President Biden to deliver keynote at HRC national dinner on Oct. 14
At the upcoming October 14 Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner, President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address. First Lady Jill Biden will also speak at the event.
Support for LGBT community removed from White House website on Trump Day 1
Within hours of Trump's inauguration, the web page supporting the LGBT community disappeared from the White House website. Also removed: web pages supporting the national HIV/AIDS strategy, civil rights, climate change, and the White House...
28 percent of Bay State GOP delegates back anti-gay activist in governor’s race
At last Saturday's state Republican convention in Worcester, nearly 30 percent of GOP delegates backed the anti-LGBT activist pastor Scott Lively from Springfield, Massachusetts, in his primary run against Governor Charlie Baker, according to...
Dignity and respect for transgender people in Massachusetts prevail in apparent Midterm ballot sweep
This just in from Freedom for All Massachusetts:
Dignity and respect for our transgender friends and neighbors remains the law in our Commonwealth!
We may not know the final margin until tomorrow, but right now Yes...
US Senator Markey (MA) leads senate group decrying and demanding answers to embassy Pride...
Led by US Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, a group of 17 senators is demanding an immediate explanation (by June 28) from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his department's banning of rainbow...
Bay State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis endorsed by LGBTQ Victory Fund
The LGBTQ Victory Fund, the national nonprofit dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, has endorsed Massachusetts State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis for re-election to his third term as state representative.
Rep. Lewis, a Democrat who...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s PAC endorses Holyoke, Massachusetts Mayor Alex Morse’s bid for Congress
One week before the Massachusetts state primary on Sept. 1, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse has picked up an endorsement by US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's national political action committee "Courage to Change" in...
Granite State’s first openly gay Dem party chair runs for eighth term
Raymond Buckley, New Hampshire's first openly gay Democratic Party chair, has filed to run for a historic eighth term. The Granite State's Democratic committee will meet on March 14 to take the...
Majority of Mass. House Republicans call for action by party chair against anti-LGBTQ remarks...
Twenty-nine of the thirty Bay State House Republicans are calling for their party Chairman Jim Lyons to join them in demanding the resignation of GOP State Committee Member Deborah Martell for her...
NH gov. vows to veto bill that would force teachers to out students
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has pledged to veto legislation, recently passed by the state’s senate, that would force teachers to out LGBTQ students to their parents, even when the news could...