Pittsfield, Massachusetts police review board approves transgender policy
The Pittsfield Massachusetts Police Department's new policies and procedures for conduct with transgender people—approved on Feb. 17 by the city's policy advisory review board—could be a model step for police departments across...
Congress members oppose SCOTUS challenge to nondiscrimination laws
Rep. David Cicilline (RI), chair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, and Rep. Chris Pappas (NH), Equality Caucus cochair, are among some 123 members of the US Congress who filed an amicus brief...
Federal case against trans high-school athletes in Connecticut dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a high-profile lawsuit seeking to bar transgender athletes from competing in high school girls sports. The case drew national attention in 2020 as some 20 other states...
Five Salem, Mass. crosswalks repainted in support of city’s LGBTQ residents
Five city crosswalks in Salem, Massachusetts got a rainbow makeover in recognition of Pride month and to support the LGBTQ community.
“Seeing something like this on your public...
In response to calls for a boycott, Boston Pride board president will resign, Globe...
The Boston Globe has reported that Linda DeMarco, Boston Pride's long-time board president, will resign this summer "to make way for new leadership in response to activists who have boycotted the group...
Boston’s iconic publications Bay Windows, South End News up for sale
Yesterday, Sue O'Connell and Jeff Coakley, co-publishers of Bay Windows newspaper — so central to Boston's LGBTQ community since the early 1980s — and its sister paper South End News, announced both...
Anti-conversion therapy bill brings Rhode Island closer to statewide ban
If the Prevention of Conversion Therapy for Children Act is passed, licensed medical practitioners would be prohibited from practicing "a range of dangerous and discredited practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or...
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
Super Happy Fun America pushes for “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston
Putting history and present-day reality aside—because organizers of the Straight Pride movement appear to be erasing the effects of anti-LGBTQ discrimination on LGBTQ people—a group called Super Happy Fun America is pushing for a...
LGBTQ Victory Fund recognizes Black History Month, endorses candidates
"At the heart of it, representation is about getting diverse voices in the room,” writes Mayor Annise Parker, president and CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Fund, in a press release in recognition...
