Rainbow Revolutionaries

LGBTQ+ heroes of American independence  As Boston prepares for the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Freedom Trail Foundation’s Rainbow Revolutionaries Tours is adding a new story...

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...

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...

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Leading LGBTQ+ health orgs, including Fenway in Boston, condemn move to close CDC’s HIV prevention division

Boston-based Fenway Health has joined 12 other of the nation’s leading LGBTQ+, HIV and health organizations to raise the alarm about the Trump administration’s...

US Justice Dept. weighs in on trans athletes in high school girls sports

The US Justice Department is weighing in on the federal case filed by the families of three Connecticut high school girls to block transgender...

Provincetown businesses launch new program to attract LGBTQ+ youth

This article by Jonathan Soroff appears in the May/June 2024 print issue of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today. Anyone who’s spent a consistent amount of...

Students challenge NH law excluding transgender girls from school sports

Late last week, the families of two New Hampshire public high school students filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law, HB 1205, which...