Samara Fund awards $117,100 to 35 Vermont nonprofits serving LGBTQ+ community

The Samara Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation is pleased to announce $117,100 in grants to 35 organizations across Vermont, investing in projects and...

MA LGBT Chamber of Commerce awarded $75K Cummings Grant

Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce has been selected as one of 150 nonprofits to receive funding through Cummings Foundation’s annual grant program, which awarded...

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...

Join GLAD Law at their 45th annual Summer Party in Provincetown, Sat., July 18

Spend an unforgettable afternoon in Provincetown celebrating 45 years of LGBTQ+ legal advocacy. GLAD Law’s Annual Summer Party is the nonprofit's signature community event,...

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...

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Maine bill targets transgender student athletes starting in elementary school

A bill to bar transgender girls and young women from participating in school sports has been introduced in the Maine House of Representatives. The...

Boston Spirit Executive Breakfast Series

Boston Spirit magazine partnered with the Boston Red Sox and the New England Human Resources Association for an executive Breakfast on the topic of...

Maine’s LGBTQ+ delegates to represent at Democratic national convention

When the Democratic National Convention gathers on Aug. 19–22 in Chicago, approximately one third of the delegates from Maine will be identifying as LGBTQ+,...

Queer comedian Margaret Cho comes to Boston’s Wilbur Theatre

Queer comedian Margaret Cho is back on the road—and she’s angry as hell. Luckily, she’s funny as hell too. See for yourself when she...