Bechdel donates signed book bundle for Outright Vermont Fire Truck Pull
In a heartfelt gesture to support LGBTQ+ youth, acclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel has donated a collection of her signed books to Outright Vermont’s annual Fire Truck Pull fundraiser, which took place this...
Little Queer Library in Waltham ransacked again—but witnessed
The LGBTQ-themed Little Free Library in Waltham, Mass., has been ransacked again. But this time, say the women who manage it, there was a witness in addition to video of the person who took...
Maine school board votes against banning a second LGBTQ-inclusive book from school library
For the second time in a month, the Bonny Eagle district school board has voted in favor of keeping an LGBTQ-inclusive book in the school library. Both votes took place at packed...
MA AG Campbell hosts drag story hour at More Than Words bookstore
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell hosted a drag story hour last week at More Than Words in Boston. She was joined by local drag queen, Just JP, and an audience of...
Portland, ME LGBTQ venue to co-host Maine Writers, Publishers Alliance fest
When some 50 authors, illustrators, poets and writers and many, many more book-lovers from far and wide gather on Friday–Sunday, Oct. 4–6, for free events in Portland, Farmington, Brunswick, Waterville, Bangor and...
Vermont author wins National Indie Excellence Award for LGBTQ fiction
"Falling Through the Night," an autobiographically-inspired novel by Vermont resident Gail Marlene Schwartz, has been selected as this year's National Indie Excellence Award winner in the LGBTQ fiction category. The novel explores...
Melissa Etheridge: A new tour, book & album of previously unreleased songs
Even the biggest legends in the music business can still hide a few surprises up their sleeves.
Just look at Melissa Etheridge, a bona...
ACLU, GLAD urge Massachusetts schools to reject calls for book bans
The ACLU and the Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) have sent a letter urging Massachusetts public school districts to protect students’ legal rights by rejecting censorship in school libraries. The...
Dear Diary: Intimate journals of Ross Terrill bring queer past to vivid present
Right now, the queer past is soaking up the spotlight. From buzzy Showtime series “Fellow Travelers”—the romantic political pulse-pounder set during the Lavender Scare of the 1950s—to...
Tales of Hoffman: Amy Hoffman’s latest novel is a humorous portrait of an aging...
Author Amy Hoffman says her second novel, “Dot and Ralfie,” isn’t autobiographical. But while writing her gently comic tale of a longtime lesbian couple now in their late 60s, Hoffman realized there...
