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...

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...

GLAD Law: Ensuring nondiscrimination laws continue to do their job

GLAD Law is in federal court representing Lillian Bernier, a transgender woman who works nights in a manufacturing plant operated by Turbocam, Inc. Like most...

Greater Boston PFLAG to honor Giselle Byrd at 24th annual Pride & Passion

At their 24th annual Pride & Passion event, "Love & Liberty," Greater Boston PFLAG will honor Giselle Byrd with their Cornerstone of Equality Award....

Remembering Vermont same-sex civil union trailblazer Stan Baker

Stan Baker, a plaintiff in the 1997 lawsuit to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples in Vermont, and longterm collector of Barbie dolls with...

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Massachusetts officials weigh in on Trump’s ‘un-American’ transgender military service ban

Anyone still in doubt that Trump's cavalier behavior reflects dangerous disregard for the American people he was elected to serve can look no further...

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...

Gay single life in age of marriage equality takes the stage in season opener

(Editor’s note: This article appears in the current September/October 2016 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.) Playwright Joshua Harmon’s latest, "Significant Other," about...

41st GLAD Summer Party | July 23, 2022

Join GLAD for a delicious taste of summer, a gorgeous view with safety in mind, and an opportunity to support the transformative mission of...