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...

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...

Rainbow crosswalk ribbon-cutting in Stratford, CT despite recent vandalism

Stratford, Connecticut town officials and members of the local LGBTQ+ community gathered earlier this month for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open a rainbow...

Cumberland, RI school committee votes to maintain policy protecting student privacy around trans issues

At a school committee meeting in Cumberland, Rhode Island last week, dozens testified against proposed changes to a policy supporting a student's right to...

Out gay politician Jordan Wood returns to Maine Senate race after run for Congress

After first running for the US Senate earlier this year but dropping out of that race to run for a seat in the US...

Remembering Frank Ribaudo, Club Café founder, longtime LGBTQ+ community leader

Frank Alfred Ribaudo, died Tuesday night after fighting glioblastoma for two and a half years. He was 81. One of the founders of Boston's...

Maine ranks fifth safest state for LGBTQ+ Americans in SafeHome.org’s 2026 report

The state of Maine came in at number five on SafeHome.org's 2026 LGBTQ+ Safety and Equality Report. Other top scorers in New England were...

Amherst community urges schools to better protect LGBTQ+ students

A spokesperson for the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst organized a rally and call-to-action event last week to highlight a "systemic failure" to protect LGBTQ+...

RI Foundation honors long-time RI Pride leader with 2026 Pride Award 

Rodney Davis is the recipient of the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2026 Pride Award. The Coventry resident was honored for three decades of work on behalf of LGBTQ+ Rhode Islanders.  "There is little more...

NH Gov. Ayotte vetoes anti-transgender ‘bathroom bill’ for fourth consecutive time

“Trying the same thing again isn’t going to get a different result,” said New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte in a statement after once-again vetoing the same anti-transgender legislation that arrived at her desk for the fourth consecutive time.

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,...

Man shouting anti-LGBTQ slurs barred from RI state beach for one year

A Milford, Massachusetts man was removed from a state beach in Rhode Island after repeatedly shouting anti-LGBTQ slurs to a gay couple, to others...

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Bay State confirms Vickie Henry’s appointment to appeals court

"GLAD's loss will be the Commonwealth's gain," stated Janson Wu, executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders in a press release on GLAD's...

Longtime LGBTQ, AIDS activist Shawn M. Lang of Connecticut dies at 65

Longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist Shawn M. Lang, 65, died suddenly this past Sunday, Oct. 17. From the early 1990s until this past June,...

Susan Collins of Maine only GOP senator to sponsor LGBT Equality Act

Senator Susan Collins of Maine is the only US senator to sign on as a sponsor of the comprehensive LGBT nondiscrimination Equality Act of...