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...
US Rep Katherine Clark’s nonbinary daughter arrested for alleged assault of police officer, anti-police...
Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Massachusetts' nonbinary daughter, Riley Dowell, was arrested over the weekend for allegedly assaulting a police officer and spray-painting anti-police graffiti on the Parkman Bandstand in Boston Common, according...
Advocates against domestic violence push for resources after two murders
The Network/La Red — the survivor-led, social justice organization working to end partner abuse within the LGBTQ+ community — is calling for more resources to prevent the kind of domestic abuse that led...
New data from FBI shows LGBTQ hate crimes in Maine outpaced national rate
The number of hate crimes against LGBTQ Mainers outpaced the national rate in 2021, according to a new report released by the FBI.
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Texas man arrested, charged with making death threats against Boston doctor treating transgender youth
Federal charges have been placed on Matthew Jordan Lindner, 38, of Comfort, Texas, for harassment and making death threats against a doctor treating transgender youth, according to the Boston Globe.
National Association of Social Workers’ Massachusetts chapter condemns anti-LGBTQIA+ extremism
The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW-MA) issued the following statement on recent anti-LGBTQIA+ violence:
, Boston Children’s Hospital was targeted with a bomb...
Conviction overturned in 1988 murder of Cambridge man’s gay brother in Australia
An appeals court in Australia has overturned a conviction made earlier this year of a man who'd admitted murdering the gay brother of a local man in an apparent anti-gay hate crime...
Congressional leaders urge US Justice Dept. to act following more bomb threats at Boston...
In the wake of a third bomb threat earlier this month at Boston Children's Hospital over the gender-affirming health care for trans and nonbinary young people provided at Children's, 36 member of...
Boston-based GLAD responds to the deadly shooting at Club Q in Colorado
In response to the deadly shooting over the weekend at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Janson Wu, executive director of the Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), delivered the following...
