Massachusetts leads New England states with 18 perfect scores on HRC’s 2026 Healthcare Equality Index

Eighteen health care facilities in the Bay State earned perfect-scores, a designation of "Healthcare Equality Leader," on the Human Rights Campaign's 2026 Healthcare Equality...

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...

MA AG Campbell, Sen. Markey, Planned Parenthood oppose Trump ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth

Statewide, national and grassroots leaders across the country reacted in opposition to President Trump's proposed executive order that would withhold federal funding from institutions...

GLAD Law challenges halt of trans youth care at Connecticut hospitals

Ten Connecticut individuals and families are challenging the sudden termination of medical care for transgender adolescents and young adults at Yale New Haven Health...

Trans inmate forced to detransition in NH prison sues state corrections dept.

An inmate in the New Hampshire Department of Corrections is suing the state for forcing her to detransition, live in the state's men's facility...

Jason Collins, first openly LGBT NBA player, fighting stage 4 brain cancer

Jason Collins—the first openly gay NBA player, a former Boston Celtic and college roommate of former US Congressman Joseph Kennedy III—has announced he is...

New Mass. legislation facilitates legal name changes for trans residents

Last week, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed an end-of-year Fiscal Year 2025 supplemental budget that included an amendment, championed by advocates for LGBTQ+ people...

Pryde Community Center displays AIDS Quilt panels, hosts World AIDS Day events, Dec. 1–5

This year, LGBTQ Senior Housing is proudly displaying two panels of The AIDS Memorial Quilt at The Pryde Community Center to honor and uplift those...

Transgender Day of Remembrance memorial on Boston Common ‘erased’

Last week, more than 400 transgender flags were illegally removed from a Transgender Day of Remembrance memorial on Boston Common, across from the state...

Trans Day of Remembrance events in Boston to emphasize community

Preparations for Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) in Boston have been underway since June. The day of remembrance is held annually on Nov. 20...

Support for trans rights front and center in Maine Gov. Mills launch for US Senate

When Maine Governor Janet Mills officially announced her campaign for US Senate last week, she put her support for transgender rights — and legal...

Middlebury College swim team trans diver’s death deemed a suicide

Vermont State Police have announced that 21-year-old Middlebury College senior Lia Smith, a diver on the school's swim team who had been reported missing...

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Menino named honorary marshal for 2015 Boston Pride

Boston's late Mayor Thomas M. Menino has been named honorary marshall for the city's 45th annual Boston Pride Parade, which will be held on Saturday, June...

First LGBTQ+ public space, Bailey’s Place, to open in Rutland for decades

With a grand opening for next month on the calendar, Rutland, Vermont is getting its first LGBTQ+ public space in decades once the finishing...

LGBTQ Professionals Networking Night

MIT Media Lab | Cambridge | June 25, 2019 Over 150 professionals from the Cambridge area and beyond celebrated the end of Pride Month with...

LGBTQ families, advocates call on legislature to pass MA Parentage Act

Despite rain and chilly weather, LGBTQ families, advocates and allies kicked off Pride month on June 1 with the Rally for Massachusetts Families outside...