Anti-gay/trans defense bill sails through Vermont House committee
A bill to ban “gay" and "trans panic” as a legal defense for committing violent acts against LGBTQ people sailed through Vermont's House judiciary committee with unanimous support yesterday. And cosponsoring the...
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...
‘Ex-lesbian’ mom from Vermont who kidnapped daughter is in custody
Nearly a decade ago, Lisa Miller, then of Vermont, renounced "the homosexual lifestyle," kidnapped the daughter she'd given birth to with her partner in a civil union, fled the state and eventually...
NH sheriff’s office launches diversity-minded criminal justice advisory team
“I’m an LGBT woman who is Hispanic,” Natalie Quevedo told Keene New Hampshire's SentinelSource. “Just to know that the police force would like to make people like me feel safe, that...
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...
‘Liberal lesbian’ daughter IDs the former UMass Memorial worker reported at Capitol under siege
The former UMass Memorial Medical Health Care employee reported to be on the grounds of the US Capitol last Wednesday during the Trump-inspired violence was publicly identified along with two other family...
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders joins call to remove President Trump
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) Executive Director Janson Wu issued the following statement on Jan. 7 in response to Wednesday's attack on the US Capitol:
Yesterday...
National LGBTQ Task Force calls for ‘immediate removal’ of Trump
With his long overdue statement affirming "there will be an orderly transition on January 20th" issued early this morning, President Trump may have sidestepped some calls to remove him from office immediately...
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...
Despite vandalism and threat, Standish ME resident’s Pride sign goes back up
Standish, Maine, resident Tim Goodwin's Pride sign has been vandalized with spray paint and even cut apart with a chainsaw, reported WCSH TV-6's News Center Maine.
And yet, "There...
