Bay State confirms Vickie Henry’s appointment to appeals court
"GLAD's loss will be the Commonwealth's gain," stated Janson Wu, executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders in a press release on GLAD's Senior Staff Attorney and Youth Initiative Director Vickie Henry's appointment...
Providence rated fourth most LGBT-friendly city in America
Taking its cue from a Gallup national poll that studied the shifting attitudes toward LGBT rights across the United States and finding 60 percent of Americans supporting same-sex marriage—up 5 percent from the previous year,...
Groundbreaking LGBT Domestic violence program to dissolve at end of 2015
The GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project — an organization that for 22 years has been at the forefront of creating support services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault where there had been few to...
Swing into the Spirit of the Season at 7th Annual Toys for Joys Gift...
There's nothing like the warm feeling you get when you give a kid a holiday gift. At the Seventh Annual Toys for Joys Gift Gala, revelers get to give at least three gifts for tots,...
29 New England corps rated ‘Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality’ in 2016...
Twenty-nine New England-based corporations received perfect scores of 100 percent on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, the national benchmarking survey and report administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, which calls its top-score winners "The Best Places...
Ireland officially recognizes same-sex marriages registered in other countries
Monday, November 16, marks the first day Ireland recognizes same-sex marriage licenses registered in other countries. Six months ago, the Irish pubic voted by 62.1 percent to allow gay unions in a historic referendum—the...
LGBT Family Day at the New England Aquarium
Join Boston Spirit as we take over the New England Aquarium for our first ever LGBT Family event in February!
Largest LGBT entrepreneurial group to network at Cambridge Innovation Center
Boston-area LGBT entrepreneurs unite!
The happening spot for the area's LGBT start-up community is Venture Cafe on the fifth floor of the Cambridge Innovation Center, where StartOut hosts its networking events—the largest in the area for LGBT business people,...
Boston-based LGBTQ prisoners-rights advocacy group turns 10
With several states considering "ban the box" legislation—making criminal status checks on job applications illegal—U.S. sentiments seem to be shifting in favor of a more compassionate approach towards those who have done their time. But not much...
Transgender Awareness Month offers great time to become better allies in the community
November is Transgender Awareness Month and Fenway Health is celebrating the great strides made over the past year for the transgender and gender non-conforming community towards visibility and equality. A recent Fenway Focus posting notes:
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