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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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Rhode Island lesbian firefighter awarded $1.75M in discrimination suit

It was a long-fought win for former Providence, RI Fire Lt. Lori Franchina, but she has finally been awarded $1.75 million in damages from...
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Provincetown Carnival: ‘Land of Toys’ | Aug. 12–19, 2023

Besides being America’s oldest continuous art colony, Provincetown is best known as a playground for the LGBTQ+ community, so it makes perfect sense that...
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GOAL New England 2013 Boston Pride

Seventy-six LGBT officers came out in force—“Boston Strong!”—to support the Gay Officer’s Action League (GOAL) at Boston Pride this year. Five cruisers and officers...
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Patrick’s Traveling Book Party | Jan. 30, 2023

If you’re a fan of true crime stories (and judging by the number of Netflix documentaries that are devoted to the stuff, there’s a...