Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation receives $1M grant from Point32Health Foundation
The Boston Foundation announced that the Asian Community Fund, the Equality Fund and Latino Equity Fund are each receiving a $1 million grant from the Point32Health Foundation, closing out a 2024 in which the three funds distributed...
First-of-kind survey in state since 2004 sheds new light on key demographics of LGBTQ+...
With a first-of-its-kind survey since 2004, a new report conducted with support of The Rhode Island Foundation offers valuable demographics for LGBTQ+ advocacy, health care, anti-discrimination priorities, policymaking and more.
GLAD Law: No kids should be denied the important life lessons that come from...
For many young people, school sports instill important life lessons of leadership, confidence, sportsmanship and perseverance, in addition to what it means to be part of a team. These lessons are important...
Dishing up desserts for the 32nd year, Community Servings’ Pie in the Sky fundraiser...
Pie in the Sky, Community Servings’ annual Thanksgiving fundraising bake sale, is back for its 32nd year, dishing up delicious pies whose proceeds support folks across Massachusetts and Rhode Island impacted by...
Op/Ed: ‘Boston’s LGBTQ+ community wants to hear from Kamala Harris’
Since running for office, Kamala Harris’s silence on LGBTQ+ issues has been deafening. Kamala’s website has one sentence about us under the heading “Protect Civil Rights and Freedoms: “As President, she’ll fight...
Meet Ricardo Martinez, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defender’s new executive director
Ricardo Martinez took the helm as Executive Director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) September 4.
Ricardo served the past five years as...
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...
Bridgeport, Connecticut’s first LGBTQ+ community center officially opens
Bridgeport, Connecticut, got its first LGBTQ+ center with the grand opening of The Bridgeport Pride Center in June, with State Rep. Marcus Brown serving as the Center’s interim executive director.
GLAD: The Growing Need to Protect Access to Health Care
Doctors who care for transgender youth follow well-established standards developed through decades of clinical study. It is developmentally appropriate treatment requiring informed consent of parents, informed assent...
Boston Foundation’s Equality Fund awards $372,500 to LGBTQ nonprofits
The Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation announced $372,500 in grants to 31 LGBTQ-led or LGBTQ-serving organizations in Massachusetts. The nonprofits were chosen from among 89 applicants, also a new record for the...
