Longtime LGBTQ, AIDS activist Shawn M. Lang of Connecticut dies at 65
Longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist Shawn M. Lang, 65, died suddenly this past Sunday, Oct. 17. From the early 1990s until this past June, Lang had served as deputy director of AIDS...
In response to calls for a boycott, Boston Pride board president will resign, Globe...
The Boston Globe has reported that Linda DeMarco, Boston Pride's long-time board president, will resign this summer "to make way for new leadership in response to activists who have boycotted the group...
Sarah Schulman documents AIDS activism for a new generation
Novelist, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and activist Sarah Schulman wrote about the AIDS experience in New York in her landmark novels “People in Trouble” (1990) and “Rat Bohemia”...
David Scondras, Boston’s first openly gay city councilor, dies at 74
Boston's first openly gay city councilor and trailblazing LGBTQ activist David Scondras passed away on October 21 after a long fight against polycystic kidney disease. His husband, Robert Krebs, was there at...
Tensions mount between Boston Pride and activists calling for board to resign
A new organization called Boston Pride 4 the People is calling for the board of Boston Pride to step down and has proposed a transition plan to "help ensure continuity and stability...
Provincetown community joins calls for racial justice across the country
While the sheer numbers of people and powerful energy at the big city protests may be garnering most of the media attention right now, other communities are also joining in the call...
