Governor Baker issues first-in-nation executive order for LGBT businesses
Massachusetts is once again the first state in the nation in recognizing LGBT rights and this time it's especially great news for the business community. Governor Charlie Baker has issued an executive order to...
MassEquality appoints attorney Deborah Shields new executive director
With strong Massachusetts and Maine roots in LGBT advocacy going back to the early '80s, attorney Deborah Shields is the new executive director of MassEquality. The appointment came after an extensive search by the...
Isaacson honored with Boston Women Communicators Lifetime Legacy award
Prominent marriage equality activist and LGBT-rights advocate Arline Isaacson is receiving some major well-deserved recognition when Boston Women Communicators honors her with its 21st Annual Lifetime Legacy Award on Wednesday, October 21.
The award ceremony takes place from 6 to...
Excellence in transgender health care focus of two-day conference
Many health care providers have as many questions about how best to serve their transgender patients as their transgender patients have for their doctors. A two-day conference, "Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health," brought nearly 130 care...
Biden praises LGBT community, speaks out against violence at HRC dinner
Vice President Joe Biden praised the LGBT community's work and gave some advice in his Oct. 3 keynote address at the 19th annual Human Rights Campaign Fund national dinner in Washington, D.C.
He also "shrugged at the...
Gov. Baker nominates GLAD’s Vickie Henry to state appeals court
Vickie Henry, senior staff attorney and Youth Initiative Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been nominated to serve on the Massachusetts Appeals Court by Governor Charlie Baker.
In an Oct. 1...
Prince William speaks out for LGBT rights
Heir to the English throne Prince William spoke out against LGBT bullying last week during a visit to the Hammersmith Academy, a school for 11-18 year olds in London. Along with sending a positive message to a...
Friend of anti-gay marriage county clerk wants world to know his community is LGBT-friendly
When Kim Davis—the infamous anti-gay county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky—told ABC news reporter Paula Faris on "Good Morning America" that she had gay friends, apparently she was telling the truth. A least one...
Massachusetts ranks one of the best places to be gay in corporate America
The good news is that Massachusetts ranks as the second-most diversity-friendly state in the union, according an analysis by Expert Market on Human Rights Campaign Foundation's national index.
The Bay State is topped only by Maryland. The...
Kentucky courthouse issues same-sex marriage licenses after brief standoff
The Rowan County, Kentucky courthouse began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Thursday, Sept. 4, after a federal judge order jailed its county clerk for contempt of court for refusing to issue them on personal moral grounds.
According...
