US Senator Markey (MA) leads senate group decrying and demanding answers to embassy Pride...
Led by US Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, a group of 17 senators is demanding an immediate explanation (by June 28) from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his department's banning of rainbow...
Pride flag–burning in Vermont prompts kind act and call for reflection
Overwhelmingly, an enormous sense of love, strength and community pervades Pride events this year. Nevertheless, Pride-related hate crimes are catching the attention of the national media; if there's any good news in this, it's...
Record-breaking crowd comes out for 49th annual Boston Pride Parade
On the eve of the 49th annual Boston Pride Parade yesterday, the Boston Globe predicted a record crowd—estimating as many as 750,000. Its theme, “Looking Back, Loving Forward,” saluted the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall...
‘Straight Pride’ nonsense won’t diminish Boston Pride this weekend
The good news, of course, is that the LGBTQ community has a strong, proven track record of standing up to protesters, hecklers and discriminatory extremists of all stripes—in fact, we're often energized by the...
Bay State’s US Rep. Kennedy and Senator Markey reintroduce national bill to ban gay/trans...
US Congressmen Joe Kennedy III and Senator Ed Markey, both of Massachusetts, reintroduced legislation that would ban, on the national level, the gay and trans panic defenses in cases including murder, assault and other...
Super Happy Fun America pushes for “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston
Putting history and present-day reality aside—because organizers of the Straight Pride movement appear to be erasing the effects of anti-LGBTQ discrimination on LGBTQ people—a group called Super Happy Fun America is pushing for a...
Rhode Island bishop’s anti-Pride tweet draws harsh, immediate criticism
Providence, Rhode Island's Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin drew sharp and immediate criticism, locally and nationally, after he advised Catholics to avoid LGBTQ Pride Month events in a following tweet this past Saturday morning. Reads the...
Drag queen story hour prevails over protest at Waterville, Maine’s Pride
More than 200 people came out to support a drag queen story hour in Waterville last Saturday.
Last month, the “Drag Queen Story Hour” at Children’s Book Cellar had drawn a protest planned by anti-LGBT...
‘PRIED’ queer arts show kicks off summer at Society of Arts + Crafts
Are you someone who constantly runs out of things to do despite always wanting to bask in the heat of summer activities? One recommendation would be to visit the exhibition, “PRIED,” which displays extraordinary,...
Maine’s governor signs anti-conversion therapy bill into law, making all New England conversion therapy...
Maine Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, yesterday signed into law a bill to ban conversion therapy on minors in her state—making Maine the 17th state in the US to ban the harmful practice and...
