ history archive

Binh Le, Member of the steering committee of Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance (QAPA) and data analyst

Emily McGranachan, East Coast Regional Manager with Family Equality Council, a national organization that connects, celebrates, and represents LGBTQ parents and their children, and child of lesbian mothers

Kristen E. Porter, PhD, gerontologist, acupuncturist, death midwife, event producer, social entrepreneur, and 2017 Boston Pride Grand Marshal.

Steven L. Procopio, ACSW, LICSW, expert in area of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, and commercial exploitation of boys, adolescent males, and trans youth, and clinical supervisor for local, state, and federal agencies

Xavier Quinn, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Assistant Manager of the Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health

Joshua W Rivers, researcher at PrideUnited, Amsterdam, scholar of queer gaming communities

Ellyn Ruthstrom, Executive Director of SpeakOUT Boston, the oldest LGBTQ speakers bureau in the US, former president of the Bisexual Resource Center, co-organizer of the first roundtable on bisexual issues at the White House in 2013

Cody J Sanders, PhD, Pastor of Old Cambridge Baptist Church and American Baptist Chaplain to Harvard University

Amy Santana, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, focused on LGBTQ individuals who have experienced partner abuse/domestic violence

Kevin Schattenkirk, Assistant Editor of the Boston Pride Guide, ethnomusicologist, and member of Boston Gay Men’s Chorus

LCDR Brynn Tannehill, defense analyst, professional writer, retired trans military pilot, and founding member of Service Members, Partners, and Allies for Respect and Tolerance for All (SPARTA)

Donna Thompson, PhD, professor of English and Gender Studies at Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Jo Trigilio, PhD, Director of the Graduate Program in Gender and Cultural Studies at Simmons College and director of the Boston Dyke March History and Archive Project

Janson Wu, Executive Director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)

Zander, gay teen in the Greater-Boston area

About Boston Pride

Boston Pride produces events and activities to achieve inclusivity, equality, respect, and awareness in Greater Boston and beyond. Fostering diversity, unity, visibility and dignity, we educate, communicate and advocate by building and strengthening community connections. Boston Pride Week 2017 will be held June 2nd – 11th.

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