Boy Scouts welcomes transgender kids, pledges to place them safely in troops
Transgender children identifying as boys are now allowed to enroll in the Boy Scouts of America and in the Cub Scouts too. Scouts officials made this announcement on January 30. In an official statement, the Scouts also...
Business leaders support campaign to uphold trans rights on Nov. 6 ballot
Business leaders of more than 50 major organizations gathered at a July 31 event in Boston to stand together against the ballot referendum that would repeal nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in Massachusetts in...
Connecticut challenges insurance exclusions for gender-affirming care
The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities issued a milestone ruling on Friday prohibiting employers and insurers from denying coverage for treatments related to gender transition.
Ironically,...
Transgender activist Jahaira DeAlto slain in Dorchester stabbing
Though the police had not released the names of two people fatally stabbed in a Dorchester apartment over the weekend, Berkshire Pride shared in a statement early Monday that one of victims...
‘Supporters, allies and advocates’ gather on Trans Day of Visibility
"Supporters, allies and advocates" gathered at the front steps of the Massachusetts State House last week to mark Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, reported the Boston Globe. They included many...
ME parent files federal suit over middle school not disclosing child’s gender ID
Despite a state privacy statute and federal law protecting students' privacy, the mother of a middle school student in New Castle, Maine has filed a federal lawsuit against her 13-year-old child's school...
NH Senate approves bills barring trans athletes, outing LGBTQ+ students
The New Hampshire Senate approved two anti-LGBTQ+ bills last Friday, one to ban transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams, the other requiring teachers to out LGBTQ+ students to their parents....
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...
Montana and Washington state foundations match donations for Massachusetts Yes on 3 campaign
The whole country is looking to Massachusetts on the Nov. 6 Midterm Elections as the Bay State becomes the first state in the United States to vote on transgender protections.
From community newspaper letters to...
Taylor Small, wins Vermont Dem primary, poised to become one of first transgender legislators...
With 100 percent of the votes in from yesterday's (Aug. 11) state primary in Vermont, Taylor Small, a transgender woman from Winooski, earned the Democratic party's vote to represent her Chittenden 6-7...
