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How Norman Spack transformed the way we treat transgender children

The Metamorphosist
At 20, Norman Spack learned the power of hormones.

By: BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL | August 10, 2012

How one man unites old folks, babies, and hipsters through the power of easy listening

The last auteur of terrestrial radio
Bob Bittner, the last auteur of terrestrial radio, presides over an 11-by-11-foot room in a Cambridge storage facility near Fresh Pond Mall.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | August 01, 2012

iPads innovate education in Massachusetts schools

Classroom engagement? There’s an app for that.
Imagine high school without textbooks.

By: ARIEL SHEARER | August 03, 2012

Photos: Chikara Pro Wrestling ''Give 'Em The Axe'' in Everett

July 29, 2012 | Everett Rec Center
Photos from the Chikara Pro "Give 'Em The Axe" live wrestling event | July 29, 2012 | Everett Rec Center

By: DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | July 31, 2012

Bozo-a-go-go: Four ways to get in touch with your carny side

Stay home and join the circus
Cirque du Soleil's Totem and the Big Apple Circus come to the city for a temporary stay, but a circus community exists in Boston all year. Here's how you can join it.

By: SARAH DWYER | July 25, 2012

Riding the wind with New England's gliding guru

Hang man
Jeffrey Bernard has been jumping off mountains and soaring wingtip-to-wingtip with eagles, hawks, and falcons for longer than many of you have been alive.

By: BARRY THOMPSON | July 25, 2012

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kurdish Twist

I was a teenage ride-operator
"Today, you're going to the Diminutive Dinos."

By: RYAN STEWART | July 27, 2012

Kinky Grappling Dept.

Hot Mess
Although we missed Monday Night Raw this week, the annual Drag Queen Jell-O Wrestling card at Machine doubly compensated for the dearth of pretend violence in our lives.

By: BARRY THOMPSON | July 11, 2012

Photos: Drag Queen Jello Wrestling at Machine

July 9, 2012
Yes, there was jello -- and a lot of it -- at Machine on Monday, July 9, 2012.

By: DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | July 11, 2012

Stars of the Western (Mass) Hemisphere

Glamorous Western Mass is home to a surprising number of minor celebrities, living and dead
No matter how many Wahlburgers Mark and Co. open, Boston can sometimes feel a little devoid of A-listers. But who needs Hollyweird? Drive just a couple hours west, and suddenly you're surrounded by famous people and the ghosts of dead famous people.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | June 06, 2012

26 Things to Do When the Students Leave Town

How you can take back Boston this summer, and rediscover New England while you're at it
Nobody can fault us for heaving a sigh of relief come the annual May exodus, when we see the suitcases, futons, and mini-fridges stacked up along Mass Ave. That sight heralds sweet freedom for the rest of us.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO, JOE DIFAZIO, CASSANDRA LANDRY, PATRICK MCDERMOTT, LIZ PELLY, AND ARIEL SHEARER | June 07, 2012

The Queer Issue

QUILTBAG folks tell their stories of newfound visibility, rethinking "gay nights," political music, and more
QUILTBAG folks tell their stories of newfound visibility, rethinking "gay nights," political music, and more

By: PHOENIX STAFF | May 23, 2012

Female-to-male alongside pop culture

Year in transition
About this time a year ago, I watched Chaz Bono on Late Night with David Letterman try to explain to America what it meant to be transgender. Letterman's hammy reaction made me clammy with fear. Oh god, I thought, terrified.

By: THOMAS PAGE MCBEE | May 23, 2012

Trans activist Gunner Scott says, despite increased visibility, it’s still dangerous to be transgender in America

State of the Union
I don't know why I'm transgender. I just am.

By: GUNNER SCOTT | May 23, 2012

Tumblring headlong

Instead of writing journalism and whatnot, we accidentally wasted the entire week looking at Tumblr and listening to Tumblr and making a Tumblr and thinking about some Tumblrs that it would be funny to make and/or read and/or listen to. Here’s some of that.
Instead of writing journalism and whatnot, we accidentally wasted the entire week looking at Tumblr and listening to Tumblr and making a Tumblr and thinking about some Tumblrs that it would be funny to make and/or read and/or listen to. Here’s some of that.

By: PHOENIX STAFF | May 16, 2012

Please Start This Tumblr Tumblr

Staffwriter Chris Faraone has been keeping a list of Tumblrs that someone should totally start: pleasestartthistumblr.com.
Note: The list used to be longer because someone actually started a Tumblr at fyblanchedevereaux.tumblr.com.

By: PHOENIX STAFF | May 16, 2012

Getting real with Tumblr’s favorite editor

GIF it away now
The relationship between an editor and her writers can be a complicated one.

By: LUKE O'NEIL | May 16, 2012

The breakout star of our pets-and-politicians blog

What’s up, dog?
One zebra, two bear cubs, a trout, four horses, several cows, a falcon, many dogs, no cats: that was the inventory, around press time, of Phoenix staff writer David S. Bernstein's latest Internet sensation, MAPOLIWITHANIMALS.TUMBLR.COM — yes, a Tumblr devoted to pictures of Massachusetts politicians posing with animals.

By: PHOENIX STAFF | May 20, 2012

Zombies ripped my flesh

How I didn't survive the walking dead
I died too quickly in the zombie apocalypse. It was the last, fatal bite I remember most clearly: I had just zigzagged to safety through a grove of lurching undead. As I slowed to bask in my success, I felt the gruesome rip of Velcro at my hip — and it was over.

By: LINDSAY CRUDELE | September 24, 2012

Lizzie Stark explores the worlds of live-action storytelling

The Art of LARP
For the uninitiated, the word "LARP" conjures burly beardos hitting each other with foam swords in the woods and corseted women in capes flouncing around hotel ballrooms, all for entirely inexplicable reasons.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | May 14, 2012

Nicole Freedman’s legacy

Everybody gets a bike
After a five-year reign as Boston's first unofficial "Bike Czar," Boston Bikes director Nicole Freedman will be abdicating her throne to direct Maine's Huts and Trails program.

By: ANDREW MCFARLAND | May 09, 2012

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