FDA loosens restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood
The US Food and Drug Administration today eased up on its restrictions keeping gay and bisexual men from donating blood.
The change came days after 15 US senators...
LGBTQ film festivals across New England respond to COVID-19
Some cancel, some postpone, others wait and see. LGBTQ film festivals in New England are responding to social distancing requirements brought on by COVID-19 like all major gatherings across the country, and...
COVID-19 and the Census: Now more important than ever to be counted
This just in from Tim Wang and Sean Cahill of The Fenway Institute:
Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau attempts to get an accurate count of the population...
New England senators call to update gay, bisexual blood donor restrictions
In response to COVID-19, a group of 15 US senators have called upon the Food and Drug Administration to update blood donation restrictions on gay and bisexual men. Among those who signed...
Socially distanced Provincetown residents sing happy birthday to 100-year-old neighbor from beach
Beloved Provincetown resident Ilona Royce Smithkin turned 100 on March 27. And no pandemic could deter her neighbors from celebrating her in style—serenading her, socially distanced between each other and beneath her...
OUT Maine maintains much of its youth programming by going online
Though forced to cancel, or postpone, many of its highly anticipated gatherings, OUT Maine is moving much of its programming for youth online during the COVID-9 pandemic.
Its...
Victory Fund endorses Selectwoman Kelly Boyer for state executive council (NH), and US Rep....
The LGBTQ Victory Fund, the national nonprofit dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, announced endorsements for 18 openly LGBTQ 2020 candidates across the US this week. Among them are US Congressman from...
Fenway Health brief offers advice on COVID-19 for LGBTQ, HIV+ people
How is COVID-19 likely to affect people living with HIV and LGBTQ people?
That's the topic of a new policy brief released on March 25 by the Boston-based Fenway...
US Justice Dept. weighs in on trans athletes in high school girls sports
The US Justice Department is weighing in on the federal case filed by the families of three Connecticut high school girls to block transgender athletes from competing in high school girls sports.
Boston Pride moves all possible meetings, events online through April
Boston Pride announced today that all of its remaining meetings and events scheduled this month and through April will either be held online as virtual gatherings, or will be postponed or canceled....
