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...

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...

Five 2025 ‘good news’ stories from New England’s LGBTQ+ community

Despite the many challenges leveled at the LGBTQ+ community in New England in 2025, there were many victories and otherwise happy moments to inspire...

MA Senator Julian Cyr honored as one of MassLive’s top leaders in the state

Massachusetts State Senator Julian Cyr (Cape & Islands) made MassLive's list of (just 12 political) Leaders to Watch from 2025. "Cyr, who is gay, got...

A holiday message on gift-giving from a Boston Spirit writer

Boston Spirit writer Kim Harris Stowell contributed the following message to share during this season of gratitude and giving: To our readers: I was...

Gary Buseck named inaugural holder of newly endowed Tim Stein, Wayne Fette senior advisership at GLAD Law

GLAD Law is proud to announce the establishment of the Tim Stein & Wayne Fette Senior Advisor, a position named in October 2025 in memory of long-time GLAD...

GLAD Law challenges halt of trans youth care at Connecticut hospitals

Ten Connecticut individuals and families are challenging the sudden termination of medical care for transgender adolescents and young adults at Yale New Haven Health...

Providence, RI earns special recognition in HRC’s 2025 Municipal Equality Index

The city of Providence received an extra shout out as an exemplifier of a top-scoring city of its size in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's...

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GLAD Executive Director Janson Wu to step down, move to Trevor Project

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announced late last week that Executive Director Janson Wu will leave the organization on October 6 and plans...

Zachary Quinto to produce, star in podcast on gay purge at Harvard

Out, proud actor Zachary Quinto announced he's producing and will star in "Secret Code," a podcast about a gay purge against students and Cambridge...

‘Ex-lesbian’ mom from Vermont who kidnapped daughter is in custody

Nearly a decade ago, Lisa Miller, then of Vermont, renounced "the homosexual lifestyle," kidnapped the daughter she'd given birth to with her partner in...

Boston chef Tiffani Faison wins Food Network’s ‘Tournament of Champions’

Celebrity chef and LGBTQ advocate Tiffani Faison of Boston took home the top spot (and $100,000) on the third season of The Food Network's...