Tony, Emmy and Grammy winner Billy Porter joins Huntington theater board
Billy Porter, the openly gay Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning performer and current star of the hit TV series "Pose" — for which he won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in...
Queer folks to deliver fresh produce to supporters from their Bay State farm
Sagan Gray runs a farm. They raise chickens. They harvest tomatoes, squashes and cucumbers. What they are most interested in growing, though, is a sense of community.
Gay-owned Dorchester Brewing Company keeps business going with grab-and-go brews and bites
The Dorchester Brewing Company has been brewing something more than beer over the last several months. The gay-owned beer company, like the neighborhood from which it borrows...
Massachusetts leads region on HRC 2020 Corporate Equality Index
Massachusetts is the New England state with the most corporations earning a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index.
The Bay State weighs in with a whopping 40...
In light of SCOTUS case, GLAD offers LGBTQ employee rights talk, Oct. 26
GLAD (LGBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders) wants all LGBTQ people to know their employment rights—especially in light of the case recently heard by the US Supreme Court.
"Discrimination at work continues to be a common...
How big business of drag impacts local entertainment scene in New England
It’s good to be king. It’s even better to be a drag queen.
Well, that’s true for a certain segment of the royal family, anyway. Thanks in large part to the success of “RuPaul’s Drag...
Glossier pop-up shop at Boston’s Seaport to donate proceeds to BAGLY
Glossier's new pop-up shop in Boston's Seaport district will donate proceeds to fund a "year's worth of Family Dinners" program put on by the Boston Alliance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Youth (BAGLY),...
US Congressman David Cicilline (RI) inspires 1,000+ at Boston Spirit’s 2019 Executive Networking Night
More than 1,000 LGBTQA attendees gathered with reps from more than 50 exhibiting companies at Boston Marriott Copley Place Thursday night at Boston Spirit's 2019 Executive Networking Night. In addition to featured speaker, US...
MassMutual delivers major expansion of benefits for LGBTQ, all employees
A great example of corporate response to diversity and inclusion issues in the workforce is MassMutual’s progressive new expansion of benefits, rolled out in January 2019.
“These expansions are a direct result of employee feedback,”...
The Changing Nature of Corporate Diversity in New England
Only a few years ago, equal pay for women, job opportunities for people of color, accommodations for the differently abled and antidiscrimination protections for all marginalized groups were front-and-center issues in the struggle for...
