Congressional leaders urge US Justice Dept. to act following more bomb threats at Boston...
In the wake of a third bomb threat earlier this month at Boston Children's Hospital over the gender-affirming health care for trans and nonbinary young people provided at Children's, 36 member of...
Fenway Health to award three runners bibs for 2024 Boston Marathon
Fenway Health is partnering with Bank of America's Boston Marathon Official Charity program to award bibs to three motivated fundraising runners to run in the 2024 Boston Marathon. Each runner will be...
New law ensures pathway to health care for transgender minors in Maine
A new law signed on July 11 by Maine Governor Janet Mills will allow transgender minors who have reached a minimum age of 16, have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and are...
Texas man sentenced in Boston federal court for threatening local doctor who works with...
A Texas man was sentenced last week in Boston federal court for a series of threats he made to a doctor at the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, a program of the...
Federal Court lets BAGLY’s health care anti-discrimination case go forward
A US federal court has allowed the Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY) to continue their case challenging a rule by the previous (Trump/Pence) Administration aimed at undermining health care nondiscrimination protections...
Five New England states introduce ‘trans refuge’ health care bills
Five New England states — Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont — have introduced bills "shielding transgender youth and their parents from penalties for seeking gender-affirming health care." In doing...
GLAD applauds Biden’s affirmation of LGBTQ protections in health care
The Biden White House this week reversed the discriminatory policies against LGBTQ people's access to health care enacted by the previous administration.
In a nutshell, this means...
MA-based Transhealth extends services to people beyond Bay State borders
At a time with growing anti-trans legislation in many states,Transhealth — the Bay State-based, trans-led, gender-affirming health care center for trans and gender-diverse people and their families — is expanding its online...
Texas man arrested, charged with making death threats against Boston doctor treating transgender youth
Federal charges have been placed on Matthew Jordan Lindner, 38, of Comfort, Texas, for harassment and making death threats against a doctor treating transgender youth, according to the Boston Globe.
Fenway Health: recent layoffs offset $10M annual cost for generic PrEP
Earlier this month, the Boston-based Fenway Health, one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people, had to lay off 17 staff members in order to build a balanced...
