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Former Boston Celtic Jason Collins, first openly gay NBA player, dies at 47

Jason Collins—the first openly gay NBA player, a former Boston Celtic and college roommate of former US Congressman Joseph Kennedy III—lost a tough fight...

Massachusetts House passes of key strategy to end HIV epidemic

The Massachusetts House of Representatives has advanced legislation that will protect Bay State residents from any reversal of federal policies critical to ending the...

US Rep Becca Balint (VT) announces run for reelection to third two-year term

US Rep Becca Balint — the first woman and first openly LGBTQ person elected to federal office from Vermont — has officially announced her...

Northampton, MA welcomes Pride Season 2026 with Hampshire Pride’s 4th annual festivities

Northampton, Massachusetts, ushered in Pride Season 2026 on Saturday, May 2, with one of the first parades and festival of the year, and it...

Smith College under federal investigation over admission of transgender women

The federal government announced this week it is investigating Smith College's policy of admitting transgender women, and whether that policy now violates Federal law...

Vermont Principals’ Association to pay Christian school $566K over trans athlete dispute

Despite having violated Vermont's Principals’ Association antidiscrimination and gender identity policies in 2023 by refusing to allow its girls basketball team to play against...

Former MA Congressman Barney Frank enters hospice care, critiques progressive Democrats

The always-outspoken, openly gay LGBTQ-trailblazing former US Congressman Barney Frank, who represented Massachusetts Fourth District from 1981 to 2013, has entered hospice care while...

Boston Legacy women’s pro soccer team hosts first Pride Match at Gillette Stadium

Boston Legacy Football Club — the new women's professional soccer team that currently plays at Gillette Stadium and will move to Boston's White Stadium...

GLAD Law stands ‘firmly with the Southern Poverty Law Center’

Ricardo Martinez, executive director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law), released the following statement in response to the federal government's lawsuit against...

Provincetown offers free trips for some lucky young LGBTQ people for Pride Week 2026

The Provincetown Business Guild's new PtownONE Program is offering free weekend trips to some 50 lucky LGBTQ young adults, ages 21–29, plus one guest...

Maine residents file legal challenge to anti-trans ballot referendum

A group of Maine residents have filed a lawsuit to remove this fall’s ballot question aimed at banning trans student athletes from participating in...

Back Bay church ‘won’t stop sharing the message’ despite repeated theft of inclusive sign

A sign proclaiming "God Love Trans People" on the message board outside Old South Church in Boston's Copley Square has been stolen three times,...
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