Massachusetts House passes of key strategy to end HIV epidemic

The Massachusetts House of Representatives has advanced legislation that will protect Bay State residents from any reversal of federal policies critical to ending the...

Baystate Health reportedly ending hormone treatment for trans youth

The Boston Globe received a copy of a letter shared to parents and guardians explaining the Springfield, Mass. health care system Baystate Health was...

US Senator Markey (MA) reintroduces Transgender Bill of Rights resolution

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), with Representatives Mark Takano (CA-49), and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) reintroduced theTransgender Bill of...

Advocates applaud NH Governor Kelly Ayotte’s veto of anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Earlier this month, New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte vetoed SB 268, a bill that would have rolled back critical nondiscrimination protections for transgender and...

GOP candidates for gov., US Senate weigh in against transgender student athletes in Pembroke, MA

At least three Republican candidates in Massachusetts—one for US Senate and two for governor— weighed in on social media over a debate at a...

Harvard, MIT researchers make progress toward finding a cure for HIV/AIDS

Science is "closer than ever" to finding a cure for HIV, and researchers and Harvard and MIT are at the forefront of knocking out...

ME anti-trans student referendum may have enough signatures for ballot vote

The group behind an effort to ban transgender students from sports teams and private spaces in Maine claims they've gathered more than the 82K...

GLAD Law: DC Circuit hears arguments against Trump’s trans military ban

WASHINGTON, DC—A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today heard oral arguments in Talbott v. USA (formerly Talbott v. Trump), a...

Rhode Island AG leads AG coalition suing HHS over anti-trans funding cuts

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is leading up a coalition of a dozen US state attorney generals in a lawsuit against the...

Vermont lawmakers introduce bill that would fund federally cut gender-affirming health care

Newly introduced legislation in the Vermont state house would provide funds to offset federal cuts aimed at health care providers of gender-affirming services. Reports...

Trump admin. investigates New England schools over trans athletes

Eighteen New England schools across four school districts are under investigation for their inclusion of transgender athletes in school sports by the US Dept....

Federal funding threats paused against providers of trans youth health care

Late last week, 22 states filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in their legal challenge to the Declaration issued by Health and Human Services...

Five New England states join 19-state coalition challenging federal attack on gender-affirming health care

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 19 other states in suing the Trump Administration to ensure that the US Department of...

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NH Senate approves bills barring trans athletes, outing LGBTQ+ students

The New Hampshire Senate approved two anti-LGBTQ+ bills last Friday, one to ban transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams, the other requiring...

TV news anchor Randy Price, a leading LGBTQ voice, to sign off air on May 20

Longtime TV journalist, philanthropist and LGBTQ community leader Randy Price—the first openly gay television news anchor in the country—will officially sign off the air...

New London Pride Festival

Like so many Prides last year, New London’s lineup went virtual due to the pandemic. But in late August 2021, they came back with...

State economic development chief brings ‘Team Massachusetts’ plan to Mass. LGBT Chamber of Commerce

At a recent Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce roundtable, the Bay State's Economic Development Secretary, Yvonne Hao, touted Governor Healey's Administration's efforts to expand...