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...
VT State Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak could become first female and first openly LGBT mayor...
One Super Tuesday race to watch today is in Burlington, Vt., where if State Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak prevails, she would become not only the city's first female but first openly LGBTQ mayor....
I-93 Rush-Hour Protesters Identify As ‘LGBTQA, white, pan-Asian and Latin@’
A diverse group of people identifying as LGBTQA, white, pan-Asian and Latino stood together to block rush-hour traffic on Interstate 93 north and south of Boston Thursday, Jan. 15. Their stance? Solidarity with the protestors in Ferguson,...
Harvard rescinds visiting fellowship offer to Chelsea Manning
Responding to immediate backlash after announcing that Chelsea Manning would be a visiting fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics, the university swiftly disinvited Manning from the fellowship—while maintaining every other aspect of its...
Mass. congressmen introduce national bill to ban gay, trans panic defense
US Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Joe Kennedy III have introduced national legislation that would ban “gay or trans panic” as a legal defense for committing a violent act. Many states have passed similar...
Pride Center of Vermont decries ICE detention of LGBT community leader
In late December, Cruz Alberto Sanchez-Perez, a dairy farmer known at “Beto” who’s worked in Vermont since 2016, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as he left a court hearing for a traffic...
Husband of former Bay State Senate president pleads guilty to sexual assault charges, receives...
Bryon Hefner, whose sexual assault and misconduct case resulted in the resignation of his husband, former Bay State Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg, pleaded guilty today to one count of indecent assault and battery,...
LGBTQ Victory Fund endorses Jordan Meehan for Massachusetts State Rep.
The LGBTQ Victory Fund, the national nonprofit dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, has just endorsed Jordan Meehan—currently the policy coordinator for the Bay State's Commission on LGBTQ Youth—for state representative in...
A lifeline for LGBTQ youth, Moulton’s suicide hotline bill passes into law
Bay State Congressman Seth Moulton's bill to create a three-digit suicide prevention hotline—legislation that specifically reaches out to LGBTQ youth and other high-risk groups—passed into law this weekend. The simple three-digit "988"...
Victory Fund calls for Nesselbush to be Rhode Island’s next Lt. Governor
The LGBTQ Victory Fund is calling on Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Dan McKee to name former State Senator Donna Nesselbush, an out lesbian, to replace him as he moves into his new...
