40th annual Worcester Pride features four days of festivities
Four days of festivities, Sept. 9-12, are on tap for this 40th annual installment of Worcester Pride, where the year’s theme is “Love Will Keep Us Together.” So open your heart as you hit...
Fenway initiates program to help parents support their LGBTQ teenagers of color
The Boston-based Fenway Institute is reaching out to families of color through a new program called the Engaging Parents Project and is seeking participants for a mutually beneficial study: the parents gain support and learn positive...
Provincetown’s Red Inn hosts fabulous, feel-good summer fundraiser for CRI
It's one of the summer's most fun feel-good events. The Red Inn is once again hosting Boston-based Community Research Initiative's annual Summer Party in Provincetown from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 18....
Fenway Health, AIDS Action, & Multicultural AIDS Coalition receive $3.78 million CDC grant
With a single, whopping grant of $3.78 million, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is forming what effectively amounts to a league of superhero organizations aimed at delivering a crushing blow to HIV/AIDS.
According to...
Hillary Clinton’s well-timed Provincetown visit provides a major boost to Presidential campaign
Though never pitched as a "whistle-stop" or "town meeting" event, many Provincetown residents and visitors were sorry not to catch a glimpse of Hillary Clinton when she came to town last week for a private...
Five inspiring leaders added to Fenway Health board of directors
With its 40-year history making of life healthier for Boston's LGBT community, people living with HIV/AIDS and their neighbors, it's no surprise that Fenway Health is bringing five new members with inspirational track records of stellar...
Historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling recognizes marriage equality as law of the land
Marriage for same-sex couples, which began in New England with legal civil unions in Vermont and full-fledged matrimonial rights in Massachusetts is now recognized in all 50 states based on the U.S. Supreme Court's...
US Navy to reevaluate discharge policy for transgender service people
Transgender personnel serving in the US Navy may soon see a significant boost in job security. The news came in an official statement that announced a reevaluation of exactly who gets to decide when and for what...
Harry Collins first recipient of Menino Pride Award, presented at first Boston Pride gala
Boston Pride hosted its first ever gala on June 5 to kick off 2015 Pride Week (June 5 – 14). The event featured the presentation of the first Mayor Thomas M. Menino Pride Award to...
Boston Mayor Walsh, Mass. Sen. President Rosenberg join 30th annual AIDS Walk
Pride month in Boston traditionally kicks off with the annual walk (the first and largest in New England) and 5K run to raids funds to support funding and find a cure for AIDS, and...
