Texas court order ‘will increase HIV transmission’ across the United States
Last week a federal judge in Texas issued an order to block an Affordable Care Act requirement that ensures the availability for preventive medications like PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV) at no...
Fenway Health announces return to in-person events for Pride month 2022
It's been way too long since the pandemic postponed Fenway Health's big, annual in-person fêtes like the Men's Event and The Dinner Party back in 2020. But now Fenway's bringing their in-person...
Access Health MA to host Fall Party on Oct. 21 at Boston’s beautiful Studio...
Access Health MA—the public health nonprofit that provides access and support through lifesaving drug assistance, insurance support, prevention and research—is getting ready for a big celebration. Traditionally, the nonprofit, formerly know as...
AIDS Walk and 5K run back at Carson Beach in South Boston on...
Time to register and starting planning for Boston's annual AIDS walk and 5K run!
AIDS Walk Boston is back with a hybrid model — in-person or virtual — at...
Fenway Institute welcomes Amy Ben-Arieh as its new executive director
The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health—one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people—has a new executive director. Says Fenway:
Amy Ben-Arieh
Only group home in MA for LGBTQ people overcoming addiction opens
Mental Health Associates, Inc. has opened the Bay State's only group home devoted to LGBTQ people working with addictions and mental health issues. The state- and locally certified, 16-bed Yale Street facility...
Maine lawmakers advance bill to allow gender-affirming care for teens 16 and older without...
Maine's Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary voted this week to advance legislation that would allow minors who are at least 16 to access gender-affirming hormone therapy without the consent of their parents,...
Mass. Commission on LGBTQ Youth condemns Texas governor’s attack on trans, nonbinary kids and...
In a recent press release, the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth "unequivocally condemns Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s politically motivated attack on transgender, nonbinary and gender-expansive children and their families."
Massachusetts Senate passes bill to make PrEP med available without Rx
Last week, the Massachusetts Senate took a crucial step toward ending the HIV epidemic by passing “An Act enabling pharmacists to prescribe, dispense and administer PrEP” (S.2480).
“We’re grateful...
Westfield woman charged with anti-trans care bomb threat at Children’s
The FBI has arrested a Westfield, Massachusetts woman who now faces federal charges for making a "hoax" bomb threat over the phone to Children's Hospital on Aug. 30.
