Boston Pride goes virtual, asking everyone to “Show Your Pride!”
Boston Pride may have postponed its 50th anniversary Parade and Festival until next year (the official date will be June 12, 2021), but organizers have just announced their line-up of virtual events...
Boston Pride grants a record almost $80,000 to grassroots groups
Some very good news came to the 39 recipients of the 2020 Boston Pride Community Fund grants totaling a record of almost $80,000. Since 2016, Boston Pride has awarded approximately $180,000 to...
RI Pride collects food, toiletries, cleaning supplies for those in need
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rhode Island Pride has initiated a collection drive to help community members in need.
Rhode Island Pride board members and volunteers are gathering donations of food, toiletries and cleaning...
Honoring the legacy of trans elders, boldly moving in new directions
Back in the ’70s and ’80s mainstream America thought that the “gay community” was a separate entity—“those” people were outside the norm and lived their lives in different and unusual ways. Then, little by...
Rhode Island Public Health Institute opens state’s first LGBTQ health clinic
On Monday, March 2, the official ribbon will be cut at a grand opening ceremony for Rhode Island's first LGBTQ health clinic—Open Door Health, located at 7 Central Street in Providence. A reception and...
MassEquality welcomes Tanya Neslusan as new executive director
MassEquality today welcomes Tanya Neslusan, "an experienced political and social justice leader and life-long resident of Central Massachusetts," as the new executive director for the Bay State grassroots LGBTQ advocacy organization.
“Tanya has an impressive set...
Celebrating the women who shaped our LGBTQ community in Boston
It is too easy to sit back and believe that history is written by the contributions of our forefathers because that’s what we were told in school. Look behind every movement, every significant moment...
Toys for Joys Gift Gala returns to South Boston in style on Saturday, Dec....
It’s one of the brightest spots of the holiday season in Boston.
Toys4Joys provides thousands of toys to underprivileged teens and children in need of some holiday cheer. T4J annually delights attendees as well, and...
EqualityMaine and SAGE Maine announce merger to better serve growing community
One thing we all have in common is that we all grow older—and together we're doing it a lot faster, as SAGE Maine estimates: Todays LGBTQ older adults in the US number 3 million...
This is the moment: LGBTQ-friendly senior housing in Massachusetts
There are so many indicators that determine if a city is truly inclusive and welcoming to the LGBTQ community. For some, it is having an LGBT community center, while other cities boast about how...
