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...

Maggie Hirshland named Maine Women’s Lobby Volunteer champ

Maggie Hirshland, the Youth Engagement Coordinator at the LGBTQIA2S+ youth organization OUT Maine, is the recipient of the Maine Women’s Lobby (MWL) 2024 Volunteer...

Vermont author wins National Indie Excellence Award for LGBTQ fiction

"Falling Through the Night," an autobiographically-inspired novel by Vermont resident Gail Marlene Schwartz, has been selected as this year's National Indie Excellence Award winner...

Gay For Good-Boston honored at City Hall for community contributions

Leaders of Gay For Good-Boston were honored at City Hall last week when their chapter was officially recognized for their outstanding contributions to the...

GLAD’s Mary Bonauto to throw first pitch at Fenway Park’s Pride Night

In celebration of 20 years of marriage equality, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)’s Mary Bonauto, who argued the landmark Massachusetts Goodridge case, will throw out the...

Boston City Council votes to officially recognize Transgender Day of Visibility

The vote was unanimous when Boston's City Council voted last week to support a resolution that recognizes March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility,...

Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year award goes to LGBTQ ally, advocate Annette Bening

Outspoken LGBTQ advocate and actress Annette Bening, who recently received an Oscar nomination for her portrayed of the iconic, openly gay swimmer Diane Nyad,...

Remembering Larry Kessler, founding director of AIDS Action Committee

Larry Kessler, the nationally prominent community organizer from Boston who helped lead Massachusetts' and the United States' responses to the AIDS pandemic, died Thursday,...

Fenway Health remembers Ann Maguire, trailblazer of public service

On December 29, we lost one of our heroes with the passing of longtime LGBTQ+ and health care advocate Ann Maguire. In 2017, Fenway...

Vermont State Rep. Taylor Small to leave Pride Center of Vermont for new role at Vermont Medical Center

Vermont State Rep. Taylor Small, the first openly transgender person to be elected in Green Mountain State's general assembly, has left her post at...

New England companies earn perfect scores on HRC’s 2023-’24 equality index

The Human Rights Campaign announced the 2023-2024 list of “Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion" honorees from their annual Corporate Equality Index, and 48 of...

New England communities earn high marks on 2023 HRC equality index

For the sixth consecutive year, scores increased across the United States on Human Rights Campaign's 12th annual Municipal Equality Index, and New England communities...

HRC to honor leaders of trans, youth nonprofits at New England Dinner

Human Rights Campaign New England is hosting its 2023 New England Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 18, kicking off with a welcoming reception at 5:30...

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Buttigieg to attend Town Hall rally and fundraising event in Provincetown

Democratic Presidential Candidate and South Bend Indiana Pete Buttigieg is coming to Provincetown on Friday, July 5, for a public rally in Provincetown Town...

Queen + Adam Lambert

No one could ever replace Freddie Mercury. The late frontman of Queen, who died of AIDS-related illness in 1991, was a powerhouse vocalist and...

Equality Fund, Fenway Institute release new report on growth, vibrancy and challenges facing LGBTQ+ Bay Staters

A new report from The Fenway Institute and the Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation finds that the population identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

Worcester kicks off week-long events leading up to central Bay State city’s Pride Celebration Day, Sept. 7

Labor Day Weekend may mark a grand finale of summer fun for some ... but in Worcester the Pride celebrations are just warming up. The...