GLAD Law: ‘Post Pride, LGBTQ+ youth in foster care still require our attention’

The following column appears in the July/August 2026 issue of Boston Spirit Magazine: Another Pride Month is in the books. For many of us, Pride...

First openly gay NBA player Jason Collins and Mass. Rep. Joe Kennedy III guests of honor at upcoming Greater Boston PFLAG fete

Massachusetts Congressman Joseph Kennedy III and Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in the NBA (now retired), were roommates in college and have been...

P’town theater troupe delivers message to Ireland before historic referendum

A small troupe of Provincetown thespians is carrying a big message of support for marriage-equality to Ireland. The cast, crew, and playwright of the short play...

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...

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GLAD Legal Briefs: What’s in store for LGBTQ rights in 2021

A New Year and a New Administration The Trump administration unleashed a wave of attacks in the last four years targeting the entire LGBTQ community...

Portland, Maine LGBTQ Center Grand Opening

Equality Community Center | Portland, Maine | December 2, 2016 Officially opened for business back in August, the Equality Community Center in Portland, Maine, rolled...

LGBT Seniors Share Stories about the First Boston Pride Marches

For anyone under 45, it may be hard to imagine the range of emotions that surface as seniors share their stories of early Prides....

Provincetown’s Holly Folly 2021 | Dec. 3–5, 2021

Sure, you may mainly think of Provincetown as a gay summer resort town, but it’s also a magical place to spend the merriest, gayest...