Suspect pleads guilty in 1988 murder of Cambridge man’s brother in Australia
For over 30 years, Steve Johnson of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has sought justice in the 1988 anti-gay hate-crime death of his brother Scott, then 27 years old and traveling in Australia.
Cape Cod delivery driver arrested after writing homophobic slurs on package
DoorDash delivery driver Matthew Butchard of East Sandwich, Mass. was arrested last week and is facing multiple charges after he was identified as the person who scrawled homophobic messages on a gay...
Orono, Maine’s Pride ostrich stolen; creators seek no-question-asked return
A much-loved ostrich sculpture from Orono, Maine's Pride "zoo" has been stolen. The Pride Zoo is made up of several life-sized animal sculptures, painted in rainbow flag colors and displayed around town...
Wenham PD investigate pair of Pride flags stolen from church, museum
Police in Wenham, Massachusetts are investigating two Pride flags that went missing earlier this month from the First Church in Wenham and the Wenham Museum. The town's PD was already investigating another...
Harassment in Milton, Mass. leads to big support for public schools’ GSA
A Milton, Massachusetts couple, LeeMichael McLean and Bryan Furze, turned some weird homophobic harassment into an opportunity for their Boston suburb community to come out and support them, raise a lot of...
Vermont police treating vandalized LGBTQ school artwork as hate crime
The defacement of about a dozen chalk drawings in support of LGBTQ rights created by student volunteers at their elementary and middle school in Hinesburg, Vermont, is being treated by police as...
Ayanna Pressley, other leaders call for answers into Mikayla Miller’s death
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joined other public figures calling for an independent investigation into the death of Mikayla Miller. Though authorities had initially deemed the death of the LGBTQ 16-year-old found hanging in...
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signs ban on ‘gay or trans panic’ defense into law
After sailing through Vermont's House and Senate earlier this year, the legislation to ban "gay or trans panic" as a legal defense for committing violent acts against LGBTQ people was signed...
Candlelight vigil and rally planned for Mikayla Miller on May 6 in Hopkinton
Violence in Boston, the victim services nonprofit, is holding a candlelight vigil and rally on Thursday, May 6, in Hopkinton, to raise awareness and call for more investigation into last month's death...
Transgender activist Jahaira DeAlto slain in Dorchester stabbing
Though the police had not released the names of two people fatally stabbed in a Dorchester apartment over the weekend, Berkshire Pride shared in a statement early Monday that one of victims...
