29 New England corps rated ‘Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality’ in 2016...
Twenty-nine New England-based corporations received perfect scores of 100 percent on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, the national benchmarking survey and report administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, which calls its top-score winners "The Best Places...
Largest LGBT entrepreneurial group to network at Cambridge Innovation Center
Boston-area LGBT entrepreneurs unite!
The happening spot for the area's LGBT start-up community is Venture Cafe on the fifth floor of the Cambridge Innovation Center, where StartOut hosts its networking events—the largest in the area for LGBT business people,...
Governor Baker issues first-in-nation executive order for LGBT businesses
Massachusetts is once again the first state in the nation in recognizing LGBT rights and this time it's especially great news for the business community. Governor Charlie Baker has issued an executive order to...
Investment advisors increasingly court LGBT households
For better or for worse, investment managers are taking a closer look at the LGBT community after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality earlier this year. An October 27 article in Institutional...
Massachusetts ranks one of the best places to be gay in corporate America
The good news is that Massachusetts ranks as the second-most diversity-friendly state in the union, according an analysis by Expert Market on Human Rights Campaign Foundation's national index.
The Bay State is topped only by Maryland. The...
The Beat Goes On
On October 13, Ribaudo will marry his longtime partner Joe Posa. They’ll celebrate their reception, which after certain hours will be open to the whole community, at Club Café. That’s because their wedding coincides with a second reason to celebrate. October marks the 30th anniversary of Club Café, which has become iconic in New England’s gay scene. For one generation, it has been a community center: a comfortable second home filled with old friends. For another, it’s a party palace: where stepping inside, grabbing your first drink, and scoring your first date has become a veritable rite of passage. And Club Café shows no sign of slowing down.
You Better Work: Local, Gay-owned clothing brand launches its cool career collection
For some designers, haute couture is what turns their head. But for John Robb, co-owner of Jamaica Plain-based Inseam, the perfect fit, precise cut, and sharp shape of a well-made garment is what really gets his sewing machine’s motor running.