First two transgender women of color begin teaching at Harvard Law School
This month, Anya Marino and Alejandra Caraballo became the first two transgender women of color to teach at Harvard Law School, according to a report in The 19th.
Epping, NH school board weighs when, or if, to out trans students to parents
The school board of Epping, New Hampshire is grappling with a new policy of guidelines concerning transgender and nonbinary students. The major concern is over when, or if, it's appropriate to allow...
Queer high school valedictorian, who prevailed over principal’s censorship, heading to Tufts University
A high school valedictorian who made national news and received praise from his state's governor by talking about coming out as queer in his commencement address, despite his principal's efforts to silence...
LGBT philanthropist receives honorary doctorate from Maine College of Art
Dan Crewe, gay philanthropist, retired US Air Force officer, and supporter of LGBTQ rights and other humanitarian causes in his home state of Maine and beyond, is receiving an honorary doctorate on...
UConn student government calls for campus-wide LGBTQ policy review
University of Connecticut's undergraduate student government is calling for sweeping LGBTQ policy advancements across campus. Last week, the university's student senate passed "A Statement of Position Regarding the Rights of Queer and...
US Labor Sec. Walsh joins call for LGBTQ Center at Boston College
US Labor Secretary and former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh signed a petition calling for Boston College to establish an LGBTQ resource center on the campus of Boston College.
Boston College students call for university to address Vatican’s statement against LGBTQ civil unions
Boston College's undergraduate GLBTQ+ Leadership Council (GLC) issued a petition in solidarity against the Vatican's recent statement opposing same-sex civil unions. The petition calls for the private, Jesuit university to "clarify their...
Mass. SJC affirms college faculty not exempt from anti-discrimination laws
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously struck down the claim of a Christian college in Wenham, Mass. that maintained it has the right, on religious grounds, to discriminate against a faculty member...
NCAA honors Bridgewater State Univ. as LGBTQ Athletics Dept. of the Year
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has recognized the Bay State's own Bridgewater State University's athletics department as its Division III LGBTQ Athletics Department of the Year.
In their...
Mass. SJC to hear Gordon College’s LGBTQ workplace discrimination case
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear the claim of a Christian college in Wenham, Mass. that maintains it has the right on religious grounds to withhold from a longtime instructor a...
