Williamstown, MA passes bylaw amendment to let Pride flags fly
Williamstown, Massachusetts town meeting-goers decided last week in a 175-90 vote to allow the LGBTQ+ Progress Pride flag to fly over town property. Amending the flag bylaw passed at the previous year's...
RI House, Senate pass trans-inclusive bills to simplify name change process
This just in from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders:
night the Rhode Island House passed “An Act Relating to Probate Practice and Procedure—Practice in Probate Courts” (H. 8155)...
Boston Pride for the People announces theme for 2024 Parade and Festivals
Rain or shine, hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ+ people and allies are expected to come out for Boston's biggest, annual Pride festivities — Boston Pride for the People's parade through Back Bay...
Great Barrington teacher files federal suit over police search for LGBTQ book
A language arts teacher at Du Bois Regional Middle School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, has filed a federal complaint following a police search in her classroom for a copy of the award-winning...
NH Senate passes bill to ban trans student athletes from school sports
The New Hampshire State Senate last week voted along party lines to pass legislation that effectively bans transgender students in grades 5–12 from participating in school sports. The bill now heads to...
York, Maine school department to pay $237,500 settlement in teacher’s anti-LGBTQ discrimination case
York, Maine's school department has settled a case with York High School special education teacher Michele Figueira, who filed an anti-LGBTQ discrimination case against the department. As part of the settlement, the...
Gay For Good-Boston honored at City Hall for community contributions
Leaders of Gay For Good-Boston were honored at City Hall last week when their chapter was officially recognized for their outstanding contributions to the community by City Councilor Tania Fernandez Anderson and...
LGBTQ+ nonprofits host 20 years of freedom to marry celebration, May 17
On May 17, 2024, we celebrate 20 years of the freedom to marry — the first day same-sex couples could legally marry in the United States — and GLBTQ Legal Advocates &...
Prides Across New England 2024: Boston Spirit’s annual list of festivities
Raising the rainbow flag in small towns, big cities & everywhere in between
In the words of a recently spotted slogan at a local pre-Pride event, "Love Is Our Superpower."
What could better sum up the...
RI Senate passes bill to ease name change process for LGBTQ+ people
On May 7, Rhode Island's State Senate passed “An Act Relating to Probate Practice and Procedure—Practice in Probate Courts” (S. 2667) — a bill championed by advocates for LGBTQ+ people and survivors...
