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Boston Uncommon. A photo essay, including John Kerry's house, The Freedom Trail, gay nightlife, Cambridge, The North End, and Beacon Hill.
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To celebrate gay history, we're recognizing certain icons. Watch a short video and learn more about Barney Frank, whose life and work has intersected with Massachusetts history.




Steeped in American history and home to many colleges and universities, Boston has a small town feel even though it's one of the biggest cities on the East Coast.

Sophisticated and cosmopolitan, a visible and energetic gay population calls Boston home. Visitors will find a good selection of places to stay and eat. The city's public transit system includes underground trolleys and railroads making it easy to explore the city even if you're car-less. Areas of note include the downtown historical district, the South End, which in recent years has become Boston's "gay" section; and Cambridge - across the Charles River and home to Harvard University.

For those interested in Colonial American history and Federalist architecture, Boston is a city not to be missed.

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Tea dance is back in Boston! Now, every Sunday, Club Cafe invites the LGBT community to the only weekly tea dance in town. If you remember the good old days at Chaps where disco music was king, you're going to love this tea dance. DJ Harrison plays the best disco & retro music from the 70s, 80s & 90s.
The BGMC looks at the many voices of love, from lush to humorous, presenting gorgeous and spirited music from Adele and Ricky Martin to George Gershwin to the landmark gay musical Falsettoland. Act 2 presents For a Look or a Touch, by renowned American composer Jake Heggie. It is the poignant true story of two men’s love torn apart by the Holocaust, the rapture and joy of young love and the healing glow of remembrance. Created in partnership with the Seattle Men’s Chorus, reviewers have called this masterpiece “unabashedly theatrical” and “a sharply poignant, deeply affecting work.”
The Boston LGBT Film Festival is the longest running and largest LGBT media event in New England. The Boston LGBT Film Festival celebrates, displays and distributes work by and for LGBT media makers – work that entertains, enriches and enlightens all audiences in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied communities. The annual Festival screenings showcase international, US, and local film, video, and other media, fostering a greater sense of awareness and community among LGBT and LGBT-friendly audiences.
Boston Pride is the organizer of a week of Pride events, including the week-topping Parade and Festival. And the Boston community has plenty to be proud of! Not only does Boston host the largest Pride celebration in New England (over 1 million participants), but our community celebrates in the first state to allow same-sex couples the legal right to marry!
Boston Harborfest is a Fourth of July Festival that showcases the colonial and maritime heritage of the cradle of the American Revolution: the historic City of Boston. The award-winning festival strives to honor and remember the past, celebrate the present, and educate the future with reenactments, concerts, historical tours and much, much more. Over 200 Daily Events during the Festival are concentrated in Boston's historic downtown and waterfront districts, with sponsored Main Events on Boston's City Hall Plaza.
Five days of events planned for Boston and beyond.

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