Fecteau sworn in as Maine’s first openly gay Speaker of the House
Maine State Rep. Ryan Fecteau, 28, made history yesterday, Dec. 2. As he entered his fourth term in the legislation, Fecteau was officially elected and sworn in as Maine’s youngest and first...
History Project bears witness to early days of AIDS with post-show panel on SpeakEasy’s...
Remember what it was like way back in the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic? The fear and loss, but also the community and compassion?
Maybe you were too young. Maybe, like a lot of...
Senate Judiciary approves openly LGBT Vermont justice to US federal court
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Vermont Supreme Court Associate Justice Beth Robinson to become the first openly LGBT woman to sit on a federal circuit court in the United...
Portsmouth, Maine, remembers murder and legacy of Charlie Howard
Thirty-five years after three teenagers in Bangor, Maine, killed Portsmouth native Charlie Howard for being gay, the city of Portsmouth is planning to honor him with a remembrance bench. The permanent memorial comes after a...
Newport mansions pull back curtain on HBO’s addictive series ‘The Gilded Age’
Few would call “The Gilded Age” a gay show, but the HBO drama’s high camp factor has earned it plenty of queer cred. Julian Fellowes, the Oscar and Emmy Award-winning creator of...
Zachary Quinto to produce, star in podcast on gay purge at Harvard
Out, proud actor Zachary Quinto announced he's producing and will star in "Secret Code," a podcast about a gay purge against students and Cambridge locals led by a Harvard University president and...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus returns from history‑making tour of the Middle East
What a difference a day makes.
On June 26, 2015 the members of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus were in Istanbul, in the midst of the first-ever tour of the Middle East by a gay...
US Senate confirms Vermont’s Beth Robinson to be first openly LGBTQ woman on federal...
In a historic vote, the US Senate last night confirmed Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson to sit on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which hears cases from...
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center hosts panel discussion on the history of queer activism...
"Looking Back, Moving Forward: Four Decades of Queer Activism in Vermont," a panel discussion on key individuals, organizations and the history of queer activism in southern Vermont from the 1980s to the present, starts...
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...
