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Green Mountain State Update Affirming health care Vermont lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at protecting access to gender-affirming health care amid escalating federal funding threats. House...

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Green Mountain State Update Tragic loss at Middlebury Vermont State Police confirmed Lia Smith, a 21-year-old, transgender senior and former diver/swimmer on the school’s team at...

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Green Mountain State Update One 'last big pull' With a theme of “One Last Big Pull, The Work Rolls On,” Outright Vermont hosted its final annual...

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Green Mountain State Update School superintendent detained at border After returning to the US from Nicaragua in mid-July, Winooski School District Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria was detained...

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Green Mountain State Update Victory for parenting On May 22, Governor Phil Scott signed into law a bill (VT H98) that streamlines the adoption process that...

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Green Mountain State Update Coalition against bullying A coalition of the state’s nonprofits, Vermont Narratives for Change, organized a news conference at the State House in...

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Green Mountain State Update Standing together All three US Congress members from Vermont — Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, and US Rep. Becca Balint —...

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Green Mountain State Update Balint wins second term It’s fair to call it a landslide. In the Nov. 5, 2024 general election, US Congresswoman Becca Balint,...

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Green Mountain State Update Fire Truck Pull 2024 Outright Vermont’s annual Fire Truck Pull Fundraiser rolled back onto Church Street and surpassed their ambitious goal to...

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Hartford Pridefest

Thousands of LGBT people and friends came out in Connecticut’s capital city to enjoy a four-day, fun-filled festival featuring over 100 local vendors, community...

LGBTQ-Welcoming Haunted Happenings

The Halloween celebration known as Salem Haunted Happenings is well underway, and will run its course through the month of October. With so many...

Amherst, MA voters to fill five school committee seats in today’s election after trans bullying controversy

Amherst, Massachusetts voters going to the polls today are being asked to fill five spaces on the city's Regional School Committee left open after...

Mass. Gov. Candidate Danielle Allen reaches out to LGBTQ community

Massachusetts gubernatorial hopeful Danielle Allen reached out to the LGBTQ community this week with a video posting on her Facebook page asking for thoughts...