UMass Boston Athletics Dept. named Division III LGBTQ Institution of Year

The NCAA recognized the UMass Boston's athletics department as a 2025 Division III LGBTQ Institution of the Year during an annual NCAA convention held...

MA Senator Julian Cyr honored as one of MassLive’s top leaders in the state

Massachusetts State Senator Julian Cyr (Cape & Islands) made MassLive's list of (just 12 political) Leaders to Watch from 2025. "Cyr, who is gay, got...

Gary Buseck named inaugural holder of newly endowed Tim Stein, Wayne Fette senior advisership at GLAD Law

GLAD Law is proud to announce the establishment of the Tim Stein & Wayne Fette Senior Advisor, a position named in October 2025 in memory of long-time GLAD...

Providence, RI earns special recognition in HRC’s 2025 Municipal Equality Index

The city of Providence received an extra shout out as an exemplifier of a top-scoring city of its size in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's...

MA Gov. Maura Healey to address international LGBTQ+ conference

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey will attend the 41st annual International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference in Washington, DC, this December, joining more than 700 LGBTQ+ elected...

LGBTQ+ leader Tony Hoang to receive GLAD Law 2025 Spirit of Justice Award

New England-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law), one of the nation’s leading LGBTQ+ legal rights organizations, will present its 2025 Spirit of...

Mass. Health Council honors Fenway with Beacon for Common Good award

Fenway Health — one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people — is among the 2025 recipients of the Massachusetts Health Council...

OUT Maine awards record college scholarships to seven students

OUT Maine has awarded a record number of educational scholarships to 7 students across the state. This year’s recipients: Avery Alsop, attending the University of Maine...

Provincetown’s 47th annual Carnival to honor GLAD Law as grand marshal

The Provincetown Business Guild will honor GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) as Grand Marshal for its 47th annual Provincetown Carnival on Thursday,...

CT state treasurer named to Victory Institute’s LGBTQ+ Political Power list

The LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, a global voice on issues pertaining to LGBTQ+ representation in government, has named Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell to its...

BAGLY executive director receives Mass. Public Health Alliance top honor

Grace Sterling Stowell — the executive director of Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Youth (BAGLY) and a pioneering activist and leader in...

Hasty Pudding to honor openly queer, award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo as 2025 Woman of the Year

 The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, just announced Emmy, Tony, Grammy-winning and 2x Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as...

Dr. Thea James, Rev. Irene Monroe: 2025 Embrace Honors MLK Awardees

For the first time, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Honorees include an openly LGBTQ+ couple — Dr. Thea James...

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Provincetown Film Festival (June 12–16) to honor filmmaker Andrew Haigh

For many cinephiles, Andrew Haigh’s latest film “All of Us Strangers” was unjustly overlooked by this year’s Oscars. Haigh adapted Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel “Strangers”...

NH Congressman Pappas leads call to give LGBTQ Afghans P-2 refugee status

In late August, US Rep. Chris Pappas, the openly gay Congressman from New Hampshire, led a group of 64 members of Congress calling on...

‘Considering Matthew Shepard’ heads to Boston’s Symphony Hall

Musician and conductor Craig Hella Johnson, like many LGBTs, was profoundly shaken by the hate crime murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998. On Oct. 7,...

Mass Humanities grant to fund Historic Northampton’s oral history project for lesbians of color

Mass Humanities has awarded $12,250 to Historic Northampton's oral history project for lesbians of color. The project intends to preserve and present the...