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...
Transphobic campaign threatens doctors, staff at Boston Children’s
An online campaign of transphobic misinformation has led to a barrage of threats targeting Boston Children's Hospital doctors and staff who care for transgender kids.
“We are deeply...
Boston City Council votes to officially recognize Transgender Day of Visibility
The vote was unanimous when Boston's City Council voted last week to support a resolution that recognizes March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, observed around the world and now, officially, in...
US Senator Sanders of VT displays transgender flag outside DC office
In observance of International Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders placed the Transgender Pride flag alongside the American flag outside his office door in Washington, DC. The transgender flag will...
Congress passes LGBTQ amendment to Violence Against Women Act
Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley cosponsored an amendment to the Violence Against Women Act that would explicitly include transgender and gender diverse people to the protections afforded by the Act. The amendment passed...
Family seeks answers in Bali police-custody death of Harvard grad student
He'd just arrived in Bali for his honeymoon when Indonesian police arrested the Peruvian Harvard Kennedy School of Government graduate student and transgender activist Rodrigo Ventocilla. Customs officials at the Denpasar airport...
Boston Mayor holds Yes on 3 rally on City Hall plaza to uphold transgender...
Hundreds gathered across Boston's City Hall plaza this past Sunday at a "Rally for Transgender Rights." The rally was called by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in support of upholding transgender rights threatened by the...
Maine transgender woman files first-known discrimination claim against an assisted living facility
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) filed a discrimination case with the Maine Human Rights Commission on behalf of a 78-year-old woman denied a room by Sunrise Assisted Living in Jonesport,...
Althea Garrison, first transgender state legislator in US, likely to take Ayanna Pressley’s Boston...
Ayanna Pressley's big win over 10-term Congressman Michael Capuano in the Massachusetts primary this week will likely also prove a victory for Althea Garrison—the first transgender person elected to a state legislature in the...
Northeastern student brings trans, nonbinary issues to White House discussion on reproductive rights
Northeastern University fourth-year student Rev Birnholz recently brought trans and gender nonconforming issues to a roundtable-style discussion at The Whole House, where they were invited to join other students leaders from across...
