Queeraoke at Midway Cafe in JP still going strong after almost 20 years
With far fewer options for gay bar-goers than the Boston area once boasted, a mainstay like the regular Queeraoke night at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain can seem like one joyful...
Bay State AG joins call to restore ACA health care protections for transgender people...
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell announced yesterday that she is joining 17 other state attorneys general across the US in an effort to reverse a Trump-era elimination of nondiscrimination protections for...
Boston City Council votes to officially recognize Transgender Day of Visibility
The vote was unanimous when Boston's City Council voted last week to support a resolution that recognizes March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, observed around the world and now, officially, in...
MA Senator Markey hosts roundtable with LGBTQ+ community leaders in support of trans, nonbinary...
Amid the state of emergency that transgender and nonbinary people in Massachusetts and across the United States are experiencing—including increasing reports of violence, discrimination, and fear—Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday hosted...
Trans Day of Visibility events debut in Berkshires, Boston this weekend
International Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31 — a time to celebrate transgender people and raise awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide — coincides this year with Easter Sunday, and...
Congresswoman Pressley, Senators Warren and Markey deliver the $850K for Pryde LGBTQ+ senior housing
On Monday, March 25, 2024, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) applauded the final passage of $850,000 in federal community project funding for The Pryde, an affordable...
Voters replace homophobic member of Littleton, NH select board with co-chair of North Country...
On March 12, voters in Littleton, New Hampshire elected pro-LGBTQ+ Kerri Harrington to replace a homophobic member of the town's select board, effectively ending the controversy stirred up last summer by the...
Reading, MA library stands by drag story-time event after bomb threat
Following a bomb threat at the Reading Public Library in Reading, Mass. over a "Pride Storytime" event with drag queens and kings scheduled this past Saturday morning, the library's trustee chairman, Patrick...
Greater Boston PFLAG’s Pride and Passion Event returns on April 10
Get your tickets now before they sell out again this year for a fabulous family-friendly fête as Greater Boston PFLAG celebrates their 22nd annual Pride & Passion Event from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on...
NH House passes bill to out students, allow parents to block instruction on sexual...
By a narrow margin — with three Republicans voting with the Democrats in an attempt to block it — a Republican-backed bill passed the New Hampshire House of Representatives that would mandate...
