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Articles from the Constitution State LGBTQ advocacy LGBTQ+ advocates in Connecticut are preparing to push for stronger state-level protections amid what they describe as escalating federal...

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Newsmakers | Connecticut

Articles from the Constitution State Grand Opening The Bridgeport Pride Center officially opened its doors to the community on June 17. It is the first Pride...

Newsmakers | Connecticut

Articles from the Constitution State Pride flag-raising disrupted A group of LGBTQ+ pro-Palestinian protestors distrupted the Pride flag-raising ceremony in New Britain on June 1, surrounding...

Newsmakers | Connecticut

Articles from the Constitution State Russell speaks out Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell, himself an openly gay man, penned a February 28 op/ed in the Hartford...

Newsmakers | Connecticut

Articles from the Constitution State Rainbow flag dispute After a 6-5 vote by its town council in late January, Enfield, Connecticut has a new policy that...

Newsmakers | Connecticut

Articles from the Constitution State New digs for New Haven Pride Center The New Haven Pride Center is moving from the basement of 84 Orange St. ...

Newsmakers | Connecticut

Articles from the Constitution State $100K grant for community center The Fairfield-based Leonard-Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation has pledged to provide $100,000 toward an LGBTQ+ community center in...

Newsmakers | Connecticut

Articles from the Constitution State Reforms for vets US Senator Richard Blumenthal and over a dozen LGBTQ advocates called for the US Department of Veterans Affairs...

Newsmakers | Connecticut

Articles from the Constitution State A gender-neutral win A new state House bill introduces the gender-neural term “Latine” to replace Latino, Latina or Latinx, the latter...

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Victory Programs’ Dinnerfest Auction / rescheduled to September 24, 2020

Victory Programs is a multi-service nonprofit that works to address myriad issues: homelessness, the opioid epidemic, mental illness and more. But the name of...

AIDS Walk

AIDS Walk Boston of AIDS Action Committee (AAC) turned 25 this year.25th AIDS Walk honorees Richard Giglio, Gary Bailey and Phillip Robinson, with AAC...

36th Annual Swim for Life

As the humidity rose and the rain held off, 250 swimmers hit the warm waters of Provincetown Harbor and Wellfleet’s Great Pond at the...

Celebrities respond to Jodie Foster’s Golden Globes ‘coming out’ speech

“While I’m here being all confessional, I just have the sudden urge to say something I’ve never been able to air in public,” said...