‘Only LGBTQ-specific psychiatric inpatient program in US’—Vermont’s Brattleboro Retreat—to stay open
Due to financial issues, Vermont's Brattleboro Retreat has been under intense pressure to close, or severely cut back its services, reported The Keene Sentinel last week.
“In consultation with the Board of Trustees, we are...
Chris Pappas becomes first openly gay US Congressperson from Granite State
It's official! New Hampshire voters elected Chris Pappas their first openly gay member of the US Congress last night in the 2018 Midterm Elections by a solid margin.
Pappas, the New Hampshire Executive Council member...
Catholic schools in Worcester, MA prohibit all LGBTQ+ student expression
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts has a new policy, starting this school year in 21 of its schools, to make students "conduct themselves at school in a manner consistent with...
NBA pulls All-Star game from North Carolina in protest of state’s sweeping anti-LGBT law
The Boston Celtics voiced its approval today when pro basketball's commissioner Adam Silver announced that the NBA is moving its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, North Carolina to protest North Carolina's anti-LGBT legislation (HB2).
"We support...
US Justice Dept. weighs in on trans athletes in high school girls sports
The US Justice Department is weighing in on the federal case filed by the families of three Connecticut high school girls to block transgender athletes from competing in high school girls sports.
NH Senate advances bill requiring teachers to out student to parents
The New Hampshire State Senate last week advanced the so-called “Parental Bill of Rights” (SB272), to the state’s House of Representatives. The legislation passed on a party line vote of 14-10. It...
New Bedford city councilor apologizes for anti-transgender Facebook posts
After a high-school student protest and criticism from fellow public officials, New Bedford City Councilor Shawn Oliver apologized in a public statement Monday for having, a few years back, in his own...
Trans Olympic hopeful, who trains in New England, not allowed to compete
CeCé Telfer, the openly transgender NCAA track-and-field title winner who trains in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, has been disqualified from the current 2021 Olympic trials, where she had previously been accepted to...
Former GOP Committee Rep pushes for ballot question to repeal trans equality law
She may be swimming upstream, but former GOP National Committee representative Chanel Prunier of Shrewsbury is gathering signatures for a 2018 ballot question aimed at repealing the newly enacted law that extends equal rights to...
Boston’s Renovation Husbands win HGTV’s ‘Battle on the Mountain’
The Dorchester, Mass. couple Stephen and David St. Russell — aka the Renovation Husbands — recently competed in HGTV's popular reality competition "Battle on the Mountain" ... and won!
