Depression rates still high among gay teens, Brown University study shows
According to a new Brown University study on Massachusetts teenagers published in an American Medical Association journal, JAMA Pediatrics, depression rates of teens remain significantly higher than their heterosexual peers, despite an overall decline...
‘The 2020 Census: If you aren’t counted, we don’t count,’ urges Fenway Institute
It's critical that each and every LGBTQ individual respond to the 2020 US Census. How come? Tim Wang and Sean Cahill of The Fenway Institute spell it out for us:
Six months from today, on April...
Queer Gym pop-up in Brookline empowers LGBTQ+ workouts
Physical trainer Justice Williams had a vision to empower LGBTQ+ people with all the physical and mental benefits of working out, and he's put that vision into practice with a pop-up "Queer Gym" in...
MaineCare now covers transgender-specific health services statewide
Transgender people can no longer be denied coverage of trans-specific health services in Maine. As of September. MaineCare, the state's version of Medicaid, removed transgender-specific health services from its list of procedures it would...
Rhode Island Foundation awards $53,000 to eight LGBTQ nonprofits
The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $53,000 to share between eight LGBTQ nonprofits. The funding aims to support groups "engaged in efforts ranging from civil rights advocacy for families and youth to improving the...
Conversion therapy poses serious health risks for transgender people, new Boston-based study shows
The American Medical Association just published in its journal JAMA Psychiatry a study by Boston-based researchers showing that transgender people undergoing conversation therapy risk a range of adverse mental health outcomes, including suicide attempts.
The...
Thirty-five New England facilities make HRC’s 2019 Healthcare Equality Index
Healthcare facilities in all six New England states earned spots on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2019 Healthcare Equality Index. Among these, 21 qualified as Healthcare Equality Leaders, with four more scoring as Top...
Boston University study shows lesbians, bisexual women have less access to post-cancer treatment
New research shows that lesbians and bisexual women, especially minority women, have less access to healthcare after cancer treatment than heterosexual women.
The research, just published in the latest issue of the journal "Cancer," was...
CRI to host 16th annual fabulous, feel-good fundraiser in Provincetown
One of the summer’s most fun feel-good events is back! On Saturday, July 20, 2019, Boston-based Community Research Initiative is holding its 16th annual Summer Party in Provincetown from noon to 3 p.m.
It’s fun because this...
Massachusetts House passes youth conversion therapy ban 147–8
The Massachusetts House of Representative overwhelmingly passed a bill to ban conversion therapy on minors on Wednesday this week. The legislation sailed through with a vote of 147 to 8.
Should the house approve and...
