Anti-LGBTQ+ Hall of Shame: A cause for concern, a call to action
It’s no secret that anti-LGBTQ+ animus has been ramping up all over the country. Conservative state legislatures are working at breakneck speed to pass legislation aimed at preventing many of the most...
West Springfield pastor calls anti-LGBT faction’s breakaway from United Methodist Church a ‘good resolution’
Reverend Rick Rabe of West Springfield United Methodist Church told MassLive he finds the denomination's proposed historic split over LGBT marriage and ordination an "equitable solution."
The split, announced yesterday, "would divide the third-largest religious...
Catholic schools in Worcester, MA prohibit all LGBTQ+ student expression
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts has a new policy, starting this school year in 21 of its schools, to make students "conduct themselves at school in a manner consistent with...
Salem Congregational church, rainbow crosswalk defaced with anti-LGBTQ graffiti; more vandalizing reported
Police in Salem, Massachusetts, are searching for the individual or individuals responsible for vandalizing the door of the Tabernacle Congregational Church and a nearby rainbow crosswalk with anti-LGBTQ graffiti. The police are...
Neo-Nazi group returns to protest another drag queen story hour in Boston, forces cancellation
The neo-Nazi group NSC-131 returned to Boston to demonstrate against another drag queen story hour this past weekend. It was the same group that disrupted a story hour in Jamaica Plain, wearing...
MassEquality responds to anti-LGBTQ+ vandalism at Kingston, MA church
Hate and intolerance has been on the rise across the nation and in the Commonwealth. As a community, we seek refuge where we can feel safe and connected. The First Parish Unitarian...
North Brookfield faces lawsuit after denying drag performers again; this time for town’s upcoming...
The Worcester County LGBTQ+ nonprofit Rural Justice Network is suing North Brookfield, Mass. for denying an application to host Pride in the town if drag entertainers are to perform for the public—just...
Newly released Stephen King film sequel portrays ‘painful true chapter of LGBTQ history in...
The Bangor Daily News reported this week that Maine resident Stephen King believes it was important to include an LGBTQ hate crime included in his book that inspired both a TV miniseries, a big...
Gov. Baker calls for resignation of GOP state committee member over remarks against openly...
Massachusetts Governor Baker has joined calls for GOP State Committee Member Deborah Martell to resign after Martell made a series of homophobic slurs by email and allegedly in person against the family...
Maine high school teacher sues school dept. over homophobic harassment
A high school teacher in Brewer, Maine has filed a suit against her school department because of a "campaign of harassment" launched over her support of LGBTQ students.
