EdgeBoston.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Bay Windows
Trevor Wright, coordinator of last May?s Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (BAGLY) Prom and currently a researcher for a survey study on LGBT youth, found himself in the crosshairs of the anti-gay group MassResistance on several occasions over the past year, with the group posting several photos of him at LGBT events and disparagingly referring to him as a “transgender activist.” One photo, part of the MassResistance website?s report on Youth Pride, features a photo of Wright, described in the caption as “currently dressed as a male, though that could change at any time.” But there?s a tiny wrinkle: Wright, who identifies as queer, is not transgender.
“I thought it was very funny, and I had spoken with [MassResistance blogger] Amy [Contrada] I think at the [June 14 constitutional convention], and I said, ?You know I?m really not trans,? and she said she doesn?t write for the dot-com, she only writes on the blog,” said Wright. He said Contrada told him the references to his alleged transgender status were the product of MassResistance founder Brian Camenker.