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...
Queer Connect board chair runs for seat on Bennington, VT select board
Jacklyn Matts, who has served as board president for the Bennington, Vermont, LGBTQ+ nonprofit Queer Connect and chair of the 2024 Bennington Charter Review Committee, announced her candidacy to sit on the...
LGBTQ community of Worcester rallies in support of City Councilor Nguyen
The LGBTQ Community of Worcester came together yesterday evening for a rally and press conference before moving to last night's city council meeting in support of City Councilor Thu Nguyen. As reported, last...
Fenway Health stands with community in response to executive orders against trans people and...
After executive orders were issued last night following the second inauguration of President Trump, Boston-based Fenway Health — one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people — released...
Worcester city councilor takes hiatus due to transphobia, toxic culture
Worcester City Councilor-at-Large Thu Nguyen, Massachusetts' first nonbinary city councilor, has announced they will take a hiatus from the council due to transphobia and discrimination.
Writes Nguyen in...
GLAD Law statement on US House passage of transgender sports ban
the U.S. House narrowly voted 218-206-1, along near-party lines, for a federal bill that would ban all transgender girls and women from participation in school sports.
Jennifer Levi, Senior...
Despite ‘hot mic’ comment, governor’s councilor supports transgender Boston Municipal Court nominee
A longstanding member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council is under criticism for an unintentionally unmuted comment he made during a virtual hearing last week of Connor Barusch, the openly transgender public defender...
Melissa DuBose sworn in as first woman of color and first LGBTQ judge on...
Melissa R. DuBose became the first woman of color and first LGBTQ+ person on the 25th US District Court for the District of Rhode Island last week.
Reports...
Parentage Act protections for LGBTQ parents enacted into Bay State law
The new year brings good news from Beacon Hill for LGBTQ parents with the enactment of the Massachusetts Parentage Act, unanimously passed by both the state's house and senate and signed into...
