Maine’s Governor Mills signs equitable fertility insurance coverage bill into law
Maine Governor Janet Mills has signed into law "An Act to Provide Access to Fertility Care" (LD 1539).
The legislation, which goes into effect on January 1, 2023,...
Bay State cities earn top scores for LGBTQ equality on 2018 HRC survey
Massachusetts cities take the lead again this year nationwide in LGBTQ equality on the Human Rights Campaign's latest Municipal Equality Index survey.
The 2018 "Municipal Equality Index"—the only nationwide rating system of LGBTQ inclusion in...
Efforts back on track to ban youth conversion therapy in Massachusetts
Efforts to make Massachusetts the 16th state in the country to ban conversion therapy got back on track this week with "a crowded, emotional hearing in front the Committee on Children, Families and Persons...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus to return, live, with ‘Joyful & Triumphant & Gay’
Before COVID came along, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus holiday show was one of those events that the holiday calendar revolved around. Although virtual concerts can do the trick when necessary, there’s...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus reboots ‘Born This Way’ for spring concert, March 11–12
Tickets are now on sale for “Born This Way,” to be performed March 11 and 12 by the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. Featuring music from...
Out Maine awarded $5K from New England’s Point32Health Foundation
The LGBTQ+ youth advocacy nonprofit OUT Maine recently received a $5,000 grant from Point32Health Foundation. The award is one of eight grants totaling $40,000 presented to nonprofit organizations recommended by the company’s...
Gay-owned Dorchester Brewing Company keeps business going with grab-and-go brews and bites
The Dorchester Brewing Company has been brewing something more than beer over the last several months. The gay-owned beer company, like the neighborhood from which it borrows...
Former Bay State Senate president’s husband may plead guilty in sexual assault case, Boston...
Bryon Hefner, whose sexual assault and misconduct case resulted in the resignation of his husband, former Bay State Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg, may change his plea to guilty, according to a report filed...
Fenway Health begins antibody trial for housemates of people with COVID
Boston-based Fenway Health, one of the nation’s foremost health centers for LGBTQA people, is now a clinical trial site for an antibody study to prevent COVID-19 disease among housemates of recently diagnosed...
All New England states earn highest rating on HRC’s annual equality index
The Human Rights Campaign's ninth annual "State Equality Index 2022" — the latest, just released last week — is out, and once again all six New England states are among the nation's...
