Bomb squad sent to Boston Children’s Hospital after threat over trans care
NBC News reported an investigation is underway into an anonymous bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital Tuesday evening. The threat comes after weeks of harassment resulting from an online campaign of transphobic...
Transphobic campaign threatens doctors, staff at Boston Children’s
An online campaign of transphobic misinformation has led to a barrage of threats targeting Boston Children's Hospital doctors and staff who care for transgender kids.
“We are deeply...
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...
Massachusetts Governor Baker signs into law the bill protecting access to abortion and...
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law today sweeping legislation protecting access to abortion care and transgender health care for people across the Bay State and for residents of other states where...
Maine’s Governor Mills signs equitable fertility insurance coverage bill into law
Maine Governor Janet Mills has signed into law "An Act to Provide Access to Fertility Care" (LD 1539).
The legislation, which goes into effect on January 1, 2023,...
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...
Boston-based GLAD co-represents plaintiffs in Alabama anti-trans law
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is co-representing the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit to stop a newly signed anti-transgender law in Alabama from going into effect. The law would impose...
23 New England health care centers earn top scores on HRC’s 2022 index
The Human Rights Campaign has just released their 15th annual Healthcare Equality Index, the nation's foremost benchmarking survey of policies and practices around inclusive and equitable treatment of LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and...
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...
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."
