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...
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...
Police identify person who took books from Little Queer Library in Waltham
Police have identified and spoken with the person who ransacked and removed all the books from an LGBTQ-themed Little Free Library, in Waltham, Massachusetts, according to a New England Cable News report. The...
LGBTQ-themed Little Free Library repeatedly ransacked in Waltham
Twice in the last two weeks, someone has removed all of the books from an LGBTQ-themed Little Free Library in Waltham, Masschusetts, according the the two women who manage the tiny community...
President Biden awards openly gay poet Richard Blanco of Bethel, Maine with National Humanities...
Richard Blanco of Bethel, Maine received the National Humanities Medal from President Joe Biden at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 21. He was chosen with...
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...
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...
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...
Maine school board votes to keep LGBTQ-inclusive sex ed book in library
At a recent meeting, the Bonny Eagle district school board voted in favor of keeping an LGBTQ-inclusive sex education book on its library shelves.
“In my evaluation about...
Bay State middle school teacher seeks answers after police search classroom for trans memoir...
Despite a public apology from the local police chief, the middle school teacher in Great Barrington, Mass. who had her classroom searched last month by a police officer looking for a copy...
