Queer Connect board chair runs for seat on Bennington, VT select board
Jacklyn Matts, who has served as board president for the Bennington, Vermont, LGBTQ+ nonprofit Queer Connect and chair of the 2024 Bennington Charter Review Committee, announced her candidacy to sit on the...
Mass. Transgender Political Coalition offers Know Your Rights election guide
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) has developed a Know Your Rights guide to voting in Massachusetts ahead of the federal and state elections on Tuesday, November 5.
Trans,...
Amherst, MA voters to fill five school committee seats in today’s election after trans...
Amherst, Massachusetts voters going to the polls today are being asked to fill five spaces on the city's Regional School Committee left open after a controversy around the treatment of transgender students...
Voters choose all openly LGBTQ+ incumbents in MA state primary
Massachusetts held its primary election for statewide officials and Congressional candidates last Tuesday, and all openly LGBTQ+ incumbent candidates won their races and now move on to the Nov. 5 election.
‘Out on the Trail’ report shows 14.1 percent increase in LGBTQ+ candidates
In their 2024 "Out on the Trail" report, released in late October, the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund revealed new data showing that LGBTQ+ candidates continue to grow in diversity and make gains in...
LGBTQ+ candidates on today’s general election ballot across New England
Today, November 5, (gasp! at long last!) is the 2024 General Election's voting day. Here is a list of openly LGBTQ+ candidates on the ballots across New England. If you haven't voted...
Voters replace homophobic member of Littleton, NH select board with co-chair of North Country...
On March 12, voters in Littleton, New Hampshire elected pro-LGBTQ+ Kerri Harrington to replace a homophobic member of the town's select board, effectively ending the controversy stirred up last summer by the...
LGBTQ+ candidates largely prevail in Granite and Ocean State primaries
In last week's state primaries, New Hampshire and Rhode Island voters resoundingly backed the openly LGBTQ candidates on the ballot.
In New Hampshire, US Congressman Chris Papas advanced...
VT State Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak could become first female and first openly LGBT mayor...
One Super Tuesday race to watch today is in Burlington, Vt., where if State Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak prevails, she would become not only the city's first female but first openly LGBTQ mayor....
Gabe Amo, LGBTQ+ ally, wins seat of former US Rep. Cicilline in Rhode Island
Democrat Gabe Amo, an LGBTQ+ ally and the first person of color to represent Rhode Island in Congress, won yesterday's special election to take the seat of the openly gay and former...
