Governor Baker signs bill making Bay State first to cover lipodystrophy treatment
Long-term survivors of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Bay State can finally gain access to insurance coverage for treatment of the debilitating side effects of early HIV medications thanks to the bill that Governor...
Lawmakers distance themselves from homophobic state senate candidate
Borrowing a page from the Donald Trump potty-mouth playbook comes Ted Busiek of Littleton, Massachusetts, a Republic running for state senate in the fifth congressional district against the Democratic incumbent. And the Bay State's...
Boston receives perfect score on HRC’s equality index
No doubt we've all had our ups and downs over the past year, but Boston has had a way up year, according to HRC's Municipal Equality Index, which gave the city a perfect score....
Fenway initiates program to help parents support their LGBTQ teenagers of color
The Boston-based Fenway Institute is reaching out to families of color through a new program called the Engaging Parents Project and is seeking participants for a mutually beneficial study: the parents gain support and learn positive...
St. Patrick’s Day Parade organizers unanimously vote OUTVETS back in
OUTVETS is back in the parade.
After organizers of Boston's Saint Patrick's Day Parade voted 9-4 on March 7 to reject New England’s LGBTQ Veterans Organization from returning for the third year to march, the...
Rhode Island Foundation awards $53,000 to eight LGBTQ nonprofits
The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $53,000 to share between eight LGBTQ nonprofits. The funding aims to support groups "engaged in efforts ranging from civil rights advocacy for families and youth to improving the...
Fenway Health appoints Ellen LaPointe as new chief executive officer
Boston-based Fenway Health—one of the nation’s foremost health centers for care and research focused on LGBTQIA+ health and HIV/AIDS—has announced the appointment of a new permanent CEO.
Ellen LaPointe will officially assume the role on...
New mental health care center in Bangor prioritizes LGBTQ needs
A new mental health care center in Bangor, Maine, Therapy for the People, has got a mission that recognizes LGBTQ people have specific concerns that therapists must understand if their practice is going to...
Socially distanced Provincetown residents sing happy birthday to 100-year-old neighbor from beach
Beloved Provincetown resident Ilona Royce Smithkin turned 100 on March 27. And no pandemic could deter her neighbors from celebrating her in style—serenading her, socially distanced between each other and beneath her...
Fans create petition to save ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ party’s Allston venue
Fans of the Allston club Great Scott, which hosted the long-running LGBTQ dance party "Don't Ask Don't Tell," have created a petition to keep the live-music and dance venue open.
