‘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...
Rhode Island senate approves bill banning conversion therapy
The Rhode Island Senate last night voted 31–1 to pass a bill, sponsored by Senator Donna Nesselbush, to prohibit licensed mental health providers from using the discredited and harmful practice on children and adolescents....
New PBS Frontline documentary focuses on transgender kids
How young is too young to for gender transition?
A new Frontline documentary explores this question from the perspectives of parents, doctors, and eight transgender kids age 9-19. "Growing Up Trans" premieres at 10 p.m....
Mass. AG Healey leads call to uphold federally threatened anti-discrimination protections in the...
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, along with California AG Xavier Becerra, has taken the lead in protesting the federal government's recent move to withdraw critical anti-discrimination protections from the Affordable Care Act.
Fenway Health mobile clinic to increase access to COVID research
To ensure that Black and Latinx people are proportionately represented in clinical trials of investigational COVID-19 vaccines, Boston-based Fenway Health is making it easier for those who live and work in several...
YMCA of Southern Maine selected to participate in national LGBT+ Inclusion and Equality Initiative
Partnering with the Biden Foundation, the YMCA of the USA selected the YMCA of Southern Maine to participate in its LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Equality Initiative.
“The goal of this initiative is to work with YMCAs...
Boston Children’s suspends two types of intersex surgeries until patients reach age of meaningful...
In a move that intersex rights activists are cheering, Boston Children's Hospital has become the second major institution in the US to require patients to reach an age of meaningful consent before...
LGBTQ+ people in New Hampshire experiencing ‘severe’ food insecurity
A recent study conducted by professors at the University of New Hampshire in partnership with UCLA Law School's Williams Institute finds that many LGBTQ+ Granite Staters are experiencing "severe" food insecurity or...
AIDS Action of New England meets challenges online and ‘on the streets’
Squarely facing the challenges of the COVID-19 outbreak, AIDS Action—New England’s largest provider of services to people living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS—is taking to the streets "on foot, on bikes,...
Provincetown updates guidelines in response to increase in COVID cases
This week, Provincetown officials updated their public health guidelines in response to a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases as summer crowds returned. The new advisements include:
The unvaccinated, including...
