Record-breaking: LGBTQ+ adults now 12 percent of US population

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation last week released updated population estimates showing that a record-high 12% of U.S. adults – roughly 25.6 million people – identify as...

MA AG Campbell secures major court victory protecting gender-affirming care under ACA

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and a coalition of 20 other states secured a major victory after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts struck down a...

LGBTQ+ candidates win big in Connecticut, Vermont state primaries

All of the LGBTQ+ candidates running for national and statewide seats in last week's primary elections in Connecticut and Vermont won their races and...

‘Not legal’: GLAD Law responds to latest Trump rule barring funding for trans youth health care

Last week, the Trump administration released a rule that would, if allowed to take effect, prohibit federal Medicaid dollars from being used to provide care to transgender adolescents under 18, and federal Children’s Health...

Massachusetts Gov. Healey signs ‘Freedom to Read’ bill into state law

Governor Maura Healey signed a new law protecting students' freedom to read and keeping book bans out of Massachusetts schools and public libraries. Signed...

Greater Hartford Gives Foundation grants $200,000 to support LGBTQ+ community

The Greater Hartford Gives Foundation has awarded $200K in grants to support the wellness of the LGBTQ+ community in Greater Hartford, Connecticut. Grantees were...

GLAD Law: Connecticut Children’s betrays families again with DOJ settlement

Last week, the Department of Justice announced a settlement with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) in which CCMC agreed it will not provide well-established...

LGBTQ+ candidates in VT and CT compete in tomorrow’s primaries

A slate of LGBTQ+ candidates are on state primary election ballots tomorrow, Aug. 11, in Vermont and Connecticut. More New England state primaries are...

New gay bar, ‘Vice Worcester,’ slated to open in the Central Mass. city this fall

A new gay bar called Vice Worcester is on schedule to open this fall. Located on Grafton Street in downtown Worcester, Mass., the bar's...

Boston Legacy pro women’s soccer to launch partnership with Fenway Health at Aug. 9 Pride Match

Fenway Health and Boston Legacy FC today announced a new community and health collaboration that brings together two organizations committed to advancing inclusion, health...

Neo-Nazi leader, admitting violation of state law in ‘protesting’ at drag queen story hour, to pay price

Drag queen Juicy Garland carried on through her story hour at the Teetotaler café in Concord, New Hampshire back in the summer of 2023,...

Ducar promoted to chief strategy officer, McMullen takes over development at Fenway Health

Fenway Health announced the promotion of Dallas Ducar, MSN, RN, NP, CNL, FAAN, to Chief Strategy Officer and that Sara McMullen has joined...

Femme Bar in Worcester named one of USA Today’s best bars of the year

USA Today yesterday named Femme Bar in Worcester, Massachusetts to its annual list of the best bars of the year in the country. “We're super...

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Taste of the South End

Over 700 people gathered for Taste of the South End, a gustatory extravaganza to benefit AIDS Action Committee. Forty restaurants from Boston’s vibrant culinary...

Slam Dunk: Derrick Gordon

Earlier this year, the 22-year old UMass Minutemen shooting guard came out to his family. Then he came out to his team. And finally, he came out to the world through an ESPN interview that made him the first openly gay athlete in Division I men’s basketball. Hot on the heels of public disclosures from pro stars Jason Collins and Michael Sam, Gordon found himself in the middle of what is seemingly a sea change for out athletes—and he says that the personal reception from his coach, teammates, and family has been uniformly positive.

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...

Boston Cardinal praises Pope’s directive to bless same-sex couples, but not as ‘endorsement’ of marriage equality

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley last week praised Pope Francis's recent directive allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, though the...