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Boston Legacy pro women’s soccer to launch partnership with Fenway Health at Aug. 9 Pride Match

Fenway Health and Boston Legacy FC today announced a new community and health collaboration that brings together two organizations committed to advancing inclusion, health...

Neo-Nazi leader, admitting violation of state law in ‘protesting’ at drag queen story hour, to pay price

Drag queen Juicy Garland carried on through her story hour at the Teetotaler café in Concord, New Hampshire back in the summer of 2023,...

Ducar promoted to chief strategy officer, McMullen takes over development at Fenway Health

Fenway Health announced the promotion of Dallas Ducar, MSN, RN, NP, CNL, FAAN, to Chief Strategy Officer and that Sara McMullen has joined...

Femme Bar in Worcester named one of USA Today’s best bars of the year

USA Today yesterday named Femme Bar in Worcester, Massachusetts to its annual list of the best bars of the year in the country. “We're super...

Massachusetts leads New England states with 18 perfect scores on HRC’s 2026 Healthcare Equality Index

Eighteen health care facilities in the Bay State earned perfect-scores, a designation of "Healthcare Equality Leader," on the Human Rights Campaign's 2026 Healthcare Equality...

DOJ’s attempt to dismiss trans Air Force servicemembers’ case denied, GLAD Law reps plaintiffs

Last week, the US Court of Federal Claims denied a Department of Justice motion to dismiss claims by 17 transgender servicemembers who had received retirement orders from the US Air Force...

Rainbow crosswalk ribbon-cutting in Stratford, CT despite recent vandalism

Stratford, Connecticut town officials and members of the local LGBTQ+ community gathered earlier this month for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open a rainbow...

Massachusetts passes first-in-nation protections for HIV prevention

Massachusetts lawmakers, with the leadership of House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz, Senate Ways and Means Chair Michael Rodrigues, and House Majority Leader Michael Moran, passed landmark...

Cumberland, RI school committee votes to maintain policy protecting student privacy around trans issues

At a school committee meeting in Cumberland, Rhode Island last week, dozens testified against proposed changes to a policy supporting a student's right to...

Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirms ruling to keep anti-trans school sports initiative off ballot

Maine's Supreme Judicial Court has sided with the state's Attorney General after the AG removed from this fall's midterm election a ballot initiate aimed...

Open call: Queer History Boston seeks new board members

Queer History Boston — the nonprofit formally known as The History Project — is seeking new members for its board of directors. Queer History...

New Hampshire trans girls drop school sports participation lawsuit after SCOTUS ruling

Following the US Supreme Court's recent anti-transgender/school-sports ruling, two young, trans women from New Hampshire and their families, represented by GLAD Law of Boston...

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