Maggie Hirshland named Maine Women’s Lobby Volunteer champ
Maggie Hirshland, the Youth Engagement Coordinator at the LGBTQIA2S+ youth organization OUT Maine, is the recipient of the Maine Women’s Lobby (MWL) 2024 Volunteer Champion Award.
According to MWL,...
Community gathers in Bangor, Maine to honor memory of Charlie Howard
Over 100 people gathered in downtown Bangor, Maine this past Sunday, July 7, to mark the 40th anniversary of the murder of Charlie Howard, a young man thrown from a bridge in...
GLAD: The Growing Need to Protect Access to Health Care
Doctors who care for transgender youth follow well-established standards developed through decades of clinical study. It is developmentally appropriate treatment requiring informed consent of parents, informed assent...
Youth on Fire moves from Fenway Health to Home for Little Wanderers
The Home for Little Wanderers, the nation’s oldest child welfare agency, is expanding its portfolio of services and programs by accepting ownership of Youth on Fire, a drop-in center that provides food,...
Rhode Island advances HIV prevention with ‘game-changing’ PrEP access law
In June the Rhode Island legislature passed, and Governor McKee signed, a law that will mean fewer people will get HIV. “An Act Relating To Insurance – Accident And Sickness Insurance Policies –...
OUT Maine offers studio art weekend for youth at Haystack Mountain School
Rising high school juniors and seniors still have a chance to join the biennial Studio Art Weekend at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts from September 20 through 22.
Started...
LGBTQ Senior Housing hosts grand opening of The Pryde in Hyde Park
LGBTQ Senior Housing, Inc., Pennrose, City of Boston, local officials, and project partners celebrated Pride Month with the grand opening of The Pryde, Boston’s first LGBTQ-affirming affordable housing community for seniors aged 62 and...
President Biden pardons thousands of former US military service members discharged for being gay
President Joe Biden yesterday pardoned thousands of members of the US military who had received dishonorable discharges for being gay. The pardon will allow them "to apply to receive proof that their...
US Sen. Markey (MA) introduces bill to support older LGBTQ+ Americans
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, last week introduced the Elder Pride Act, legislation to support LGBTQI+ older adults and older...
Varla Jean Merman to be honored at GLAD’s 43rd annual summer party
LGBTQ+ community champion and activist Varla Jean Merman, aka Jeffery Roberson, will be honored for her/his "creative and enduring role of drag in the LGBTQ+ community, organizing, and culture" by GLBTQ Legal...
