For the first time in years, a troop of Boston mayoral candidates sift city neighborhoods for votes. At T stops and in coffee shops candidates reach for every hand, seeking just enough votes to lift them into the final when the bulky field shrinks to a two-person runoff. It’s hard work. After so many years with the same mayor, Bostonians are not used to choosing from such a large field. For the longest time, it was either the Mayor or the fly in the ointment. And the mayor won, no problem.

Hate and intolerance has been on the rise across the nation and in the Commonwealth.  As a community, we seek refuge where we can...

A group of high school students in Ellsworth, Maine received their school board's endorsement to paint two crosswalks in the colors of the rainbow...

At The History Project’s annual awards reception, Arline Isaacson, cochair of the Mass. GLBTQ Political Caucus and longtime LGBTQ advocate on Beacon Hill, received...