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The Equality Community Center in Portland, Maine held their grand opening with an official ribbon-cutting and block party earlier this week. At the event, ECC also kicked off a capital campaign to...

The Biden Administration last week reinstated health care protections under the Affordable Care Act, which had been rescinded under the Trump administration, and issued a clarification making it clear that the ACA's...

Maine is the most recent state to allow gay marriage, and the first in the nation to have the law approved by a majority of voters at the polls. Following the passage of the gay marriage law, many in the state have wondered: “What’s next?” After all, marriage is the default panacea of gay rights, and Maine ranks in the top ten states in the nation for gay-friendly laws. Another distinction? Maine has the oldest population in the U.S. with more than 300,000 elders age 60 and over. It is estimated that 15,000 of them are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. For many, the reality of old age comes, hits when one is faced with the reality of what it means to be senior.

Boston Pride is asking the community to take a minute or two, go online, peruse its impressive list of nominees, and cast a vote for this year's Marshall and Honorary Marshal for the 2016 Boston Pride Parade (Saturday,...

Fenway Health is presenting its prestigious Studds Award to Hat Sisters Tim O’Connor and the late John Michael Gray at its 2017 Men's Event, which takes place from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, March 11 at the...

In a move to show how times have changed in Southie—and their selection of a strong, competent and innovative leader—organizers of South Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade have announced the appointment of Bryan Bishop,...

For many LGBTQ adults, the very idea of being able to participate in the rite of passage of a prom is hard to even imagine. Unfortunately, all of...

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...

Something is about to come into being that will truly revolutionize the LGBTQ community in Massachusetts and eventually across New England. A launch of a new project that will change the way...

Two Boston-based lawyers have been chosen to stand before the U.S. Supreme Court and defend the rights of same-sex couples to marry in every state in America. For the landmark cases facing the Court on April...