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...

Melissa DuBose sworn in as first woman of color and first LGBTQ judge on Rhode Island US district court

Melissa R. DuBose became the first woman of color and first LGBTQ+ person on the 25th US District Court for the District of Rhode...

81 perfect scores from New England on HRC’s 2025 Corporate Equality Index

The Human Rights Campaign announced its 2025 list of “Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion” honorees from their annual Corporate Equality Index. This year, 81...

Biden awards GLAD Law’s Mary Bonauto Presidential Citizens Medal

Mary Bonauto, Senior Director of Civil Rights and Legal Strategies at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law)  among 20 individuals receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal in...

Biden signs proclamation to establish Frances Perkins Nat’l Monument in ME

On Dec. 16, President Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine, to honor the historic contributions of America’s...

John Waters honored with Coolidge Award at Brookline’s storied cinema

The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, now celebrating its 20th year operating as a nonprofit organization, bestowed filmmaker and part-time Provincetowner John Waters with...

Former Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau elected to lead chamber again

Newly reelected Maine State Representative Ryan Fecteau of Biddeford has once again been elected Speaker of the House. Fecteau previously served as state rep....

Open Sky of Central Mass. nationally recognized for Safe Homes program

Open Sky Community Services, a nonprofit behavioral health and human services organization, today announced that its Safe Homes program received the 2024 Community Activism Award...

New England US Senators and Reps again ace HRC Congressional Scorecard

The Human Rights Campaign yesterday released its Congressional Scorecard, which measures support for LGBTQ+ equality in the 118th US Congress. Once again, Senators and...

Trans man from Boston among LGBTQ activists meeting with Pope Francis

Pope Francis met last week with a group of LGBTQ activists calling for a reversal of the Catholic Church's opposition to gender-affirming care. Among...

Meet Ricardo Martinez, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defender’s new executive director

  Ricardo Martinez took the helm as Executive Director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) September 4. Ricardo served the past five years as CEO...

Berkshire Magazine salutes LGBTQ+ leaders among annual honorees

For 11 years running, Berkshire Magazine has recognized individuals who work to make a better Berkshires. This year, two local LGBTQ+ leaders — Berkshire...

Minter and Levi to be honored at GLAD’s 2024 Spirit of Justice Fête

National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defender Senior Director of Transgender & Queer Rights Jennifer Levi...

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40th Annual First Event

Photos Stevie Louise Mae Crecelius Park Plaza Hotel | Boston | Jan. 29–Feb. 2, 2020 Waltham-based nonprofit Trans Club of New England (TCNE) celebrated the 40th...

Newsmakers | Connecticut

Articles from the Constitution State Permanent Pride Norwalk, Connecticut, has a new, rainbow crosswalk outside Norwalk’s Mathews Park, and unlike many other LGBTQ-affirming Pride-season installations, this...

FLAG Flag Football Boston’s Fall Season

Boston’s premiere flag football league for the LGBTQ community hit the fields running for their fall 2023 season. Founded in 1998, FLAG (Friends, Lesbians,...

GLAD Law: DC Circuit hears arguments against Trump’s trans military ban

WASHINGTON, DC—A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today heard oral arguments in Talbott v. USA (formerly Talbott v. Trump), a...