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Redefining ‘sex’?
Enacted in 1972, Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school program that receives government funding,...
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‘See you in court’
Maine Gov. Janet Mills had heated words with President Trump at a meeting of the...
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Emergency legislation
In early March, the state’s House of Representatives voted in support of emergency legislation in response to “President...
First openly transgender woman to compete in Miss Maine beauty pageant
Isabelle St. Cyr, a 24-year-old native of Howland, Maine, will become the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss Maine beauty contest on May 10–11 in Portland, Maine.
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Rhode Island lesbian firefighter awarded $1.75M in discrimination suit
It was a long-fought win for former Providence, RI Fire Lt. Lori Franchina, but she has finally been awarded $1.75 million in damages from a series of lawsuits alleging (and proving) discrimination...
Harvard Medical School researcher sues NIH for cutting LGBTQ study grant
A Harvard Medical School associate professor, whose work spans more than 15 years of research related to LGBTQ+ health, is suing NIH for terminating a grant studying the mental health of LGBTQ...
MassDems LGBTQIA+ remember Pope Francis’s legacy of inclusion
This just in from Massachusetts Democratic State Committee LGBTQIA+ Outreach:
The passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday comes at a time of unprecedented challenges for global leadership....
History Project rescues LGBTQ+ Boston Tour removed by National Park Service
This just in from The History Project:
Earlier this year, the National Park Service removed “Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love,” an LGBTQ+ audio tour of Beacon Hill and Downtown Boston, from...
Plea deal reached in murder trial for 2022 killing of VT transgender woman
A plea deal was reached late last week in the murder trial of Seth Brunell, the man charged for the 2022 killing in Vermont of transgender woman Fern Feather.
