David Scondras, Boston’s first openly gay city councilor, dies at 74
Boston's first openly gay city councilor and trailblazing LGBTQ activist David Scondras passed away on October 21 after a long fight against polycystic kidney disease. His husband, Robert Krebs, was there at...
Gail Horowitz, pioneering legal advocate who ensured MassHealth benefits for same sex couples, dies
Gail Horowitz, the Massachusetts attorney and pioneering LGBTQ legal advocate instrumental in ensuring equal protections for same-sex couples under MassHealth after the state legalized same-sex marriage, died on May 1. The Boston Globe remembered...
LGBT community mourns passing of New England nightlife impresario Chris Harris
The LGBT community is suffering a tough loss today with the passing of Chris Harris after a long and heart-fought battle with cancer. He was 51 years old.
Chris was not only a premier LGBTQ event...
First openly gay, statewide-elected lawmaker, Ed Flanagan of Vermont, dies at 66
‘‘He was passionate and very progressive,’’ said Vermont state Representative Mary Sullivan of her long-time friend Ed Flanagan, the first openly gay, statewide-elected lawmaker in the US. ‘‘He was guided by a moral compass.’’
Flanagan,...