History is repeating: 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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President Biden officially nominates Rufus Gifford to be Chief of Protocol

Unconfirmed reports came early this year that President Biden had tapped the Bay State's own Rufus Gifford to be the next US State Department's...

Boston Children’s suspends two types of intersex surgeries until patients reach age of meaningful consent

In a move that intersex rights activists are cheering, Boston Children's Hospital has become the second major institution in the US to require patients...

Four New England states among 16 to sue RFK Jr. over sex-ed funding threats

Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut are among 16 states and the District of Columbia suing the Trump administration over "its threats to revoke...

Boston Sisters of Perpetual IndulgenceTo Be Honored at Annual GLAD PTOWN FETE

Every year, Boston's Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence work their magic volunteering their good services at GLAD's annual Summer Party in Provincetown. This year, GLAD...