For 42 years, Wicked Queer LGBTQ film fest stays forever bold

This year’s Wicked Queer, Boston’s LGBTQ+ film festival, boasts a feature documentary about iconic lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer. an indie romance starring British...

US Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) cohosts Pride event at Kennedy Center

US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts cohosted a Pride event at the Kennedy Center as a "direct rebuke to the President's takeover of the...

‘Met Gala of Massachusetts’ model call at Worcester Art Museum’s Pride Fete

 WORCESTER — Queer AF, the art and fashion show fundraiser for Love Your Labels, is seeking models for its 2025 fashion show, which will...

OUT Maine awarded three grants to expand ‘Read the Rainbow’ program

OUT Maine has received three grants to expand its annual “Read the Rainbow” book program, where funds are raised to send diverse book sets...

Rainbow Revolutionaries Tours return to Boston’s Freedom Trail

The Freedom Trail Foundation announces the return for the second year of its first-of-its-kind official Freedom Trail tour entitled Rainbow Revolutionaries.   On June 1, the...

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to welcome in Pride month with First Friday event

Every first Friday each month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston stays open a little later for an evening of music, dancing, art-making and...

An artistic revision of history: Witty and wonderful ‘Portraiture’ takes the stage on Cape Cod

What would pioneering lesbian power couple Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas have to say about Donald Trump’s take on revisionist history? How might...

Boston Gay Men’s Chorus to perform ‘Glitter & Gingham: A Dolly Parton Celebration!’

This just in from Boston Gay Men's Chorus: We’re putting the iconic music of Dolly Parton center stage, blending sparkle with a touch of...

Sasha Velour to deliver Boston Public Library’s May Lowell Lecture, May 13

Acclaimed drag queen, author and artist Sasha Velour will deliver the Boston Public Library's May Lowell Lecture — "The Revolutionary Art of Drag" —...

First openly transgender woman to compete in Miss Maine beauty pageant

Isabelle St. Cyr, a 24-year-old native of Howland, Maine, will become the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss Maine beauty contest...

History Project rescues LGBTQ+ Boston Tour removed by National Park Service

This just in from The History Project: Earlier this year, the National Park Service removed “Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love,” an LGBTQ+ audio tour of Beacon Hill...

Karine Jean-Pierre to headline 35th annual Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast at JFK Library

Former Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will deliver the Keynote Address at the 35th Annual Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast at Dorchester’s JFK Presidential Library and Museum on Saturday, April...

RI federal judge holds off blocking Trump ‘gender ideology’ arts grants ban, but calls it a likely violation

A federal district court judge in Providence, RI, last week at least temporarily denied blocking a Trump administration order "requiring arts organizations to certify...

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Prides Across New England

One year ago, heading into Pride season, the question was, would coronavirus cancel everything? LGBTQ New Englanders answered that with creativity and resiliency. Online...

Race, sexuality, gender identity key issues for Presidential candidates in NH

Republican Presidential candidates are taking advantage of extremist views on race, sexuality and gender identity, under the label of "parental rights," to campaign in...

City Hall Hearing Focuses On LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing

In the first of what LGBT elder advocates hope will be many public hearings, the LGBT Aging Project joined Boston City Council members, city...

Study shows discrimination against trans apt seekers in Boston

"Discrimination with a smile." That's how a new study by researchers at Suffolk Law School describes what transgender apartment seekers in Greater Boston face. Even...