HRC awards two Boston Public Schools with Seal of Excellence for inclusivity
Two Boston Public Schools — Haley Pilot School and Mozart Elementary — received the Human Rights Campaign's Seal of Excellence for their dedication to creating LGBTQ+ inclusive school environments.
Boston chef Tiffani Faison wins Food Network’s ‘Tournament of Champions’
Celebrity chef and LGBTQ advocate Tiffani Faison of Boston took home the top spot (and $100,000) on the third season of The Food Network's "Tournament of Champions."
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Boston Business Journal announces 2022 corporate allies, LGBT trailblazers
Every year, Boston Business Journal honors individuals and regionally based businesses that demonstrate exceptional commitments to Greater Boston's LGBTQ community.
This year, BBJ is honoring software developer PTC...
President Biden reaffirms commitment of support on Trans Day of Visibility
In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, today, March 31, President Biden issued an official proclamation honoring transgender people and reaffirming his commitment that his "entire administration" will do all in their...
23 New England health care centers earn top scores on HRC’s 2022 index
The Human Rights Campaign has just released their 15th annual Healthcare Equality Index, the nation's foremost benchmarking survey of policies and practices around inclusive and equitable treatment of LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and...
New England communities lead again on HRC’s Municipal Equality Index
For the fifth consecutive year, scores rose nationally on the Human Rights Campaign’s 10th annual Municipal Equality Index, and New England communities were at the forefront.
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Remembrance bench in Portsmouth, NH honors victim of 1984 hate crime
Almost four decades after three teenagers in Bangor, Maine, killed Portsmouth, NH native Charlie Howard, age 23, in 1984 for being gay, the city of Portsmouth is honoring him with a remembrance...
Malinda Lo, openly LGBTQ Bay State author, wins National Book Award
Openly LGBTQ young-adult author Malinda Lo of Massachusetts won the 2021 National Book Award in Young People's Literature for her novel "Last Night at the Telegraph Club." Lo, who graduated from Wellesley...
Chioma Nnaji of Boston’s Multicultural AIDS Coalition named to ‘POZ 100’ list
POZ magazine has named Chioma Nnaji, senior program director of the Roxbury, Mass.–based Multicultural AIDS Coalition (MAC), to its annual "POZ 100" list, which spotlights and celebrates HIV advocacy work in communities...
Fecteau wins LGBTQ Victory Institute’s Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough award
Maine State Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau, who earlier this year was unanimously elected to become Maine's youngest and first openly gay Speaker, has just been honored with the LGBTQ Victory...
