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Every individual has an identity. Every identity stands at an intersection. Sex, gender, race, class, religion, economic and immigration status—we think of them, and many other markers, as roads that shape the direction of our experiences in the world.

When Corey Yarbrough and his partner Quincey J. Roberts founded the Boston-based Hispanic Black Gay Coalition (HBGC) in 2009, Yarbrough said their goal was to create an environment where LGBTQ people of color could “connect without feeling excluded.” Before they created the HBGC, Yarbrough and Roberts would go to LGBTQ events around Boston, but they always felt a disconnect from the scene. And they were not alone.

Fenway Health announced today its 2018 awardees to be celebrated at The Men's Event (Saturday, March 10) and The Dinner Party (Saturday, April 21), two of New England's largest and most cherished LGBT-focused charitable events. For his...

A little café in New Hampshire's smallest town is spreading some big, queer holiday cheer this year. Last night, the Teatotaller Café in Somersworth brought in a crowd of all ages for a Holiday Drag...

Keene, New Hampshire, is celebrating its first-ever LGBT wedding festival this Sunday, December 3. The LGBT Wedding Festival of New England takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at Stonewall Farm, 242 Chesterfield Road, and it's...

In October I was asked to represent Fenway Health, The LGBT Aging Project and the city of Boston as a keynote speaker for a national conference on LGBTI Aging in Australia. This included being...

On Saturday, November 11, Dyke Night is hosting its final Second Saturdays at Machine. But its founder Kristen Porter wants everyone to know that there will still be Dyke Night special events and other...

“Keep standing up, keep speaking out, keep resisting," former US Attorney General told the crowd of 1,000 advocates for LGBTQ equality at the GLAD's 2017 Spirit of Justice Award dinner. The event was held...

On Greater Boston’s LGBT Meetup sites, real-time, unplugged social networking is just a click away The big city can be a lonely place for a newcomer. Even lifelong Bostonians can feel disconnected now and then....

For year number three, Green Mountain Crossroads of Brattleboro, Vermont, is hosting its annual Out in the Open Summit October 27–29, where upwards of 75 LGBTQ people living in small towns and rural communities...