Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year award goes to LGBTQ ally, advocate Annette Bening
Outspoken LGBTQ advocate and actress Annette Bening, who recently received an Oscar nomination for her portrayed of the iconic, openly gay swimmer Diane Nyad, will be awarded The Hasty Pudding Woman of...
Remembering Larry Kessler, founding director of AIDS Action Committee
Larry Kessler, the nationally prominent community organizer from Boston who helped lead Massachusetts' and the United States' responses to the AIDS pandemic, died Thursday, February 1. He was 81.
OUT MetroWest launches search for next executive director
OUT MetroWest, the LGBTQ+ youth support and advocacy organization based in Framingham, Mass., has launched a search, partnering with Boston-based Positively Partners, to find their next executive director:
We...
GLAD welcomes three new board members with expertise to meet unprecedented challenges
Facing unprecedented anti-LGBTQ attacks to our community, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has appointed three new legal experts and advocates to their board of directors to help meet the challenges of...
NH legislators consider bills targeting transgender students, athletes
New Hampshire's Senate Education Committee is considering two bills that would ban transgender athletes from participating on K–12 and collegiate sports teams and currently include restrictions on which bathrooms transgender students may...
Owner of Teetotaller Cafe in NH wins court case against social media giant
When the social media giant Meta deleted Emmett Soldati's Instagram account for his small cafe Teatotaller — a hotspot for the LGBTQ community then in Somersworth, New Hampshire and now with locations...
Maine Judiciary Committee kills bill that would have ensured trans health care for those...
Maine’s Judiciary Committee last week voted 12-0 to kill House Bill 1735, which would have prevented the enforcement, in Maine, of other states’ laws that ban gender-affirming health care for those seeking...
Enfield, CT’s new policy prohibits Pride flag from flying on town property
After a 6-5 vote by its town council earlier this week, Enfield, Connecticut has a new policy that prohibits any flag except that of the US, the state and POW/MIA from flying...
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...
Dorchester, Mass. couple featured in new HGTV reality competition show
David and Stephen St. Russell – aka the "Renovation Husbands" — debuted this week in a six-part HGTV series called "Battle on the Mountain," in which the Russells compete with two other...
