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...

Focus on transgender inclusion in Jewish community awards

Two Boston-based individuals—a doctor and a filmmaker, both leaders in the movement towards transgender inclusion—are being honored at Keshet's annual awards dinner on April 30. Receiving...

Thank you Karyn Polito and why you should thank her too

  Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, who a decade ago was one of the leading Republican lawmakers seeking to ban gay marriage, will officiate at state...

Two Boston-based attorneys—Bonauto and Hallward-Driemeier—to argue marriage at US Supreme Court

Two Boston-based lawyers have been chosen to stand before the U.S. Supreme Court and defend the rights of same-sex couples to marry in every state in...

Menino named honorary marshal for 2015 Boston Pride

Boston's late Mayor Thomas M. Menino has been named honorary marshall for the city's 45th annual Boston Pride Parade, which will be held on Saturday, June...

U.S. Congressman Joe Kennedy, Five Others Honored by Boston-based LGBTQI-youth Advocacy Group

U.S. Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy (Mass. fourth district) is one of six advocates for LGBTQI youth being honored by the Boston-based Promise Place School...

Catholic Grammar School Marching Band Leaves Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Over LGBT Vets Inclusion

With OutVets New England included as the first LGBT group to officially march in this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade through South Boston, at least one...

White House Summit on LGBT Elder Housing Attended by Local Leaders

On February 10, three Boston experts on LGBT elder issues were invited to attend a National Summit on LGBT Aging at The White House....

Boston’s Hispanic Black Gay Coalition Welcomes New Youth Leader to its Team

The Boston-based Hispanic Black Gay Coalition has a new leader on its team. In a recent posting on the HBGC’s community blog, the organization welcomed Bryce...

Fenway Health’s Dr. Judith Bradford to receive Love award at annual Women’s Dinner Party

Its organizers call it New England's "biggest night on the town for lesbian and bi women, trans people and our allies." And rightly so....

Club Café manager James Morgrage to be honored at 2015 Men’s Event in Boston

They don't call us gay for nothing. Ever since we emerged from the closet in our tuxes and/or cha-cha heels, the LGBT community has shown the...

Boston Spirit 2015 LGBT Executive Networking Night: May 21

Make sure to use the link below to RSVP! Please note that the date has moved to May 21 from April 16. We'll be sending...

Boston Spirit’s Top 25 LGBT Power Players of New England Gala

Ritz-Carlton-Boston | Boston | January 15, 2015 The inaugural gala event for Boston Spirit magazine's presentation of the Top 25 Power Players of New England....

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Bay State Senate approves bill allowing “X” gender option for driver’s licenses

The bill to allow Massachusetts residents list their gender as "X" on state driver's licenses—and soon to follow other documents, including birth certificates—passed the...

Massachusetts Governor Healey signs trans, repro health care shield into law

On Aug. 7, Bay State Governor Maura Healey signed into law the Massachusetts Shield Act, which strengthens state protections for transgender and reproductive health...

Hispanic Black Gay Coalition Gala

The theme at the Sixth Annual Hispanic Black Gay Coalition Gala was “Rooted In Resistance” and the evening paid hommage to iconic LGBTQ figures...

GAYLA at Ferry Beach | July 12–19, 2025

If you were “Traveling Your Most Courageous Path,” where would it take you? Perhaps to Ferry Beach on the southern coast of Maine, where...