Rhode Island Foundation awards more than $100K to RI’s LGBTQ+ community
Nonprofit organizations serving the state’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) communities will share more than $100,000 in grants through the Equity Action Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation. The funding...
MA LGBT Chamber of Commerce names new executive director
The Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors today announced Alexandria Eberhardt as the Chamber’s new Executive Director. Eberhardt most recently served as President and CEO of the Greater Haverhill Chamber...
Op/Ed: ‘Boston’s LGBTQ+ community wants to hear from Kamala Harris’
Since running for office, Kamala Harris’s silence on LGBTQ+ issues has been deafening. Kamala’s website has one sentence about us under the heading “Protect Civil Rights and Freedoms: “As President, she’ll fight...
Mary Trump to speak at Provincetown Women’s Week 2024 event on Oct. 17
Mary Trump — the author, psychologist, former member of Provincetown's Women Innkeepers, openly lesbian niece and outspoken critic of former US President Donald Trump — will speak as part of the Women's...
Drag story hour at Somerville Public Library canceled after bomb threat
With homophobic protesters and pro-LGBTQ+ counter-protestors outnumbering them outside, a drag queen story hour to be held this past Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Somerville Public Library was canceled after a bomb...
Little Compton, Rhode Island man sues state over anti-gay job discrimination
Antone DeSouza, a former Rhode Island state worker, is suing the Ocean State and former State Property Management Director David Patten for anti-LGBT job discrimination. DeSouza alleges "that he was passed over...
Parents sue NH school district that stopped anti-trans protest at soccer match
Four parents who protested the court-ordered inclusion of a transgender student athlete at a New Hampshire high school girls' soccer match are suing the school district for shutting them down. The parents...
Outright Vermont’s 21st annual fire-truck pull smashes fundraising goal
Funds raised at Outright Vermont's 21st annual fire truck pull blew past the LGBTQ+ youth support and advocacy nonprofit's goal of hauling in $200K this past Saturday when nearly 20 teams tugged...
OUT Maine receives $17K grant from United Midcoast Charities
Earlier this month, OUT Maine received a $17,000 grant from United Midcoast Charities to support the organization’s work towards increasing equitable and accessible services in health care, mental health, and community-based settings...
Massachusetts schools respond to anti-LGBTQ+ group’s federal lawsuit ruling against trans protections in Bay...
Over the summer, the anti-LGBTQ+ group Moms for Liberty brought on a federal lawsuit in Kansas aimed at blocking protections for transgender students in 2,000 schools across the US, including 32 elementary,...
