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This Just in from the Ocean State McCaffrey confirmation The former Senate majority leader, who has opposed every bill to protect LGBT Rights since 1995—including the...

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Newsmakers | Rhode Island

This Just in from the Ocean State Youth Pride joins lawsuit Amid concerns that the Trump administration is creating laws and restrictions that will plunge many...

Newsmakers | Rhode Island

This Just in from the Ocean State Lawsuit against HHS Along with attorneys general from 15 other states and the District of Columbia, Rhode Island AG...

Newsmakers | Rhode Island

This Just in from the Ocean State HIV research funding Funding for HIV Research at Providence’s Open Door Health (ODH) clinic was cancelled but is now...

Newsmakers | Rhode Island

This Just in from the Ocean State RIP Myra Shays A strong supporter of the RI LGBT community, Myra Shays died in April at the age...

Newsmakers | Rhode Island

This Just in from the Ocean State Redefining ‘sex’? Enacted in 1972, Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school program that receives government funding, and...

Newsmakers | Rhode Island

This Just in from the Ocean State National landmark In an apparent response to the lack of representation of the LGBTQ+ community in Rhode Island’s historical...

Newsmakers | Rhode Island

This Just in from the Ocean State Equity Action Fund grants The Equity Action Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation has announced the recipients of over...

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This Just in from the Ocean State Public art in Providence A large-scale work of public art—featuring a historic drag queen, a legendary gay costume designer...

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Cummings Foundation to award $30 million to Bay State nonprofits

Cummings Foundation’s annual $30 Million Grant Program has begun accepting letters of inquiry from local nonprofits as of July 1. The initiative will support 150 organizations—10...

Transgender activist Jahaira DeAlto slain in Dorchester stabbing

Though the police had not released the names of two people fatally stabbed in a Dorchester apartment over the weekend, Berkshire Pride shared in...

Trans-led health center for transgender community opens in Florence, Mass.

Described by its founding CEO Dallas Ducar as "the first independent, comprehensive transgender health care center in the nation," Transhealth Northampton officially opened its...

Elliot Page at Transhealth celebration in Northampton, MA: ‘The shame you’re feeling is not yours; it’s theirs’

Last weekend, the Oscar-nominated actor, writer, and transgender activist Elliot Page delivered an eventful of inspiration at a sold-out, third-anniversary celebration for Transhealth — the Bay...