Bay State AG Healey leads ‘almost half the US’ in suit against Trump admin...
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and two other AGS are leading a coalition of 23 state attorney generals — or "almost half of America," as PinkNews put it — in a lawsuit against...
LGBTQ youth-focused health project receives nearly $1 million grant
With a focus on LGBTQ youth, the Positive Pathways Project of Needham, Massachusetts–based JRI Heath is receiving nearly $1 million from the federal government to support its work to help Suffolk County...
Rhode Island house and senate pass major LGBTQ parenting legislation
Both Rhode Island's Senate and House passed legislation late last week to update the state's parenting laws for the first time in 40 years, simplifying same-sex couple's and others' path to parenting....
Rockland’s Good Tern Co-op does good deed for OUT Maine youth programs
Customers at Good Tern Co-op of Rockland, Maine raised $891.23 in June through a Pride month drive for their neighbors at OUT Maine, the youth support nonprofit also based in Rockland.
HRC endorses Sara Gideon’s campaign to take Susan Collins’s US Senate seat
The Human Rights Campaign announced its endorsement of Maine's Speaker of the House Sara Gideon for US Senate in her race against incumbent Senator Susan Collins.
HRC, the...
Community Research Initiative to host summer party virtually this year
Community Research Initiative's annual summer party may not be hosted at Provincetown's Red Inn overlooking beautiful Cape Cod Bay as in year's before due to COVID-19, but you can still support CRI's...
Boston Celtics recognize Athena Vaughn as Hero Among Us honoree
The Boston Celtics recently honored trans-activist Athena Vaughn of Dorchester as a Hero Among Us. The award recognizes outstanding individuals making exceptional and lasting contributions to their communities and is usually presented...
Fenway Health joins federal case against discriminatory health care rule
Boston-based Fenway Health has joined a broad coalition of health care providers, LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups, and patients as a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed today challenging the legality of a new rule...
Randy Price hosts Boston Spirit’s new Internet newscast—launching today
Boston Spirit magazine, New England's Premier LGBT magazine, is launching a new, weekly, social media-based broadcast called "LGBT in Three," hosted by Randy Price. The first webcast goes online today, July 10.
"LGBT...
Federal discrimination case filed by fired trans Dunkin’ Donuts worker
A federal civil rights discrimination lawsuit alleging harassment and job termination based on gender ID has been filed by a transgender man against a Dunkin' Donuts franchisee. The alleged incidents started at...
