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...
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”...
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...
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...
Vermont students join nationwide walkout for LGBTQ+ rights today
This just in from Outright Vermont:
, from 1:00 to 1:20 p.m., Vermont students will join thousands of peers across the nation in what could be the largest LGBTQ+ youth...
Protest against Worcester Diocese’s anti-LGBTQ school policy held tonight
A protest against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester's recently announced anti-LGBTQ school policy will take place this evening, Wed., Aug. 23, at the Diocese Chancery on the corner of Elm and...
