Tag: lgbtq+

24 Aug 2025: The Lower Cape Pride Journey – From Allies to Advocates

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Sunday, August 24, 2025 10:00 AM Joan and Rick Francolini are the parents of a bisexual daughter, Rene, who’s about to marry a transgender man. They’re also committed social justice advocates who recently organized the first-ever Lower Cape Pride celebration on Cape Cod.  Dubbed, “Unity in Community,” the three-day event, a multi-generational celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, drew hundreds of people to the towns of Orleans and Brewster, Massachusetts in June 2025.  Joan and Rick tapped many elements of their local … Continue reading 24 Aug 2025: The Lower Cape Pride Journey – From Allies to Advocates

15 Jun 2025: Our Queer Elders

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Sunday, June 15, 2025 10:00 AM Join us as Katie Castagno uses storytelling and original song to celebrate and elevate the lives of people who have queered social and gender norms throughout history. At a time when queer history and voices are increasingly erased, “Our Queer Elders” is both informative and cheeky, whether it’s an account of Rachel Carson’s whirlwind romance with Dorothy Freeman, a sweet love song about Mary Oliver, or an imagining of the night Amelia Earhart and … Continue reading 15 Jun 2025: Our Queer Elders

20 Aug 2023: Our Queer Elders with Katie Castagno

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Please join us as we welcome Katie Castagno, a geologist by day and a musician by night. Drawing on roots in rural New England and collegiate a cappella, Katie writes about people, places, and geological phenomena. Our Queer Elders is a project documenting in song the lives of queer women throughout history. Whether it’s an account of Rachel Carson’s whirlwind romance with Dorothy Freeman, a sweet love song about Mary Oliver, or a campy ditty about the first women to hike Vermont’s Long … Continue reading 20 Aug 2023: Our Queer Elders with Katie Castagno

25 Jul 2021: Fear, then Connection: Provincetown’s Response to the AIDS Epidemic with Scott Penn, John Braden and Stephen Kovacev

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Program for Sunday, July 25, 2021 Fear, then Connection: Provincetown’s Response to the AIDS Epidemic There is perhaps no other community so profoundly affected by HIV and AIDS as Provincetown and these effects have been archived at the Provincetown History Project. The first cases were diagnosed in 1982. By 1996, the virus had claimed the lives of 385 people—more than one-tenth of the town’s permanent population. The town rallied support for those afflicted and when news of Provincetown’s support services … Continue reading 25 Jul 2021: Fear, then Connection: Provincetown’s Response to the AIDS Epidemic with Scott Penn, John Braden and Stephen Kovacev