Six LGBT organizations share brand new space in Maine Equality Center
The Equality Community Center in Portland, Maine rolled out the red carpet with a grand opening party Friday, evening, December 1. In the 3,000-square-foot facility, six LGBT organizations share the space, including EqualityMaine, Pride...
Mass General Doctors Join National Call to End Ban on Blood Donations from Gay...
It's getting down to the wire. This Friday, November 25, marks the FDA's deadline for scientific comments on a push to end the ban barring men who have sex with men from donating blood.
Even if...
New Initiative Provides Free Legal Resources to New England Trans Community
“For transgender people, having accurate identification not only facilitates everyday interactions, but also safeguards their right to be treated fairly in the eyes of law enforcement and authority figures, something that is of utmost...
Troubling Tide of Post-Election Bigotry Reaches Mayor’s Desk
"I know that the good always always outweighs the bad," wrote openly gay Mayor Alex Morse of Holyoke, Massachusetts, on his Facebook page after receiving a homophobic and threatening message earlier this week. And yet,...
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...
Donald Trump claims to be gay-friendly. Could it be so?
"The gays love me," proclaimed U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump on the campaign trial at rallies and on television and radio news interviews. "I'm much better for the gays," he insists.
But after a campaign full...
Granite State Governor & LGBT-Rights Advocate Maggie Hassan defeats U.S. Sen. Ayotte
In a tight race not called until late the day after the election, New Hampshire's Democratic Governor Maggie Hassan has officially won first-term Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte's seat on the U.S. Senate, 51-48.
On July 1,...
All 15 MassEquality-endorsed incumbents reelected, joining Cyr & Lewis on Beacon Hill
Hours after Hillary Clinton delivered her speech conceding the White House to the GOP nominee, Deborah Shields executive director of MassEquality, offered the following words to our LGBTQ community and allies:
Today, we are all dealing...
HRC President Chad Griffin post-election: ‘We don’t slow down, We double down’
Immediately following the calling of the 2016 election last night, Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin issued the following statement:
“Throughout our nation’s history, we’ve faced devastating setbacks in our pursuit of a more perfect...
Rhode Island Newsmakers: LGBT Rights & the Church, the Real Law & Order Party,...
Reported by Kim Harris Stowell, Boston Spirit contributing writer
(Editor’s note: This article appears in the November/December 2016 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.)
Openly Gay W. Warwick Pastor Ordained Bishop by Independent Catholic Church...
