South Coast LGBTQ+ Network to host two gatherings in observance of Trans Day of...
On Saturday, Nov. 20, the South Coast LGBTQ+ Network — a nonprofit organization that supports and advocates for members of the community in and around New Bedford...
Nonbinary Harvard Kennedy School student praises late Ash Carter for overturning trans military ban
In a recent Boston Globe Opinion piece, Grace Park, a Belfer Young Leader Student Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, looks back at how former US Secretary of Defense Ash...
Rev. Irene Monroe on ‘remembering our sister-friend bell hooks’
bell hooks died in Kentucky on December 15, 2021, at 69. As an Affrilachian (Black Appalachian), bell hooks was inarguably one of the nation's prominent feminist scholars and authors. Time's 100 Women...
Fenway Health laments loss of Dr. Judy Bradford
Activist, mother, scientist, wife, adventurer, kayaker, investigator, mentor. Dr. Judy Bradford touched many lives. Bradford, renowned researcher, health advocate and co-chair of The Fenway Institute since its inception in 2001, passed away over the weekend...
Remembrance bench in Portsmouth, NH honors victim of 1984 hate crime
Almost four decades after three teenagers in Bangor, Maine, killed Portsmouth, NH native Charlie Howard, age 23, in 1984 for being gay, the city of Portsmouth is honoring him with a remembrance...
In Memoriam: Jahaira DeAlto
(March 4, 1979–May 2, 2020)
When the devastating news hit the community about Jahaira DeAlto’s murder, ripples of shockwaves reverberated throughout the state and beyond. However, when it was...
Portsmouth, Maine, remembers murder and legacy of Charlie Howard
Thirty-five years after three teenagers in Bangor, Maine, killed Portsmouth native Charlie Howard for being gay, the city of Portsmouth is planning to honor him with a remembrance bench. The permanent memorial comes after a...
LGBTQ activist, part-time Provincetown resident Urvashi Vaid dies at 63
LGBTQ civil rights activist Urvashi Vaid died last weekend at age 63 after a tough fight with cancer at her home in New York City. Vaid and her wife, the comedian Kate...
Fenway Health remembers Ann Maguire, trailblazer of public service
On December 29, we lost one of our heroes with the passing of longtime LGBTQ+ and health care advocate Ann Maguire. In 2017, Fenway Health honored Maguire with the prestigious Dr. Susan...
‘I Was Born This Way’: In Memoriam, Archbishop Carl Bean
(May 26, 1944–September 7, 2021)
This May, when Lady Gaga celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her hit album "Born this Way," she gave an acknowledgment shoutout to Archbishop Carl...
