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...

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...

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....

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Award-winning Poet Denice Frohman (virtual) | February 6, 2021

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43rd Annual First Event

Trans Community of New England’s First Event is one of the largest and longest-running transgender and gender expansive conferences in the country. Celebrating its...

Hoop Dreams: Suzanne Abair co-purchases Atlanta Dream

To invest in women’s sports and the social justice platform the WNBA supports, Suzanne Abair and her partners bought the Atlanta Dream Suzanne Abair owns...

HRC expresses gratitude for LGBTQ+ activism of Rob and Michele Reiner

The Human Rights Campaign is mourning the loss of legendary actor, director and LGBTQ+ activist Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner. The...