US Sen. Markey (MA) introduces bill to support older LGBTQ+ Americans
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, last week introduced the Elder Pride Act, legislation to support LGBTQI+ older adults and older...
Proposal in works to pull anti-marriage-equality phrase from NH GOP platform
The initiative to strike anti-marriage-equality language from New Hampshire's Republican party platform is getting closer to an actual vote when the delegates are scheduled to meet on May 2.
According to a report from the...
Balint sworn in today as Vermont’s first openly gay senate pro tempore
Vermont State Senator Becca Balint of Windham is being sworn in today as the first female openly gay person to preside over the state senate in the absence of the lieutenant governor....
The geopolitics of being Brittney Griner: Where is the LGBTQ+ support?
WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested a week before Russia invaded Ukraine.
On February 17, the Russian Federal Customs Service detained Griner at Sheremetyevo International Airport for allegedly...
In early endorsement, HRC backs Pappas, Shaheen in New Hampshire
US Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Congressman Chris Pappas, both representing New Hampshire in Washington, are among the candidates endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign last week.
Their endorsements...
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. from 2014 to 2022, becoming the first openly...
Becca Balint to be Vermont’s first openly gay senate pro tempore
In a virtual meeting yesterday, the Vermont Senate Democratic caucus unanimously nominated State Senator Becca Balint to be the upper chamber's next pro tempore. This means that Sen. Balint will become both...
Conversion therapy ban, trans rights, health care top 2019 pro-LGBT priority legislation in Massachusetts
MassEquality has announced its "Champions Agenda" for Massachusetts' 2019–2020 legislative session—bills that the Bay State LGBTQ grassroots advocacy organization is backing and wants everyone in the community to get behind along with them.
In addition...
Mass. congressmen introduce national bill to ban gay, trans panic defense
US Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Joe Kennedy III have introduced national legislation that would ban “gay or trans panic” as a legal defense for committing a violent act. Many states have passed similar...
Isaacson honored with Boston Women Communicators Lifetime Legacy award
Prominent marriage equality activist and LGBT-rights advocate Arline Isaacson is receiving some major well-deserved recognition when Boston Women Communicators honors her with its 21st Annual Lifetime Legacy Award on Wednesday, October 21.
The award ceremony takes place from 6 to...
