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...
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MassEquality responds to International Olympic Committee decision

Earlier this week, MassEquality responded with the following press release to the International Olympic Committee's decision to ban transgender women athletes from competing: MassEquality...

New Hampshire AG’s office opposes bill to ban ‘LGBTQ ideologies’ from schools

New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General Sean Locke has publicly come out against new legislation aiming to ban "divisive concepts," such as critical race theory...

Boston University faculty decry removal of campus office Pride flags

Pride flags displayed "on an outward-facing window or door" at Boston University offices were removed during spring break when the offices were closed. University...

Nonprofits form coalition to oppose anti-trans ballot initiative in Maine

A coalition of organizations announced that they have formed the Campaign for Free and Fair Schools, a ballot question committee, to oppose a...

Affordable housing project for LGBTQ+ seniors underway in Rhode Island

Plans are underway to construct a four-story apartment building in Rumford, Rhode Island specifically intended for the LGBT community and their allies. Called The...

Vermont revises policies prohibiting anti-LGBTQ parents from receiving foster-care licenses

The Vermont Department for Children and Families has "tweaked its policies barring anti-LGBTQ people from approval to foster children" as part of the settlement...

Judge weighs DOJ’s demand for trans student-athlete records in Maine

A federal judge is "considering whether to compel the Maine Principals’ Association to provide the federal government with information about transgender student athletes," according...

Authors, librarians, legislators, advocates rally for free-speech bill

Earlier this month on Beacon Hill, a gathering of authors, librarians, legislators and free-speech advocates rallied in support of "An Act Regarding Free Expression,"...

BU School of Law picks LGBTQ+ leader John Ward as commencement speaker

For its upcoming commencement ceremony on May 17, Boston University's School of Law has chosen LGBTQ+ leader John Ward — founder of GLAD Law,...

Vivian Meranda: ‘Where community sees you, home follows’

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Vivian Meranda (NMLS ID# 35377) has been part of Boston's community since day one—literally. She grew up in Jamaica Plain, went to high school...

Maine US Senate candidate Platner quickly removes ‘erroneous repost’ of anti-LGBTQ+ influencer’s message

Graham Planter, Democratic candidate for US Senate from Maine, quickly removed a reposting of a message by anti-LGBTQ+ influencer Stew Peters, according to a report by LGBTQ Nation. The incident caught the attention of LGBTQ Nation because the candidate had recently apologized for homophobic postings of his own in the past.

Boston-based civil rights group calls out uptick across MA in LGBTQ-related bullying in school hockey

The Boston-based advocacy group Lawyers for Civil Rights is calling out an uptick in LGBTQ-related bullying in school sports, "especially hockey," across Massachusetts, and...
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Courageous Voices: PFLAG Cape Cod’s podcast series ‘Profiles in LGBTQ+ Courage’

Rick Koonce knows about the power of sharing one’s story. Three decades ago, the New York Times interviewed him and his partner about a...
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JFK’s Gay Best Friend

Fifty years ago this month, on the afternoon of November 22, 1963, Lem Billings had just returned from lunch when he heard the news. He was an advertising executive at Lennen and Newell in New York and as he approached his office building at 380 Madison Avenue, Billings saw immediately that something was wrong. Waves of people rolled out of the building onto the street, some looked confused, others wept. According to David Pitts, author of Jack and Lem: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship, a face in the crowd approached Billings and said, “I’m so sorry about the president.”
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RI Pride collects food, toiletries, cleaning supplies for those in need

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One of the largest LGBTQ fundraising events in New England, the Human Right Campaign New England Dinner brings together nearly 1,000 people each year...