Rhode Island House overwhelmingly passes bill to ban ‘gay panic’ defense
The Rhode Island House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would ban "gay or trans panic" as a legal defense for committing a violent act. The vote was 68 to 2.
"If this...
Nearly 16 percent of Bay State youth identify as LGBT, recent survey shows
Today's young people feel significantly free to identify as LGBT in Massachusetts—nearly 16 percent for those ages 18 to 25 and more than 10 percent for those 25 to 34, according to a recently...
North Shore youth center exhibits powerful work by LGBT refugee artists
A ground-breaking exhibit of art by eight young LGBTQ artists currently relocated in Vienna, Austria, opens this week at The North Shore Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth (nAGLY)'s gallery in Salem.
The...
Provincetown to host its first annual Pride Weekend Festival, June 1-3
“Because we are an iconic, award-winning LGBTQ destination, most people think of Provincetown as celebrating Pride all year long," says Robin Lapidus, executive director of the Provincetown Business Guild. "But we felt strongly that we...
Vermont Governor Phil Scott signs gender-neutral bathroom bill into law
Vermont Governor Phil Scott said he hoped to send a "powerful message" in signing HB 333 in to law. The bill makes it the law of the state that all single-user public bathrooms be...
33rd AIDS Walk & Run Boston to Take Place Sunday, June 3
Registration is now open for the 33rd annual AIDS Walk & Run Boston, which will take place Sunday, June 3, 2018.
The event regularly draws thousands of participants, making it the region’s largest HIV/AIDS public...
George Takei to speak at BPL as his play ‘Allegiance’ opens in Boston
On Tuesday, May 8, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Boston Public Library, SpeakEasy Stage Company, and Boston Asian American Film Festival host actor, icon, and social media guru George Takei, best known as "Mr....
Former Bay State Senate president resigns following ethics committee report
The Boston Globe reported early today that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healthy and other state offices called for former Senate President Stanley Rosenberg to immediately resign following a Senate Ethics Committee...
28 percent of Bay State GOP delegates back anti-gay activist in governor’s race
At last Saturday's state Republican convention in Worcester, nearly 30 percent of GOP delegates backed the anti-LGBT activist pastor Scott Lively from Springfield, Massachusetts, in his primary run against Governor Charlie Baker, according to...
Massachusetts Public Schools to offer new LGBT-themed curriculum this fall
Lessons on the 1969 Stonewall riots and writing by Langston Hughes and Willa Cather and other notable LGBT authors are all just part of a new curriculum that includes LGBT-themed history, literature and health...
