Pride is back on in North Brookfield; ACLU still moving forward with lawsuit
Thanks to the ACLU of Massachusetts and the perseverance of the local LGBTQ community and allies, North Brookfield's Pride is back on schedule for June 2024.
The ACLU,...
GLAD welcomes three new board members with expertise to meet unprecedented challenges
Facing unprecedented anti-LGBTQ attacks to our community, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has appointed three new legal experts and advocates to their board of directors to help meet the challenges of...
NH legislators consider bills targeting transgender students, athletes
New Hampshire's Senate Education Committee is considering two bills that would ban transgender athletes from participating on K–12 and collegiate sports teams and currently include restrictions on which bathrooms transgender students may...
Owner of Teetotaller Cafe in NH wins court case against social media giant
When the social media giant Meta deleted Emmett Soldati's Instagram account for his small cafe Teatotaller — a hotspot for the LGBTQ community then in Somersworth, New Hampshire and now with locations...
Maine Judiciary Committee kills bill that would have ensured trans health care for those...
Maine’s Judiciary Committee last week voted 12-0 to kill House Bill 1735, which would have prevented the enforcement, in Maine, of other states’ laws that ban gender-affirming health care for those seeking...
Massachusetts Senate unanimously repeals sodomy ban, anti-trans code
The Massachusetts State Senate last week unanimously passed a bill that would repeal an archaic ban on gay sex along with a criminal code against "common night walkers, common street walkers, both...
NH House passes two bills attacking LGBTQ+ rights, votes down two others that would...
The New Hampshire House of Representatives last week voted on four bills relating to LGBTQ+ rights, and for every bill, voted against protecting LGBTQ+ rights.
Two of the bills...
Federal court hears challenges to New Hampshire’s classroom censorship law
This morning, Jan. 16, the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire is scheduled to hear arguments in the lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s classroom censorship law, which discourages public school...
Bay State middle school teacher seeks answers after police search classroom for trans memoir...
Despite a public apology from the local police chief, the middle school teacher in Great Barrington, Mass. who had her classroom searched last month by a police officer looking for a copy...
Gov. Healey’s ‘Hero Act’ would allow IVF for veterans in same-sex marriages
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's administration has filed new legislation that would allow thousands of military veterans in same-sex marriages to receive in vitro fertilization therapy, which the federal Veterans Administration does not...
