Pathways to Pride: MetroWest’s Booming LGBTQ Older Adult Initiative
As recently as a few years ago the MetroWest area was considered a “gay desert.” There were no programs, social opportunities, services or resources for LGBTQ older adults.
In the past three years a group...
Rhode Island youth sports program partners with LGBT+ youth initiative
Project GOAL (Greater Opportunity for Athletes to Learn), the Rhode Island nonprofit that inspires academic achievement through sports—namely, soccer—is partnering with the LGBT+ youth initiative Play Proud to train coaches to help their programs...
Bay State to hold Sept. 10 hearing on bill to add nonbinary ID for...
One of the key bills Bay State legislatures are taking up as they return from the summer recess is the bill (S.2203) to allow state residents to opt for a nonbinary ("X") gender identity on...
Worcester kicks off week-long events leading up to central Bay State city’s Pride Celebration...
Labor Day Weekend may mark a grand finale of summer fun for some ... but in Worcester the Pride celebrations are just warming up.
The city's official Pride Week Schedule—featuring family friendly activities and plenty...
Log Cabin executive director quits days after former New Hampshire GOP party chair’s departure
The executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans, Jerri Ann Henry, resigned from her post "over discontent with Trump and dissatisfaction with Log Cabin's approach to defending its Trump endorsement in the media," reported...
20th GLAD award dinner to honor LGBTQ rights pioneer Chai Feldblum
It's not too early to get your tickets for GLAD's 20th annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner, to be held Friday, Oct. 25, at Boston Marriott Copley Place.
The occasion brings together over 1,000 LGBTQ community...
Boston University study shows lesbians, bisexual women have less access to post-cancer treatment
New research shows that lesbians and bisexual women, especially minority women, have less access to healthcare after cancer treatment than heterosexual women.
The research, just published in the latest issue of the journal "Cancer," was...
Rhode Island woman forced to adopt her own biological son
The baby is linked biologically to both of his mothers, Sara Watson and Anna Ford of South County, Rhode Island. The couple used Watson’s egg, while Ford carried and delivered him. But Watson was...
Glossier pop-up shop at Boston’s Seaport to donate proceeds to BAGLY
Glossier's new pop-up shop in Boston's Seaport district will donate proceeds to fund a "year's worth of Family Dinners" program put on by the Boston Alliance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Youth (BAGLY),...
Greater Boston PFLAG Executive Director Val Frias to step down
After three years of leadership and service, Greater Boston PFLAG's executive director, Val Frias, is leaving the organization to become the CEO of the elderly and disabled home and community-based care nonprofit Ethos. Frias's...
