RI may get first LGBTQ+ landmark on National Register of Historic Places
The National Park Service has awarded the Providence Preservation Society nearly $75K "to research sites associated with LGBTQ+ history and to nominate a location for the registration over the next two years,"...
Biden signs proclamation to establish Frances Perkins Nat’l Monument in ME
On Dec. 16, President Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine, to honor the historic contributions of America’s first woman Cabinet Secretary and the longest-serving Secretary...
Dear Diary: Intimate journals of Ross Terrill bring queer past to vivid present
Right now, the queer past is soaking up the spotlight. From buzzy Showtime series “Fellow Travelers”—the romantic political pulse-pounder set during the Lavender Scare of the 1950s—to...
Op/Ed: Like LGBTQ+ couples, was W.E.B. Du Bois a romantic at heart?
This Valentine's Day, I pay homage to W.E.B. Du Bois's 1924 novel "Dark Princess" because it highlights the least talked about subject then and now: Black love.
Two activities...
GLAD’s Mary Bonauto reflects on 20th anniversary of marriage equality in MA
Twenty years ago today , the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its watershed decision in GLAD’s case Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, making Massachusetts the first U.S. state where same-sex couples could...
Dean College to bring portion of AIDS Memorial Quilt to Franklin, MA campus
Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts is bringing a portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt onto its campus on Nov. 14 and 15 as part of an educational program around its School for...
Plans underway for Boston LGBTQ+ Museum of Art, History and Culture
Jean Dolin, the artist who gave Boston the Portraits of Pride public exhibitions on City Hall Plaza and the Boston Commons during the past two Pride months, and Arline Isaacson, co-chair of...
Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to be honored at HistoryMaker Awards
The Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be honored with the Lavender Rhino Award at The History Project's 2023 HistoryMaker Awards on Thursday, Sept. 7, from 6 to 9 p.m., at St....
LGBTQ+ activist Gary Bailey to be honored at 2023 HistoryMaker Awards
The HistoryMaker Awards, a celebration in recognition of LGBTQ+ community members who make history every day, will take place on September 7, 2023, at the St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA. This annual...
Early gay activist honored with National Park Service tour in Boston
Boston's Prescott Townsend — a World War I veteran and early gay activist who opened his home on Beacon Hill as the first headquarters of the Boston chapter of the Mattachine Society...
