New pop-up tea dance in Plymouth, MA kicks off with first event on June 28

With greater numbers of LGBTQ+ people moving from urban to suburban and rural communities across Massachusetts, it makes sense we'd bring along one of...

Pride Center of Vermont to relaunch as an online organization

WCAX CBS-TV of Burlington reported the Pride Center of Vermont is relaunching as an online organization following a newly released report the Center conducted...

GLAD Law: Attacks on trans youth are attacks on us all; we can confront them together

From ballot initiatives to repeal, to local nondiscrimination ordinances in the 1970s, through the wave of statewide measures banning marriage for same-sex couples in...

Northampton, MA welcomes Pride Season 2026 with Hampshire Pride’s 4th annual festivities

Northampton, Massachusetts, ushered in Pride Season 2026 on Saturday, May 2, with one of the first parades and festival of the year, and it...

A visible day of Black trans joy marking Trans Day of Visibility

Today, March 31, is Transgender Day of Visibility — proclaimed by the City of Boston as a time to affirm "the right of all...

Boston Pride for the People to return Saturday, June 6, with parade, festival

Boston Pride for the People — the organizers who put on Boston's annual Pride parade and festival, one of the largest in the country...

GLAD Law: You can’t ‘take back’ our families; the freedom to marry endures

Within the churn of political, cultural, economic and legal forces that shape our society, LGBTQ+ Americans have built something enduring: the freedom to marry...

New Haven Pride Center temporarily closes to assess financial troubles

The New Haven Pride Center, a community-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting, educating and empowering LGBTQ individuals — has shut down operations for 30 days...

UMass Boston Athletics Dept. named Division III LGBTQ Institution of Year

The NCAA recognized the UMass Boston's athletics department as a 2025 Division III LGBTQ Institution of the Year during an annual NCAA convention held...

Rev. Irene Monroe on Jessie Jackson, a defender for LGBTQ+ rights

Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson died on February 17, 2026. A protégé of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson was among the...

Remembering the pioneering LGBTQ Harvard Reverend Dorothy A. Austin

Reverend Dorothy A. Austin, former associate minister for Memorial Church at Harvard University and a pioneering LGBTQ+ leader, died at 82 last month in...

Midcoast Maine’s gayest dance party, Out Maine Rainbow Gala, returns

OUT Maine and The Right Track Band are teaming up again for the “GAYEST event in midcoast Maine”—the Rainbow Gala & Dance Party, a...

RI Foundation awards $87K to LGBTQ-serving nonprofits and initiatives

Nonprofit organizations serving the state’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) communities will share $87,000 in grants through the Equity Action Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation. The...

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Friend of anti-gay marriage county clerk wants world to know his community is LGBT-friendly

When Kim Davis—the infamous anti-gay county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky—told ABC news reporter Paula Faris on "Good Morning America" that she had gay...

Catholic schools in Worcester, MA prohibit all LGBTQ+ student expression

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts has a new policy, starting this school year in 21 of its schools, to make students "conduct...

Provincetown Pride

The Provincetown Business Guild presented the seventh annual Provincetown Pride Festival, featuring a full spectrum of the town’s queer community. Festivities included a comedy...

Tribute to Jonathan Scott

Victory Programs bid farewell to Founder and President Emeritus, Jonathan Scott, with a celebration to honor his 43 years of leadership, advocacy and service...