‘Queers of Greater Portland’ connects LGBTQ community of Southern Maine
American Sign Language interpreter and photographer Kyle Warnock reinvented his career during last year's pandemic lockdown to create the website "Queers of Greater Portland," which documents and connects LGBTQ people in Southern...
First residents move into new home for LGBT asylum seekers in Worcester, MA
The Worcester, Mass.–based LGBT Asylum Task Force opened the doors of its new triple-decker residence over Thanksgiving weekend, and the first residents moved in. Asylum seekers in the US are not allowed...
Boston Pride Hockey launches New England’s first LGBTQ+ hockey league
This just in from Boston Pride Hockey — Boston Pride Hockey (BPH), New England’s nonprofit LGBTQ+ hockey organization, has launched the BPH Inclusive Hockey League (IHL) — the first-ever LGBTQ+ hockey league in...
Why Shut Down Boston Pride? Racism is not the only reason for the closure
On July 9, the news of the Boston Pride Board dissolving with no transfer of power sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ community. The board’s president, Linda DeMarco, had assured the community that...
Stories of our inheritance: Boston’s LGBT Elders of Color
On September 8, the LGBT Elders of Color, a program of the Multicultural AIDS Coalition (MAC), hosted an evening of live storytelling called “Stories of our Inheritance:...
Community Servings’ Pie in the Sky bake sale returns for its 29th year
Every holiday season since 1993, the Boston-based, statewide nonprofit Community Servings has hosted its annual Pie in the Sky campaign. It began as a community bake sale that helped fund the preparation...
GLAD Legal Briefs: Urgent action needed for LGBTQ youth in the MA child welfare...
There is increasing understanding among those who advocate for children that structural biases embedded in the child welfare system hurt youth and families, and that these harms fall...
Then and now: Part II, Now it’s Gabi’s time to live: Transitioning at 60
Gabi Morgan, 65, from Jamaica Plain is becoming a fixture not only in her own community of JP but also with older trans and gender diverse adults...
GLAD Legal Briefs: Discrimination in Jury Service and Selection is an LGBTQ Justice Issue
A fundamental premise of our criminal justice system is that defendants have a right to a fair trial, including the right to be heard by a jury of...
In Memoriam: Jahaira DeAlto
(March 4, 1979–May 2, 2020)
When the devastating news hit the community about Jahaira DeAlto’s murder, ripples of shockwaves reverberated throughout the state and beyond. However, when it was...
