Op/Ed: United Methodist Church now open to LGBTQ+ Methodists
Earlier this month, United Methodist Church delegates voted to repeal its church's long-held exclusionary stance of its LGBTQ Methodists — meaning, church doctrine, polity, and social standing.
The news...
Prides Across New England 2024: Boston Spirit’s annual list of festivities
Raising the rainbow flag in small towns, big cities & everywhere in between
In the words of a recently spotted slogan at a local pre-Pride event, "Love Is Our Superpower."
What could better sum up the...
GLAD commends clarification on LGBTQ+ health care protections
The Biden Administration last week reinstated health care protections under the Affordable Care Act, which had been rescinded under the Trump administration, and issued a clarification making it clear that the ACA's...
GLAD: What’s on the horizon in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality?
What’s on the horizon in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality?
As we begin the search for GLAD’s next executive director, we asked staff and...
Boston City Council votes to officially recognize Transgender Day of Visibility
The vote was unanimous when Boston's City Council voted last week to support a resolution that recognizes March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, observed around the world and now, officially, in...
Op/ed: The right to an abortion is a queer issue
France has just enshrined abortion rights in its Constitution. What's wrong with the US?
We have collapsed the church into the affairs of the state. For example, the recent...
Working Together: Allies of Rhode Island’s LGBTQ+ community
Stated simply, the queer community couldn’t be where we are today without allies. Over the decades, individuals have stepped up, giving their time and talent, attending our rallies, demonstrations and vigils, pushing...
Op/Ed: Like LGBTQ+ couples, was W.E.B. Du Bois a romantic at heart?
This Valentine's Day, I pay homage to W.E.B. Du Bois's 1924 novel "Dark Princess" because it highlights the least talked about subject then and now: Black love.
Two activities...
Dyke Night in Burlington pops up with DIY-style mixers, community events
In absence of gay bars in Burlington, Vermont, the women who started up Dyke Night, "a monthly pop-up event for sapphics," are doing it for themselves—and for the community.
Boston South End barber offers gender affirming haircuts, welcoming space
M Arida, a barber at Barbershop Deluxe in Boston's South End, takes pride in offering gender-affirming haircuts and the LGBTQ-welcoming space the shop provides. As a recent story on Boston Public Radio...
