Boston Pride to commemorate 50th anniversary of Stonewall Uprising with year full of public...
This just in from Boston Pride — 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, a defining moment in the history of the LGBTQ civil rights movement. Boston Pride plans to raise awareness of this...
Maine native chosen to compete in new season of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Among the 13 queens selected to compete in the 12th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race"—premiering on Friday, Feb. 28—will be Dover-Foxcroft, Maine native Jesse Havea ... or rather Havea's celebrated drag persona Brita Filter.
Reports the...
Boston’s True Colors Earns National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award
The young thespians from the Boston-based theater program True Colors: Out Youth Theater and their grown-up program leaders from The Theater Offensive have earned a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, which will be...
AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod hosts events marking World AIDS Day, Dec. 1
Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. It’s a time when people around the world unite in support of people living with HIV, remember those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses and...
Boston’s FLAG Flag Football League Shakes It Off
The gang from Boston's FLAG Flag Football League are at it again! Fresh off the heels of last year's Brittany Spears video, the boys decided to show a little love to Taylor Swift this year with a sizzling version of Swift's latest hit "Shake It Off."
Boston Pride fills two new senior staff positions to meet growing mission
Boston Pride's board of directors this week made good on their strategic-planning mission to add additional staffing by 2020 with two new senior position hires: Pierce Durkin as director of operations and Reina Ysaguirre-Boersma as director...
Gail Horowitz, pioneering legal advocate who ensured MassHealth benefits for same sex couples, dies
Gail Horowitz, the Massachusetts attorney and pioneering LGBTQ legal advocate instrumental in ensuring equal protections for same-sex couples under MassHealth after the state legalized same-sex marriage, died on May 1. The Boston Globe remembered...
Athol protestors confront anti-LGBT candidate for Bay State governor
About 100 peaceful protestors gathered outside a campaign event for the anti-LGBT activist Scott Lively in Athol, Massachusetts last week.
According to the Athol Daily News:
The vigil began in front of the North Quabbin Community...
Up-to-$10K RI Foundation grants now available to state’s LGBTQ nonprofits
Nonprofits that serve the state’s LGBTQ communities have until April 14 to apply for grants of up to $10,000 through the Equity Action Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation.
Mayor Walsh raises transgender flag as anti-trans bus rolls into town
"Boston is, and will remain, an accepting and inclusive City. I'm proud to raise the transgender flag at Boston City Hall today."
Such was the message that Boston Mayor Marty Walsh sent out via Twitter...
