Secretary of State Kerry apologizes for decades of State Dept. discrimination
“These actions were wrong then, just as they would be wrong today."
With this words, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry apologized to the LGBT community on behalf of the State Department for decades of...
After farewell party, ‘oldest gay bar in Mass’ to close doors
Lynn, MA—Known by many as the "Cheers of the North Shore," Fran's Place is closing its doors on September 26.
Its owner, Jay Collins, along with many patrons, considers Fran's the oldest gay bar in Massachusetts still...
President Obama designates Stonewall Inn national historic landmark
Forty-seven years after the Stonewall Uprising, President Obama is honoring the Greenwich Village nightclub as a historic national monument. The famous New York City gay club—where patrons famously stood up and fought back against harassment and...
Major exhibit of queer photographer Tseng Kwong Chi celebrates spirit of wild ’80s art...
He was one of the rising stars of the East Village arts scene who died of AIDS at 39. His friends and creative co-conspiriators included fellow artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, the dancer Bill T. Jones,...
Ireland officially recognizes same-sex marriages registered in other countries
Monday, November 16, marks the first day Ireland recognizes same-sex marriage licenses registered in other countries. Six months ago, the Irish pubic voted by 62.1 percent to allow gay unions in a historic referendum—the...
Boston University students, faculty blaze LGBT freedom trail
There may be no trail of rainbow-colored bricks commemorating Boston's LGBT history—at least not yet—but a group of Boston University faculty and students embarked on their own walking tour, traversing the footsteps of homoerotic...
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...
Brookline native appointed first openly transgender White House staff member
The first openly transgender person to serve as a Beacon Hill staffer has made history again. The Obama administration appointed Raffi Freedman-Gurspan as its new outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the White House...
Provincetown film fest selections focus on foundations of marriage-equality movement
As the landmark U.S. Supreme Count ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide reverberated, the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), which ended the week prior to the ruling, showed prescience in showcasing a documentary about the early...
Historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling recognizes marriage equality as law of the land
Marriage for same-sex couples, which began in New England with legal civil unions in Vermont and full-fledged matrimonial rights in Massachusetts is now recognized in all 50 states based on the U.S. Supreme Court's...
