TD Garden lit up in Pride colors for Bruins’ Hockey Is for Everyone Night
The Boston Bruins lit up TD Garden in rainbow colors for their annual Hockey Is for Everyone Night, presented by TD Bank, this past Sunday during their home game when the Bruins...
Fenway Health to award three runners bibs for 2024 Boston Marathon
Fenway Health is partnering with Bank of America's Boston Marathon Official Charity program to award bibs to three motivated fundraising runners to run in the 2024 Boston Marathon. Each runner will be...
South Hadley woman becomes first to swim all 410 miles of Connecticut River
This past Sunday, Kari Kastango, who lives with her wife in South Hadley, Massachusetts, became the first known person to swim all 410 miles of the Connecticut River, all the way down...
‘Outdoor gear library’ gets LGBTQ+ Portland, Mainers out on the trails
A new queer-focused "outdoor gear library" in Portland, Maine is helping the LGBTQ+ community get out into nature with all the health, fitness and fun that entails, according to a Maine Public...
Red Sox grapple with starting an anti-LGBTQ tweeting pitcher on Pride Night
Though it remained unclear yesterday when NBC Sports Boston reported that Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Dermody, who'd posted an anti-LGBTQ statement on Twitter back in 2021, would actually be pitching at...
Healey administration supports federal protections for trans student athletes
Bay State Governor Maura Healey's office came out yesterday in support of proposed protections for transgender student athletes from elementary school through college.
Reports the Boston Globe:
Congressman Cicilline (RI) condemns House bill to ban trans kids from sports
US Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island spoke out in strong opposition to H.R. 734, a House Republican bill that would actively discriminate against trans women and girls by blocking their participation...
Tufts athletics community forms group for LGBTQ+ and ally student-athletes
The athletics community at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. has officially formed a chapter of Athlete Ally, "a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the advocacy for LGBTQIA+ student-athletes," according to Tufts University...
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...
Vermont Principals’ Association bars high-school team that refused to play against transgender girl from...
The Vermont Principals' Association announced Monday they will not allow a girls high-school basketball team to play in future tournaments after the team refused to compete with a transgender player on an...
