Bay State senator’s bill examines solitary confinement for gay inmates
Word that gay prison inmates are being placed for extended periods in solitary confinement for reporting as victims of sexual abuse by other prisoners—and in some cases for even showing affection for other gay...
Queer Gym pop-up in Brookline empowers LGBTQ+ workouts
Physical trainer Justice Williams had a vision to empower LGBTQ+ people with all the physical and mental benefits of working out, and he's put that vision into practice with a pop-up "Queer Gym" in...
Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy addresses LGBT Asylum Task Force in Worcester
Say what you will about US Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III's run for US Senator Ed Markey's seat in the other Capitol Hill chamber. As congressman or candidate, the US Rep from Massachusetts is...
MaineCare now covers transgender-specific health services statewide
Transgender people can no longer be denied coverage of trans-specific health services in Maine. As of September. MaineCare, the state's version of Medicaid, removed transgender-specific health services from its list of procedures it would...
Rhode Island Foundation awards $53,000 to eight LGBTQ nonprofits
The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $53,000 to share between eight LGBTQ nonprofits. The funding aims to support groups "engaged in efforts ranging from civil rights advocacy for families and youth to improving the...
Boston’s satirical drag cabaret Fresh Fruit to be reborn at Club Café
For 13 years, aughties-decade audiences went bananas over the antics of Fresh Fruit—a drag-cabaret troupe that took over Boston’s Club Café with deliciously double-entendre-filled skits and spoofy, satirical songs that lampooned everything from gay...
Boston Pride fills two new senior staff positions to meet growing mission
Boston Pride's board of directors this week made good on their strategic-planning mission to add additional staffing by 2020 with two new senior position hires: Pierce Durkin as director of operations and Reina Ysaguirre-Boersma as director...
Webster’s adds Vermont cartoonist Alison Bechdel phrase to dictionary
Alison Bechdel—celebrated cartoonist of "Dykes to Watch Out For" and author of graphic novel "Fun Home," whose Broadway musical adaptation garnered multiple Tony Awards—is back in the news.
This time, its Merriam-Webster's Dictionary honoring Bechdel,...
Out Maine welcomes new board members with ‘broad spectrum of experience and wisdom’
Out Maine—the Rockland-based nonprofit supporting rural young people "of diverse sexual orientations, gender expressions and gender identities"—is welcoming five new members to its board of directors.
“We are thrilled with this new infusion of energy and...
New England Patriots sponsor Boston and PVD LGBTQ flag football leagues
The New England Patriots announced yesterday that the reigning Super Bowl champs are sponsoring LGBTQ flag football leagues in both Boston and Providence: Boston FLAG (Friends, Lesbians and Gays) Flag Football League and Providence...
