Fenway Health CEO Ellen LaPointe to step down once interim is appointed
Ellen LaPointe, Chief Executive Officer of Fenway Health, announced last Thursday that she is planning to step down from her post. She will remain as CEO until an interim CEO is appointed.
Club Café to require proof of COVID vax before admission, starting Aug. 16
Boston's Club Café is one of the first club's in town to announce they'll start requiring patrons to show their COVID-19 vaccination card at the door. This new admission requirement will begin...
Mass. Trans Political Coalition receives $100K grant for leadership academy
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition has received a $100,000 Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Grant from the Mass. Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development. The funds will support MTPC's Trans Leadership Academy....
A record-breaking 41 Massachusetts companies earn top ratings on 2018 Corporate Equality Index
A record-breaking 41 major companies and law firms in Massachusetts earned perfect "100 percent" scores in the 2018 Corporate Equality Index, released November 9, 2017, by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
The average score for...
Empowering Pride
New England-based LGBTQ+ employee groups transforming the business world and beyond
From financial services to health care, retail, manufacturing and big tech, New England–based companies consistently earn top scores...
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...
Starbucks workers in Massachusetts say Pride displays have been curtailed
Starbucks workers in Massachusetts cannot decorate their stores for Pride as they've done in years past, according to the Boston Globe, which reports:
Pride month has always...
Boston Mayor Janey signs historic inclusion of LGBTQ-owned businesses into city’s supplier diversity program
Mayor Kim Janey this week signed a historic executive order to include LGBTQ+-owned businesses into the city’s supplier diversity program.
The program creates fair and equitable access to City contracting...
GLAD files employment discrimination case on behalf of trans worker in NH
This just in from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD):
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has filed an employment discrimination case on behalf of a transgender woman challenging her...
Major business associations support Yes on 3 campaign to uphold trans protections on Mass....
Both the Bay State's leading trade association and leading association of small business joined the long list of supporters of the Yes on 3 ballot question campaign—the bipartisan coalition working so hard to uphold...
