Westfield woman charged with anti-trans care bomb threat at Children’s
The FBI has arrested a Westfield, Massachusetts woman who now faces federal charges for making a "hoax" bomb threat over the phone to Children's Hospital on Aug. 30.
Police investigate trans flag-burning outside church in Brookline, Mass.
Brookline, Massachusetts police are investigating the burning of a transgender flag outside the United Parish Church near Coolidge Corner late last month, according to the Boston Globe.
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Bomb squad sent to Boston Children’s Hospital after threat over trans care
NBC News reported an investigation is underway into an anonymous bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital Tuesday evening. The threat comes after weeks of harassment resulting from an online campaign of transphobic...
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...
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...
Mass. AG Healey joins coalition advocating for trans student rights
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in filing a brief in support of a 13-year-old Indiana transgender boy who is suing his school district for...
Massachusetts Governor Baker signs into law the bill protecting access to abortion and...
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law today sweeping legislation protecting access to abortion care and transgender health care for people across the Bay State and for residents of other states where...
Hiker Veronica Ashcroft increases trans visibility one mountain at a time
College student Veronica Ashcroft is reaching as many mountain peaks as she can this summer among the 67 in New England and 48 in New York that make up the "Northeast 115."...
Beacon Hill expected to shield providers of out-of-state patients seeking abortions, trans-care
Although legislators in Massachusetts said "they do not believe they can protect individuals from prosecution for violating the law of another state," reports the Boston Globe, Bay State lawmakers anticipate quickly moving...
Case against assisted living center in Maine settled in favor of trans woman
Marie King, a 79-year-old transgender woman, and Sunrise Assisted Living have reached a landmark settlement in a case at the Maine Human Rights Commission involving discrimination in access to Sunrise’s facility in...
