Out in the Open executive director awarded top honors from Vermont Community Foundation
Vermont Community Foundation has awarded HB Lozito, executive director of the Brattleboro, Vermont–based nonprofit Out in the Open, its Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial Community Leadership. Lozito was honored for their...
GLAD’s 24th annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner to honor plaintiffs of landmark marriage-equality...
For their 24th annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will honor the plaintiffs who won the landmark Goodridge ruling that made Massachusetts the first state in...
Glass and Evans receive prestigious AARP community service award
Paul Glass and Charles Evans have been selected by AARP, the nonprofit organization for people fifty and older, to receive the 2023 AARP Massachusetts Andrus Award for Community Service, the Association’s most...
University of Vermont earns top scores on Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly List
The University of Vermont received a top-ranking five-star score on Campus Pride's 2023 Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly List, announced on September 1. Campus Pride rates LGBTQ policies, programs and practices at...
OUT Maine scholarship program awards $31K to three college students
The folks at the nonprofit LGBTQ+ youth advocacy nonprofit OUT Maine say they are thrilled to announce the award of scholarships totaling $31,000 to three outstanding young people to help them better...
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...
Young drag queen from Taunton, MA named Provincetown Carnival marshal
The Grand Marshal for Provincetown's 45th annual Carnival Parade on August 17, 2023, will be Jason Carter, aka drag artist Monica Moore from Taunton, Massachusetts. The announcement came from the Provincetown Business...
Alex Newell of Lynn, MA becomes first nonbinary actor to win Tony Award
At Broadway's Tony Awards last night, Lynn, Massachusetts native Alex Newell became the first nonbinary actor to win the prestigious award. Newell took home the trophy in the category of Best Featured...
