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...

‘I Don’t Think I Had Time To Be Scared’

Boston Police Department LGBT Liaison Javier Pagan details his experience as a first responder at the Boston Marathon blasts Javier Pagan was just feet from...

Aging Back Into the Closet

Maine is the most recent state to allow gay marriage, and the first in the nation to have the law approved by a majority of voters at the polls. Following the passage of the gay marriage law, many in the state have wondered: “What’s next?” After all, marriage is the default panacea of gay rights, and Maine ranks in the top ten states in the nation for gay-friendly laws. Another distinction? Maine has the oldest population in the U.S. with more than 300,000 elders age 60 and over. It is estimated that 15,000 of them are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. For many, the reality of old age comes, hits when one is faced with the reality of what it means to be senior.

Mass. Catholic Conf. issues a statement on SCOTUS DOMA ruling

The Massachusetts Catholic Conferences (the public policy arm of the four area bishops) has issued a statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision earlier today...

Joe Putignano: Acrobat, Author … Addict

Heroin? Contortionist? Model? It’s a dichotomy that’s only likely to play itself out in the most outrageous Lifetime movie specials. So, to hear Putignano’s story is quite inspiring if not fantastical.

The Personnel is Political

The local connection between LGBT issues and the labor movement runs long and deep Tom Barbera has heard it all: horror stories from the workplace...

Does HRC Really Think Albuquerque Is Better for LGBTs Than P’town? Yep.

Accused of ‘comical’ methodology, the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group is taking heat from cities for its new Municipal Equality Index’s (MEI) narrow focus...

Forever Young

With a new leadership team of 20-somethings, the Massachusetts Commission on LGBT Youth is breathing new life When Julian Cyr was in high school, he...

Ryan Landry dishes on ‘M’ at the Huntington Theatre

"Prestigious? What exactly is that supposed to mean?" Landry replied in response to a question about his new play 'M' being produced by the...

Living Legend: Rudy Kikel

Boston’s most formidable gay poet, activist and arts and poetry editor is also responsible for the iconic name of LGBT newspaper Bay Windows Before gay...

A Gay King or Queen of England?

In the United Kingdom, Parliament will pass legislation shortly to allow for the first child of Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and Catherine,...

Celebrities respond to Jodie Foster’s Golden Globes ‘coming out’ speech

“While I’m here being all confessional, I just have the sudden urge to say something I’ve never been able to air in public,” said...

Obama chooses pro-lgbt priest to deliver benediction at upcoming inauguration

President Obama has replaced conservative, anti-LGBT Rev. Louie Giglio with pro-LGBT Rev. Luis Leon to deliver the benediction at the upcoming inauguration on January 21st.

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The Theater Offensive’s OUT in Your Neighborhood Campaign

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Five 2025 ‘good news’ stories from New England’s LGBTQ+ community

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Maine’s Governor Mills signs equitable fertility insurance coverage bill into law

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New England mayors join new national anti-discrimination coalition

New England is well represented within the newly formed organization Mayors Against LGBT Discrimination. On January 18, two days before the presidential inauguration, 172 mayors from 42...