First LGBTQ+ public space, Bailey’s Place, to open in Rutland for decades
With a grand opening for next month on the calendar, Rutland, Vermont is getting its first LGBTQ+ public space in decades once the finishing touches are put on the new Bailey's Place...
81 perfect scores from New England on HRC’s 2025 Corporate Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign announced its 2025 list of “Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion” honorees from their annual Corporate Equality Index. This year, 81 of them are based in New England.
A question of leadership: Organizational growing pains at MA LGBT Chamber of Commerce
Over the past several years, the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce has grown from a grassroots startup to one of the largest organizations of its kind in the US, serving more than...
Dallas Ducar joins Fenway Health as new executive vice president for donor and external...
Dallas Ducar, the founding CEO of Transhealth, will be the new executive vice president for donor engagement and external relations at Fenway Health, one of the country’s leading care and research centers...
MA LGBT Chamber of Commerce names new executive director
The Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors today announced Alexandria Eberhardt as the Chamber’s new Executive Director. Eberhardt most recently served as President and CEO of the Greater Haverhill Chamber...
Little Compton, Rhode Island man sues state over anti-gay job discrimination
Antone DeSouza, a former Rhode Island state worker, is suing the Ocean State and former State Property Management Director David Patten for anti-LGBT job discrimination. DeSouza alleges "that he was passed over...
Lesbian, nonbinary ‘Dani’s Queer Bar’ officially opens in Boston’s Back Bay
It's official! Dani's Queer Bar — a welcoming new space geared toward lesbians and nonbinary people — opened last Thursday, September 12, at 909 Boylston St. (across from Hynes Convention Center) in...
East Haddam, CT cafe transforms into nonprofit LGBTQ+ ‘Safe Place’
The owner of the Two Wrasslin' Cats Coffee & Café in East Haddam, Connecticut, has transformed his business into a nonprofit organization "supporting inclusion, racial justice, reproductive freedom and the 'right to...
Provincetown businesses launch new program to attract LGBTQ+ youth
This article by Jonathan Soroff appears in the May/June 2024 print issue of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.
Anyone who’s spent a consistent amount of time on the Outer...
State economic development chief brings ‘Team Massachusetts’ plan to Mass. LGBT Chamber of Commerce
At a recent Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce roundtable, the Bay State's Economic Development Secretary, Yvonne Hao, touted Governor Healey's Administration's efforts to expand access to business financing and grants for all,...
