Coalition of Rhode Islanders urges legislators to reject bills targeting LGBTQ+ people
A coalition of local organizations, advocates, and community members have sent an open letter to Rhode Island legislators urging them to reject a series of proposed bills that would undermine the well-being of LGBTQ+...
Fenway Institute welcomes Amy Ben-Arieh as its new executive director
The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health—one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people—has a new executive director. Says Fenway:
Amy Ben-Arieh
NH Senate approves bills barring trans athletes, outing LGBTQ+ students
The New Hampshire Senate approved two anti-LGBTQ+ bills last Friday, one to ban transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams, the other requiring teachers to out LGBTQ+ students to their parents....
Springfield, MA to host third annual Pride Parade Weekend, May 30–June 3
Springfield, Massachusetts will see an even bigger Pride event this year with its third annual Pride Parade that now includes festivities across the entire weekend.
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Boston’s 40th annual Wicked Queer LGBTQ+ film fest screens April 5-14
Life may begin at 40, but Wicked Queer Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival, has been living large for a long time. Adventurous, eclectic, edgy programming that looks back...
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...
