Newsmakers | New Hampshire
Headlines from the Granite State
Soldati prevails
When the social media giant Meta deleted Emmett Soldati’s Instagram and Facebook accounts for his small cafe Teatotaller—a...
Newsmakers | Maine
News from the Pine Tree State
Supporting OUT Maine
In January, the Universalist Congregation of Castine’s Opportunity Fund awarded a $15,000 grant to the LGBTQ+...
Newsmakers | Connecticut
Articles from the Constitution State
Rainbow flag dispute
After a 6-5 vote by its town council in late January, Enfield, Connecticut has a new policy...
Newsmakers | Vermont
Green Mountain State Update
Small moves on
At the end of her accomplished term at the state house, State Rep. Taylor Small, the first openly...
Newsmakers | Rhode Island
This Just in from the Ocean State
RIP Bonnie Simon
Bonnie L. Simon, 65, of Cranston, passed away on December 5, 2023 with her devoted...
Connecticut state treasurer speaks out against proposed anti-trans legislation
Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell, himself an openly gay man, penned a February 28 op/ed in the Hartford Courant calling out recent proposed state legislation targeting transgender children:
It’s...
Hundreds attend candlelight vigil for Nex Benedict on Boston Common
A candlelight vigil for Nex Benedict, the nonbinary high school student who died earlier this month after a fight in their Oklahoma school bathroom, was held last weekend on Boston Common. According...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus advocates for change with upcoming concert
Celebrated jazz singer, songwriter and actress Anne Hampton Calloway joins Boston Gay Men’s Chorus or a transformative musical experience called "Melodies for a Movement" on March 16 and 17 at New England...
Texas man sentenced in Boston federal court for threatening local doctor who works with...
A Texas man was sentenced last week in Boston federal court for a series of threats he made to a doctor at the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, a program of the...
US Rep. Balint (VT) calls out GOP colleagues for anti-LGBTQ remarks
At a recent hearing of the House Budget Committee on which she serves, US Representative Becca Balint of Vermont rebuked her GOP colleagues on the committee after a witness called federal programs...