N.H. house votes to include trans people in state anti-discrimination law
New Hampshire's House of Representatives voted 195–129 to include transgender people in the state's anti-discrimination law yesterday. The bill now moves on to the state's Senate, which will vote on it in the coming...
Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘The Threepenny Opera’ remains prescient and timeless
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s 1928 classic “The Threepenny Opera” isn’t often performed by opera companies. The story-and-song structure is closer to the realm of musical theater. But Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) embraces a...
Transgender principal takes cautionary leave with police presence at school
A Swampscott, Massachusetts elementary school principal has taken a leave of absence for security reasons after announcing her transition from male to female in a February 6 letter to parents. The Stanley Elementary School...
Harvard undergrads start new group supporting LGBT student athletes
There's a new student group this semester at Harvard. QUADS–Queer Undergraduate Athletes Do Sports—has been officially approved by the university. According to Harvard senior diver David Pfeifer, one of the group's five founders, QUADS...
‘Gay Secrets’ guided tour through Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts
At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28, art historian Andrew Lear is leading his "Gay Secrets" guided tour through the Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. The following article on Lear's gay museum tours appears...
GLAD urges Bay State to enact full rights for nonbiological parents
“While Massachusetts now recognizes that same-sex, non-birth parents are full, legal parents, the state has dragged its feet in making that status a reality,” says Polly Crozier, GLTBQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) senior...
Kennedy, trans task force demand meeting with Trump officials
Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III, as chair of the Congressional LGBT Caucus's Transgender Equality Task Force, called for a meeting with top Trump administration civil rights officials today.
The letter raises concerns about such issues...
NH Log Cabin Republicans cofounder named to human rights commission
Granite State Governor Chris Sununu and the state's Executive Council appointed Doug Palardy to the state's seven-member Commission for Human Rights on February 9. The council investigates, mediates and enforces discrimination violations.
One of four cofounders...
New Hampshire House votes to protect LGBT youth from conversion therapy
The New Hampshire House of Representatives approved a bill to ban conversion therapy in the state on February 8. After voting it down only a month ago by a single vote, the bill passed this...
Maine Rep. Fecteau to present conversion therapy ban for Maine
A bill to ban conversion therapy in Maine will be presented in the state's House of Representatives on February 14, according to today's "Eyes on Augusta" column in The Free Press. The bill was...
