NH House tables anti-LGBTQ bills on gender definition, conversion therapy
The New Hampshire House of Representatives last week tabled two pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation — the first aimed against public accommodation rights and school-sports participation for transgender people; the second, a bill...
Getting to Zero MA Coalition fellows host online symposium on sex work decriminalization, this...
The Getting to Zero Activist Academy, in partnership with Fenway Health and AIDS Action Committee, is hosting a symposium about the national movement to decriminalize sex work, and how this movement is...
Bay State lawmakers join global call to ban conversion therapy worldwide
More than 36 Bay State lawmakers have signed a pledge with fellow elected officials around the world calling for a ban on conversion therapy.
Joining State Rep....
Fenway Institute policy brief calls out 98 anti-trans youth bills in 33 states
The Boston-based Fenway Institute has just released a policy brief calling out some 98 bills aimed at restricting the ability of transgender and gender diverse youth to access health care, school facilities...
Mayor-elect Wu to appoint AIDS Action honoree Bisola Ojikutu to city cabinet
Among Mayor-Elect Michelle Wu's first announcements of who she'll appoint to cabinet-level positions is Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, current executive director of the Boston Health Commission. Wu said in a statement that Ojikutu's...
Boston’s 2021 AIDS Walk and Run raises over $360,000
More than 500 supporters raised over $360,000 at Boston's 2021 AIDS Walk & Run last Sunday, Sept. 26. And it's not too late to donate more to the organizing nonprofits, Fenway Health...
92 percent of LGBTQ adults in US have had at least 1 COVID shot,...
A Human Rights Campaign Foundation survey found that 92 percent of LGBTQ adults in the US have received at least one dose of vaccine against COVID-19. The survey was conducted in partnership...
Club Café to require proof of COVID vax before admission, starting Aug. 16
Boston's Club Café is one of the first club's in town to announce they'll start requiring patrons to show their COVID-19 vaccination card at the door. This new admission requirement will begin...
AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod to be honored at CRI’s annual summer party
Community Research Initiative's 18th annual Summer Party will be take place from 4 to 5 p.m. this Saturday, August 7, right in your living room — or wherever you like to live-stream...
Provincetown updates guidelines in response to increase in COVID cases
This week, Provincetown officials updated their public health guidelines in response to a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases as summer crowds returned. The new advisements include:
The unvaccinated, including...
