Top Mass. health officials join call to end ban on LGBTQ blood donations
Secretary of the Mass. Executive Office of Health & Human Services Marylou Sudders and the Bay State's Dept. of Public Health Commissioner Margret Cook signed on to a letter calling for the...
Vermont House passes bill to simplify gender ID updates on birth certificates
The Vermont State House of Representatives approved a bill (H.628) making it easier to amend one's birth certificate to match their gender identity. The House passed the bill yesterday and will send...
Boston Mayor Janey signs historic inclusion of LGBTQ-owned businesses into city’s supplier diversity program
Mayor Kim Janey this week signed a historic executive order to include LGBTQ+-owned businesses into the city’s supplier diversity program.
The program creates fair and equitable access to City contracting...
Hattie Kerwin Derrick becomes new LGBTQ+ liaison for Newton, Mass.
Newton, Massachusetts has a new LGBTQ+ liaison after the previous person in that role, Holly Ryan, made history becoming the city's first openly transgender woman elected to serve on the city council...
LGBTQ youth in Mass. child welfare system under ‘significant threat’
The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth released a disturbing report on the state's child welfare agency's ability to protect LGBTQ children and young adults in their system from violence and abuse.
Updating gender info on RI birth certificates just got a lot easier
Transgender and nonbinary Rhode Islanders can now update their birth certificates to align with their affirmed gender through a simple form thanks to a new regulation that went into effect yesterday — which...
All six New England states earn highest ratings on HRC’s Equality Index
This week, the Human Rights Campaign released its seventh annual State Equality Index — their latest national review of statewide laws and policies that affected LGBTQ people and their families over the...
Boston City Council moves toward nonbinary option on city-issued docs
Boston's city council late last week unanimously passed an ordinance to adopt a nonbinary gender designation for all city forms, documents and certificates. The proposal came from councilors Liz Breadon and Michelle...
