Nonbinary gender markers will now be available to parents for their children’s initial birth...
Thanks to an appeal from the South Royalton Legal Clinic at Vermont Law and Graduate School, parents in Vermont will be able to use a nonbinary gender marker of their child's initial...
Boston-based GLAD welcomes new board members, newly elected chair
Alexandra Chandler
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announces Shane Dunn as the new chair of its board of Directors and Mario Nimock as the new vice chair. The organization also welcomes...
Milford, New Hampshire school votes to keep trans-student–supportive bathroom, locker room policy in place
After a heated public meeting at Milford High School in Milford, New Hampshire, the school board voted to keep the school's current policy allowing transgender students to use the bathroom and locker...
New chair of Rhode Island Democratic Women’s Caucus prioritizes gender and race issues in...
The Rhode Island Democratic Women’s Caucus's newly elected chair, Rev. Dr. Donnie Anderson, recently told the Boston Globe she would "weigh in on battles taking place in local school committees and libraries...
Connecticut’s first LGBTQ-centered private school to open this autumn
The first LGBTQ-centered private school in Connecticut is scheduled to open this fall. PROUD (Proudly Respecting Our Unique Differences) Academy will prioritize what its founder, Patricia Nicolari, "saw lacking in the U.S....
Second-term openly LGBTQ Vermont State Rep. Kate Donnally steps down
Kate Donnally, an openly LGBTQ Vermont state representative serving her second term, announced she would step down from her House seat on January 27, explaining the reason in her regular column for...
Middlebury College student selected as Victory Institute Congressional intern
Mira Vance, a global gender and sexuality studies major with a concentration in Chinese at Middlebury College in Vermont, has been selected as one of six Spring 2023 Victory Congressional interns. Mira's...
Former Boston Pride president named US Association of Prides hall of famer
Former Boston Pride Board President Linda DeMarco, who was at the head of the 50-year-old organization when it suddenly shut down in 2021, has been named to the US Association of Prides'...
All New England states earn highest rating on HRC’s annual equality index
The Human Rights Campaign's ninth annual "State Equality Index 2022" — the latest, just released last week — is out, and once again all six New England states are among the nation's...
ACLU, GLAD urge Massachusetts schools to reject calls for book bans
The ACLU and the Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) have sent a letter urging Massachusetts public school districts to protect students’ legal rights by rejecting censorship in school libraries. The...
