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...
Tre’Andre Valentine, John Ward to be honored at 2021 HistoryMaker Awards
The History Project, Boston’s LGBTQ community archives, will hold its annual HistoryMaker Awards event, featuring an in-person reception with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, November 4,...
Transhealth Northampton CEO nominated as a ‘Hero’ of the year
Dallas Ducar, CEO of Transhealth Northampton — the first independent trans health care center in the US, which opened earlier this year in Northampton, Mass. — is among a select group of...
‘Trailblazing’ trans rights pioneer to be GLAD’s 2021 Spirit of Justice honoree
At their 22nd Annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner on October 21, the Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will honor civil rights leader Kylar Broadus, Esq. with its 2021 Spirit...
Ayanna Pressley, local leaders to be honored at Mass. Transgender Political Coalition’s 11th annual...
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the 11th annual Professionals for Trans Rights business community fundraiser. Held virtually, the event starts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday,...
LGBT philanthropist receives honorary doctorate from Maine College of Art
Dan Crewe, gay philanthropist, retired US Air Force officer, and supporter of LGBTQ rights and other humanitarian causes in his home state of Maine and beyond, is receiving an honorary doctorate on...
Boston Celtics to honor Marc Davino as ‘Hero Among Us’ at Pride Night Game...
The Boston Celtics will honor Boston Gay Basketball League's own Marc Davino with the team's Heroes Among Us Award at this Thursday's Pride Night game, when the Celtics host the Phoenix Suns.
