Federal judge in Massachusetts blocks Trump admin. policy denying gender marker changes on passports,...
Massachusetts' US District Judge Julia Kobick granted a preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration from banning US citizens from changing their gender markers, or choosing an X gender marker, on US...
Maine Governor Janet Mills pushes back against Trump administration lawsuit over transgender athletes
In response to the Trump administration's filing of a lawsuit last week to punish the state of Maine for refusing to ban female transgender athletes from school sports, Maine Governor Janet Mills...
Trial of man charged in 2022 killing of VT transgender woman now underway
The trial for the man arrested for killing a Hinesburg, Vermont transgender woman has begun. Fern Feather, the 29-year-old victim, was found on the roadside stabbed to death in Morristown, Vermont, on...
Worcester’s Open Sky’s Safe Homes gala raises $200K, honors leaders
Worcester, Massachusetts–based Open Sky Community Services raised over $200K during its largest and most successful gala to benefit Safe Homes — which is celebrating 30 years of serving LGBTQIA+ youth. At the...
Massachusetts House passes bill with language aimed at barring students from playing on teams...
The Massachusetts House of Representatives last week passed a bill that contained language which "would ban public schools from allowing athletes to play on a team of the opposite sex, but only...
Salem, MA City Council unanimously declares trans sanctuary city status
This past Friday, the Salem City Council unanimously passed a resolution to make the City of Salem a sanctuary city for transgender and nonbinary individuals. In its proclamation, the council notes this...
Maine AG sues Trump admin to restore funds frozen over trans athlete dispute
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking "to restore federal agriculture funding caught up in the state's weeks-long fight with the White House over...
Karine Jean-Pierre to headline 35th annual Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast at JFK Library
Former Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will deliver the Keynote Address at the 35th Annual Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast at Dorchester’s JFK Presidential Library and Museum on Saturday, April 12.
"I’m honored to join...
RI federal judge holds off blocking Trump ‘gender ideology’ arts grants ban, but calls...
A federal district court judge in Providence, RI, last week at least temporarily denied blocking a Trump administration order "requiring arts organizations to certify they will not promote 'gender ideology' to obtain...
‘I’m in’: Congressman Pappas (NH) announces run for US Senate seat
US Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire — the openly gay Congressman, co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Congressional Equality Caucus and strong supporter of LGBTQ+ rights — has officially announced his run for a...
