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...
MA Gov. Healey announces new Hate Crimes Awareness and Response Team
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced on Nov. 20 the creation of a new State Police task force. Called the Hate Crimes Awareness and Response Team, the unit will be "dedicated tracking...
Westfield, Mass. Woman pleads guilty to bomb threat at Boston Children’s
A Westfield woman is facing up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $500,000 for calling in a false, transphobic bomb threat to Boston Children's Hospital in August...
Beverly man arrested for homophobic spree of graffiti, vandalism in Salem
Salem police have arrested a suspect in a recent spree of anti-LGBTQ+ graffiti and vandalism in Salem, Massachusetts during the late night hours of Sept. 13. Mohammed Saeed Rajab, age 25, allegedly...
Salem Congregational church, rainbow crosswalk defaced with anti-LGBTQ graffiti; more vandalizing reported
Police in Salem, Massachusetts, are searching for the individual or individuals responsible for vandalizing the door of the Tabernacle Congregational Church and a nearby rainbow crosswalk with anti-LGBTQ graffiti. The police are...
Harvard Law instructor repeatedly cc’d on anti-LGBTQ, -trans bomb threats
Harvard Law School instructor and civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law's Cyberlaw Clinic, has been cc'd on some three dozen emails containing bomb threats this year. Caraballo,...
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...
Assault on gay couple at their home and business under AG investigation
The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office is investigating the assault on a gay couple in Somersworth, NH, who reported they were beaten and injured by a group of kids shouting homophobic...
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...
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...
