GLAD commends clarification on LGBTQ+ health care protections
The Biden Administration last week reinstated health care protections under the Affordable Care Act, which had been rescinded under the Trump administration, and issued a clarification making it clear that the ACA's...
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
Bay State AG joins call to restore ACA health care protections for transgender people...
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell announced yesterday that she is joining 17 other state attorneys general across the US in an effort to reverse a Trump-era elimination of nondiscrimination protections for...
MA Senator Markey hosts roundtable with LGBTQ+ community leaders in support of trans, nonbinary...
Amid the state of emergency that transgender and nonbinary people in Massachusetts and across the United States are experiencing—including increasing reports of violence, discrimination, and fear—Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday hosted...
Op/ed: The right to an abortion is a queer issue
France has just enshrined abortion rights in its Constitution. What's wrong with the US?
We have collapsed the church into the affairs of the state. For example, the recent...
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...
Working Together: Allies of Rhode Island’s LGBTQ+ community
Stated simply, the queer community couldn’t be where we are today without allies. Over the decades, individuals have stepped up, giving their time and talent, attending our rallies, demonstrations and vigils, pushing...
Fenway Health appoints Jordina Shanks new interim chief executive officer
Fenway Health, one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people, appointed Fenway Chief Operating Officer Jordina Shanks to become their next Interim CEO when Manny Lopes steps down...
World AIDS Day events continue through ‘Getting to Zero Week’
World AIDS Day—a time for people around the world to unite and show support for those living with and affected by HIV and to remember those lost to AIDS—is officially observed on...
NH trans woman files federal lawsuit over insurance coverage denial
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Lillian Bernier, a transgender woman who was denied insurance coverage by her employer, Turbocam, Inc., for necessary healthcare...
