Dr. Thea James, Rev. Irene Monroe: 2025 Embrace Honors MLK Awardees
For the first time, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Honorees include an openly LGBTQ+ couple — Dr. Thea James and Rev. Irene Monroe — at the Embrace...
Worcester city councilor takes hiatus due to transphobia, toxic culture
Worcester City Councilor-at-Large Thu Nguyen, Massachusetts' first nonbinary city councilor, has announced they will take a hiatus from the council due to transphobia and discrimination.
Writes Nguyen in...
GLAD Law statement on US House passage of transgender sports ban
the U.S. House narrowly voted 218-206-1, along near-party lines, for a federal bill that would ban all transgender girls and women from participation in school sports.
Jennifer Levi, Senior...
Grant applications now available for LGBTQ+ organizations from Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation
The Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation is now accepting applications for its FY 25 grantmaking cycle. The application portal opened Monday, January 13, and will close Friday, March 7, at 5...
Despite ‘hot mic’ comment, governor’s councilor supports transgender Boston Municipal Court nominee
A longstanding member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council is under criticism for an unintentionally unmuted comment he made during a virtual hearing last week of Connor Barusch, the openly transgender public defender...
Melissa DuBose sworn in as first woman of color and first LGBTQ judge on...
Melissa R. DuBose became the first woman of color and first LGBTQ+ person on the 25th US District Court for the District of Rhode Island last week.
Reports...
81 perfect scores from New England on HRC’s 2025 Corporate Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign announced its 2025 list of “Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion” honorees from their annual Corporate Equality Index. This year, 81 of them are based in New England.
Providence, Rhode Island’s GRID Gallery empowers queer and BIPOC artists
A new nonprofit arts organization called GRID Gallery has opened at 105 Wickendon Street in Providence, Rhode Island, with a mission to "to provide artists with the tools, mentorship and community...
Biden awards GLAD Law’s Mary Bonauto Presidential Citizens Medal
Mary Bonauto, Senior Director of Civil Rights and Legal Strategies at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) among 20 individuals receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal in a ceremony at the White House .
Parentage Act protections for LGBTQ parents enacted into Bay State law
The new year brings good news from Beacon Hill for LGBTQ parents with the enactment of the Massachusetts Parentage Act, unanimously passed by both the state's house and senate and signed into...
