Brookline native appointed first openly transgender White House staff member
The first openly transgender person to serve as a Beacon Hill staffer has made history again. The Obama administration appointed Raffi Freedman-Gurspan as its new outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the White House...
27 nonbinary athletes to run in first Boston Marathon that officially registers their gender...
For the first time in the history of the Boston Marathan, nonbinary runners can officially register in a division that matches their gender identity, and this year, 27 nonbinary athletes have registered...
Community Research Initiative returns to live events with Spring Soirée, May 5
Community Research Initiative (CRI) is returning to live events with their 2022 Spring Soirée, from 7 to 10 p.m., on Thursday, May 5, at Memoire Nightclub, Encore Boston Harbor.
Front row seats for all at Fenway Health’s virtual Dinner Party and Men’s Event,...
On Wednesday, June 24, Fenway Health will host both its annual Dinner Party and Men's Event gala online for the first time. Every year at these two benefit bashes, Boston's LGBTQIA+ community...
US Labor Sec. Walsh joins call for LGBTQ Center at Boston College
US Labor Secretary and former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh signed a petition calling for Boston College to establish an LGBTQ resource center on the campus of Boston College.
HRC awards two Boston Public Schools with Seal of Excellence for inclusivity
Two Boston Public Schools — Haley Pilot School and Mozart Elementary — received the Human Rights Campaign's Seal of Excellence for their dedication to creating LGBTQ+ inclusive school environments.
Edith Windsor, whose SCOTUS case won marriage equality for all, dies at 88
No doubt we'll be celebrating her life in New England as well as in her home state New York. In fact, everyone in the country who supports marriage equality will be celebrating the life...
Federal court hears challenges to New Hampshire’s classroom censorship law
This morning, Jan. 16, the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire is scheduled to hear arguments in the lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s classroom censorship law, which discourages public school...
RI Congressman David Cicilline leads opposition to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills
Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus Chair David Cicilline of Rhode Island and Vice Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida led 27 of their colleagues in a letter of opposition against two Florida state...
US Rep Katherine Clark’s nonbinary daughter arrested for alleged assault of police officer, anti-police...
Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Massachusetts' nonbinary daughter, Riley Dowell, was arrested over the weekend for allegedly assaulting a police officer and spray-painting anti-police graffiti on the Parkman Bandstand in Boston Common, according...
