College of the Holy Cross prioritizes support for LGBTQIA+ students with new staff, enhanced...
The College of the Holy Cross—the Worcester, Massachusetts–based private Jesuit liberal arts college, and the oldest Catholic college in New England—has created a new role to enhance resources and services for LGBTQIA+...
Block Island students forming their school’s first Gay-Straight Alliance
The Block Island School, the K–12 public school for the year-round community just off the Rhode Island mainland, has given their students the go-ahead to form the school's first Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)...
SpeakOUT Boston opens 6th annual LGBTQ+ college scholarship program
SpeakOUT Boston, the nation’s first LGBTQ+ speakers bureau, has announced their sixth annual scholarship competition for LGBTQ+ students living in New England. To apply, students submit an essay, a letter of recommendation...
NH state senate passes bill to make teachers out students to parents
The New Hampshire’s state senate has passed a bill that would force teachers to out LGBTQ students to their parents, even when the news could potentially lead to abusive situations at home....
Harvard student life and LGBTQ+ sports group host first trans+ community fête
Last week, hundreds of students and affiliates at Harvard University gathered at the Cambridge, Mass. campus's Cabot House Theater for the school's first Trans+ Community Celebration.
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VT high school rallies LGBTQ+ support with homecoming halftime drag show
Burlington High School in Vermont came out in support of the LGBTQ+ community last Friday by hosting a halftime drag show at its annual homecoming football game. By all accounts, it was...
SCOTUS hears Maine case weighing religious ‘freedom’ vs. LGBTQ rights
The US Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in a case questioning the denial of state-funded tuition assistance to parents who want to send their kids to private religious schools in rural regions...
Boston University administration to open LGBTQ+ student resource center
In response to a student task force report showing nearly 80 percent of LGBTQ students felt "some level of unwelcome" at Boston University, the school's administration is creating a professionally staffed LGBTQIA+...
Worcester schools launch new ‘Rights, Respect, Responsibility’ curriculum
A new curriculum aimed "to give children and teens the tools to recognize and combat abuse, prevent bullying and be respectful of others" is being rolled out in Worcester public schools at...
Hartford Conn. school nurse placed on leave for posts about LGBTQ students
A Hartford, Connecticut public schools nurse has been placed on administrative leave after posting inappropriate comments about LGBTQ students and allegedly revealing "private and personal" details about a particular student in a...
