BAGLY awarded $750K grant from the Cummings Foundation 

The Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY) has been selected as one of 150 nonprofits to receive funding through Cummings Foundation’s annual grant program,...

Jordan Wood, Maine’s openly gay candidate for Congress, advances to a run-off vote after state primary

By early morning following the state’s primary, Jordan Wood, the openly gay Democratic candidate for the 2nd Congressional District, was emerging as the early...

South Boston business records repeated vandalism of Pride sign . . . and an attempt to fix it

A South Boston business owner recorded multiple incidents of vandalism to a Pride sign he displayed outside his shop—all caught on his security camera....

Boston Foundation’s Equality Fund awards $705K to LGBTQ+ serving orgs

The Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation is awarding $705K in grants to 42 LGBTQ+-serving organizations in the largest grantmaking slate in the Fund’s...

Thousands come out in ‘Pride and Protest’ for Boston’s 56th annual LGBTQ+ Pride festivities

The theme of the 56th annual LGBTQ+ Pride celebration in Boston, hosted by Boston's Pride for the People this past weekend, was, appropriately enough,...

Rainbow Revolutionaries Tours returns to Freedom Trail, starting June 6 for Boston’s Pride celebrations

On June 6, the Freedom Trail Foundation’s Rainbow Revolutionaries Tours will step off for the third year to illuminate the lives, loves, and fights...

Federal appellate court blocks Trump’s military ban on trans service-people, halting discharges

This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a decision in Talbott v. USA (formerly Talbott v. Trump) upholding a preliminary...

Remembering Barbara A. Lenk, first openly gay jurist on Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court

Massachusetts Supreme Court Associate Justice Barbara A. Link, the first openly LGBTQ person to serve on the Court, died last month at 75. “The...

Maine’s anti-trans ballot initiative pulled after state AG finds more than 12K invalid signatures on petition

Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removed the ballot initiate aimed to "restrict" transgender student access to bathrooms and sports in public schools...

Attorney General Campbell affirms legal protections for trans youth in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office has issued a legal advisory to health care facilities and medical providers across the Commonwealth reaffirming the current state...

Markey releases report detailing demonization of trans community by Trump administration

Last week, US Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) — top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security...

Leaders across Bay State pay tribute to the late Barney Frank: ‘A giant in public life’

Political and community leaders across Massachusetts spoke out in tribute to the former US Congressman Barney Frank, who represented Massachusetts's Fourth District from 1981...

Boston LGBTQ+ Museum to present ‘Pride House’ during World Cup 2026

Boston LGBTQ+ Museum has been awarded the exclusive license to present Pride House Boston during World Cup 2026. Internationally Recognized LGBTQ+ Sports Hospitality Activation...

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Mike Michaud: The Maine Gay Guy

If Mike Michaud hangs on to his lead in the polls, he could become the nation’s first openly gay person to be elected to...

Boston-based GLAD and lesbian rights center move to block Trump’s ban against trans military service people

President Trump turned his harassing Tweets against transgender US military service people into official Pentagon policy on August 25, signing an order that would...

ACLU of Massachusetts files lawsuit defending LGBTQ counter protestors

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed a free speech lawsuit supporting two LGBTQ counter protesters at a gathering aimed at stopping...

New England businessman matches donations for Harbor to the Bay riders

Harbor to the Bay cyclists riding on behalf of Boston's Community Research Initiative get matched dollar-for-dollar on Friday, August 28, when Paul Moreno of 5 Star...