LGBTQ Senior Housing hosts grand opening of The Pryde in Hyde Park
LGBTQ Senior Housing, Inc., Pennrose, City of Boston, local officials, and project partners celebrated Pride Month with the grand opening of The Pryde, Boston’s first LGBTQ-affirming affordable housing community for seniors aged 62 and...
President Biden pardons thousands of former US military service members discharged for being gay
President Joe Biden yesterday pardoned thousands of members of the US military who had received dishonorable discharges for being gay. The pardon will allow them "to apply to receive proof that their...
US Sen. Markey (MA) introduces bill to support older LGBTQ+ Americans
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, last week introduced the Elder Pride Act, legislation to support LGBTQI+ older adults and older...
Varla Jean Merman to be honored at GLAD’s 43rd annual summer party
LGBTQ+ community champion and activist Varla Jean Merman, aka Jeffery Roberson, will be honored for her/his "creative and enduring role of drag in the LGBTQ+ community, organizing, and culture" by GLBTQ Legal...
MA AG Campbell hosts drag story hour at More Than Words bookstore
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell hosted a drag story hour last week at More Than Words in Boston. She was joined by local drag queen, Just JP, and an audience of...
RI legislature passes bill to safeguard access to trans, repro heath care
Health care providers and advocates for health care access, reproductive health, and LGBTQ+ equality praised the RI Legislature’s final passage of the “Health Care Provider Shield Act,” (S2262 Sub B, HB757 Sub...
Newton, MA art center receives bomb threat prior to drag story hour
A bomb threat was delivered to an art center in Newton, Massachusetts last week prior to a drag queen story hour. According to a report from MassLive.com:
On Sunday...
Vermont author wins National Indie Excellence Award for LGBTQ fiction
"Falling Through the Night," an autobiographically-inspired novel by Vermont resident Gail Marlene Schwartz, has been selected as this year's National Indie Excellence Award winner in the LGBTQ fiction category. The novel explores...
Boston-based Fenway Health appoints Jordina Shanks new CEO
The Fenway Health Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that it has hired Jordina Shanks as Fenway Health’s next CEO. Shanks has been serving as Fenway Health’s Interim CEO since March....
Rhode Island PrideFest & Illuminated Night Parade this Saturday, June 15
Providence, Rhode Island's own unique LGBTQ+ Pride events are back this year and once again expected to draw the big crowds. This Saturday, June 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., it's...
