NH Governor Chris Sununu signs state ban on gay panic defense into law
Last week, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed legislation into state law that will ban “gay/trans panic” as a legal defense in criminal cases. Both the Granite State's House and Senate overwhelmingly...
Murdered gay married couple from Medford remembered for kindness
Neighbors, friends and colleagues of the murdered gay married couple, Pavel Vekshin and Kiryl Schukin of Medford, Mass., spoke to the Boston Globe about the kindness, hopes and talents of the two...
New Bedford Marine convicted of killing trans woman is pardoned and deported from Philippines
US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton from New Bedford, Massachusetts has been pardoned by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and has been deported from that country after serving five years, half his...
Congressman Cicilline receives death threats in lead role to impeach Trump
US Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, has received multiple death threats for being the lead sponsor of the House resolution to impeach President Trump...
Pride Center of Vermont grateful for community support after vandalism
This just in from Pride Center of Vermont:
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 26, two rocks were thrown through the front door of the Pride Center of...
Neo-Nazis disrupt story hour in Concord, NH; drag queen ‘unfazed’
Drag queen Juicy Garland carried on through her story hour at the Teetotaler café in Concord, New Hampshire, despite a group of "masked protestors chanting and raising their arms in a Nazi...
Neo-Nazi group returns to protest another drag queen story hour in Boston, forces cancellation
The neo-Nazi group NSC-131 returned to Boston to demonstrate against another drag queen story hour this past weekend. It was the same group that disrupted a story hour in Jamaica Plain, wearing...
Maine state house evacuated after bomb threats following hearing on transgender health, abortion shields
The Maine State House was evacuated on March 8 after two legislators, the State House and the Maine Democratic Party received bomb threats in emails. The Portland Press Herald also received a...
Police chief apologizes after officer searches middle school for LGBTQ book in Great Barrington
After a police officer followed up on a complaint by searching a middle school in Great Barrington, Massachusetts for a copy of "Gender Queer: A Memoir," the town's police chief posted a...
Pittsfield, Massachusetts police review board approves transgender policy
The Pittsfield Massachusetts Police Department's new policies and procedures for conduct with transgender people—approved on Feb. 17 by the city's policy advisory review board—could be a model step for police departments across...
