Initiative underway to create new LGBTQ resource center in Fall River
A new LGBTQ resource center is on the horizon in Fall River, Massachusetts.
The cofounders of F.R. Pride, attorney Karina Valencia and social services coordinator Nikita Santiago, are hard at work creating the new resource...
Toys for Joys Gift Gala celebrates 10th anniversary Friday Dec., 7, in Boston
Boston's premiere holiday toys drive, Toys4Joys, is celebrating its 10th annual Gift Gala this Friday, December 7. The shindig takes place again this year from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at The Revere Hotel, 200 Stuart...
Fast food chain with homophobic record eyes Back Bay Boston site
Chick-fil-A, the Georgia-based fast-food chain whose chief operating officer Dan Cathy has donated millions of dollars to anti-marriage equality organizations through the company's charitable foundation, may be opening a branch in Boston soon.
These contributions...
Congressman David Cicilline of Rhode Island elected chair of US policy and communications committee
US Congressman David Cicilline, openly gay co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and former mayor of Providence, has been elected co-chair of the Congressional committee on policy and communications by his Democratic peers...
Brown University study finds higher rate of lesbian, gay, bisexual adults struggling with health...
A new study by researchers at Brown University School of Public Health, "Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults Report Continued Problems Affording Care Despite Coverage Gains," reveals LGB adults—with insurance and who regularly get check...
Promoting her platform of LGBTQ youth safety, 5th grader Ella Briggs elected Connecticut’s Kid...
Running on a platform of LGBTQ Youth Safety, fifth-grader Ella Briggs has been elected the 2019 Kid Governor of Connecticut. Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill announced the results last week in a special...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus performs holiday concerts in P’town and Boston
An eight-piece orchestra, a bounty of bows and gay apparel and 200 members of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus singing traditional favorites and modern classics put the merry into Christmas with their 2018 holiday...
New Hampshire teen arrested for threatening calls to Boston gay bars
A New Hampshire teenager was arrested late on Friday for making two threatening phone calls to popular area gay bars—dbar in Dorchester and The Alley Bar downtown—over the weekend of Nov. 10–11.
Reports Boston public radio...
Maine House elects openly gay reps Moonen and Fecteau as its majority and assistant...
For two of its three top leadership positions, the Maine House of Representatives elected two openly gay reps, Matt Moonen of Portland and Ryan Fecteau of Biddleford, majority leader and assistant majority leader, respectively....
Left, gay and green: Allen Young’s reflective, politically candid memoir
In the era of identity politics, an autobiography titled “Left, Gay & Green: A Writer’s Life” might sound like a setup for a particularly proselytizing screed. But author Allen Young’s new 500-page tome is...
