Smith College under federal investigation over admission of transgender women

The federal government announced this week it is investigating Smith College's policy of admitting transgender women, and whether that policy now violates Federal law...

Former MA Congressman Barney Frank enters hospice care, critiques progressive Democrats

The always-outspoken, openly gay LGBTQ-trailblazing former US Congressman Barney Frank, who represented Massachusetts Fourth District from 1981 to 2013, has entered hospice care while...

GLAD Law stands ‘firmly with the Southern Poverty Law Center’

Ricardo Martinez, executive director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law), released the following statement in response to the federal government's lawsuit against...

Maine residents file legal challenge to anti-trans ballot referendum

A group of Maine residents have filed a lawsuit to remove this fall’s ballot question aimed at banning trans student athletes from participating in...

Back Bay church ‘won’t stop sharing the message’ despite repeated theft of inclusive sign

A sign proclaiming "God Love Trans People" on the message board outside Old South Church in Boston's Copley Square has been stolen three times,...

SCOTUS upholds Massachusetts public school policy supporting trans students

, the Supreme Court left in place a First Circuit ruling rejecting a request by parents of a Massachusetts middle school student that teachers...

Backlash from media reports leads to LGBTQ+ immigrant org returning grant money to Boston

Backlash including death threats resulted in the return of a $7,500 grant to the city of Boston from OUTnewcomers, a nonprofit providing services for...

Maine’s transphobic ballot question: Do you want to restrict civil rights, education protections?

The wording for Maine's question on this fall's ballot aimed at banning trans student athletes from participating in girls' sports and limiting bathroom access...

Mural painted on Providence’s Dark Lady bar sparks controversy

A mural honoring Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed to death in North Carolina, was to be painted on the side of the building that...

New exhibit, ‘Authentic Selves,’ unveiled at Massachusetts State House

MassEquality in partnership with Family Diversity Projects unveiled the powerful photo-text exhibit "Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and their Families" yesterday at the Massachusetts...

HRC, Planned Parenthood endorse MA Sen. Ed Markey for reelection

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund last week announced their endorsements of Senator Ed Markey for re-election to the...

BU president responds to protest by pausing signage policy that removed Pride flags

After Boston University's official removal of Pride flags from "outward-facing windows and doors" sparked a protest last week, BU's President Melissa Gilliam yesterday issued...

Faculty, students, staff protest at BU after removal of Pride flags

Faculty, staff and students at Boston University gathered last week in protest after the University administration pulled down Pride flags displayed on "outward-facing windows...

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Newport Pride at St. Pat’s Day Parade

For the second year in a row, a contingent of Newport Pride dusted off their blow-up leprechaun riding a rainbow unicorn and marched in...

Maine’s Frances Perkins Center gives FDR’s New Deal architect her due

When President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law, FDR’s New Deal and the name Frances Perkins resounded for the...

Providence, RI earns special recognition in HRC’s 2025 Municipal Equality Index

The city of Providence received an extra shout out as an exemplifier of a top-scoring city of its size in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's...

Cirque du Soleil swings back into Boston with “OVO,” Sept. 6–10

Cirque du Soleil is coming back to Boston's Agganis Arena September 6–10, for seven performances only as part of a global tour in arenas around...