South Coast LGBTQ+ Network to put whole community under one roof
For Jackson, a transgender teenager from Westport, Massachusetts, just thinking about the South Coast LGBTQ+ Network's community center slated to open its doors toward the end of this...
GLAD Legal Briefs: The Supreme Court Bostock ruling transformed health care rights for transgender...
Amidst the joy in finally having the Supreme Court affirm federal employment nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people in last year’s landmark Bostock v. Clayton County ruling, many...
We’re still here: Long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS still fighting for their rights
Throughout history, a number of major events have defined and profoundly shaped the LGBTQ community. Some of these landmark events are positive, such as the 2016 Supreme...
‘Scaled down’ First Event to return to Boston Park Plaza, January 14–15
Presented by the Trans Club of New England, First Event is one of the largest and longest-running transgender conferences in the world. After taking a break in 2021, the conference is returning...
‘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...
