US House Progressive Caucus elects Rep.-elect Balint to leadership position
US Rep.-elect Becca Balint, the first woman and first openly LGBTQ US Congress member from the Green Mountain State — and currently the state’s first openly LGBTQ and woman Senate pro tempore...
Boston Pride to host virtual forum with Boston mayoral candidates on June 7
Boston Pride is hosting the six major candidates running for mayor of Boston in this fall's election in a forum focusing on their positions and policies around issues facing the LGBTQIA+ and...
Attorney General Healey, humorist Clinton headline LPAC fundraiser in Boston
Kicking off their work in this midterm election year, LPAC — the national lesbian political organization and pro-LGBT political action committee — is holding its first fundraiser 0f 2018 in Boston's South End on...
David Cicilline, cochair of LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, to resign from Congress and lead...
US Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, cochair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, today announced he will resign from Congress, according to the Boston Globe. Says the Globe, Cicilline will then...
Vermont poised to pick transgender woman for governor in Democratic primary
With incumbent Republican Vermont Governor Phil Scott down 38 percent in the polls this year, challenger Hallquist Christine believes she's got a good chance taking his seat in this fall's midterm elections, if she...
LGBTQ conservatives ‘feel misled’ after DeSantis’s homophobic campaigning
A recent report in The Hill finds the latest anti-LGBTQ campaigning by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is separating the homophobic presidential hopeful from the support of conservative LGBTQ political leaders; specifically, "a...
Bay State passes LGBT awareness training for aging services into law
This just in from Fenway Health:
Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law late last week “An Act Relative to LGBT Awareness Training for Aging Services Providers.” The first-in-the-nation law will require that all state funded...
How does Maine Senator Susan Collins square her recent votes with her record of...
In June 2014, a few months before nearly two-thirds of Maine voters sent US Senator Susan Collins back to Washington, Collins came out as one of four Republican...
Connecticut legislators propose state law to ban ‘gay or trans panic’ defense
Lawmakers in both Connecticut's senate and house proposed bills to ban the so-called "gay panic" defense. If passed, a defendant accused of committing a violent would no longer be able to introduce a victim's...
With strong, personal history of LGBT support, Cyr ramps up grassroots campaign for Bay...
After announcing his candidacy in November to replace Boston's State Senator Dan Wolf representing the Cape and Islands district, the news was official. But now the out-and-proud candidate Julian Cyr is sealing the deal by announcing...
