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...

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...

Anonymous donor gifts Pride Center of VT $350K to help restart operations

The Pride Center of Vermont, the state’s leading LGBTQ+ health and community center, which had recently paused most operations and closed its physical space...

Pryde Community Center displays AIDS Quilt panels, hosts World AIDS Day events, Dec. 1–5

This year, LGBTQ Senior Housing is proudly displaying two panels of The AIDS Memorial Quilt at The Pryde Community Center to honor and uplift those...

Lexington parent sues town schools over LGBTQ-inclusive picture books

The father of a Lexington, Massachusetts kindergartner is suing the town's school district over the inclusion of books with LGBTQ+ themes that he says...

Bay State Senate passes bill to limit book bans in public schools, libraries

The Massachusetts Senate last week passed, "An Act Regarding Free Expression" (S.2338), legislation to limit bans on books and other materials from schools and...

Toys for Joys returns with Holly Folly Tea Dance as first fête since 2019

Toys for Joys, that fabulous annual holiday fête that raises fund so thousands of kids get something under the tree, is back with a...

Holly Folly in Provincetown | December 5–21, 2025

It seems like Holly Folly gets bigger and better every year, but now, it really is: For the first time ever, the annual holiday...

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Boston’s Theater Offensive receives ‘transformative’ $3 million-dollar gift

The Theater Offensive (TTO) — a Boston-based "cultural incubator" for queer and trans people of color with its mission to advance equity in the...

Pride 2024 Harbor Cruise

Boston Alliance of Gay Sports and Mass Bears & Cubs teamed up and set sail together on a Pride 2023 Kick-Off Boston Harbor Cruise....

Love You Project

The Boston Sisters Convent of the Commonwealth presented thirty individual care packages to the Women’s Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties, on February...

Keshet: ‘OUTstanding!’ plus drag story hour (virtual) / Nov. 18 and 22, 2020

Keshet continues its series of virtual events into November by bringing online its annual fundraiser and awards ceremony, “OUTstanding!” The ceremony will honor folks...