Boston City Council votes to declare Boston an LGBTQ+ sanctuary city
In a 12-1 vote, Boston's city council passed a resolution declaring Boston a sanctuary city for LGBTQ+ people. The resolution was filed by Councilors Julia Mejia and Liz Breadon, Boston's first openly...
Arts orgs in Boston and RI sue Trump for denying trans artists NEA grants
The Theater Offensive in Boston and Rhode Island Latino Arts are among four arts organizations suing the National Endowment for the Arts over President Trump's executive orders blocking federal funds for "anything...
NH bill aims to strip health care decisions for trans children from parents
Last week, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders issued the following statement from GLAD Law Senior Staff Attorney Chris Erchull about New Hampshire House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs Committee hearing testimony...
Queer Connect board president elected Bennington, Vermont town councilor
Voters in Bennington, Vermont, have just elected Jacklyn Matts — who has served as board president for the Bennington, Vermont, LGBTQ+ nonprofit Queer Connect and chair of the 2024 Bennington Charter Review...
LGBTQ+ services supported in Connecticut House emergency bill
The state House of Representatives in Connecticut voted last week in support of emergency legislation in response to "President Donald J. Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ services, including gender-affirming care."
‘We’ll see you in court’: ME gov to Trump over anti-trans funding cut
Maine Gov. Janet Mills had heated words with the President last week in Washington, DC over Trump's threat to withhold federal funds from states where transgender athletes can play on girls and...
MassEquality responds to anti-transgender rally at state house
This just in from MassEquality:
, members of the Massachusetts legislature invited members of a known anti-LGBTQ hate group to the state house for a rally and press...
Maine Dept. of Ed. will not comply with Trump’s ‘two gender’ policy
Trump's executive order to recognize only two genders, male and female, will not affect the state's law and school board policies, according to a statement issued late last week by Maine's Department...
GLAD Law challenges Trump’s trans military ban with federal lawsuit
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging President Trump’s January...
Former member of gay Republican group in NH turns down Jan. 6 pardon
A New Hampshire resident who was at the time involved in a "small, local, rural group of New Hampshire gay Republicans" and who was convicted for participating in the January 6, 2021...
