GLAD applauds Biden’s affirmation of LGBTQ protections in health care
The Biden White House this week reversed the discriminatory policies against LGBTQ people's access to health care enacted by the previous administration.
In a nutshell, this means...
Massachusetts becomes 16th state to ban conversion therapy on minors
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the bill to ban the harmful practice of conversion therapy on LGBT minors into law Monday. The legislation sailed through the state's house and senate last month with overwhelming...
Ryan Fecteau to be Maine’s youngest and first openly gay Speaker of House
Maine State Rep. Ryan Fecteau, 28, has been unanimously nominated to become Maine's next Speaker of the House. In December, after the entire incoming House confirms the nomination — as they're expected to...
Sign of the times: Massachusetts candidates observe marriage equality anniversary
We thought we’d put together an informal poll of what electeds who are up for re-election and candidates for the top state-wide and Congressional offices did to celebrate the 10th anniversary of gay marriage.
Chris Pappas becomes first openly gay US Congressperson from Granite State
It's official! New Hampshire voters elected Chris Pappas their first openly gay member of the US Congress last night in the 2018 Midterm Elections by a solid margin.
Pappas, the New Hampshire Executive Council member...
Boston Mayor’s Race: Then and Now
For the first time in years, a troop of Boston mayoral candidates sift city neighborhoods for votes. At T stops and in coffee shops candidates reach for every hand, seeking just enough votes to lift them into the final when the bulky field shrinks to a two-person runoff. It’s hard work. After so many years with the same mayor, Bostonians are not used to choosing from such a large field. For the longest time, it was either the Mayor or the fly in the ointment. And the mayor won, no problem.
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...
The Curious Case of the 6th District Congressional Race: Richard Tisei and the Ensuing...
There is a lot of curious happenings in Salem, Massachusetts, and the North Shore for the next month — and it has nothing to do with Halloween, for once.
One of the most interesting and...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s PAC endorses Holyoke, Massachusetts Mayor Alex Morse’s bid for Congress
One week before the Massachusetts state primary on Sept. 1, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse has picked up an endorsement by US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's national political action committee "Courage to Change" in...
LPAC, EMILY’s List endorse Rebecca Perkins Kwoka for Granite State Senate
New Hampshire State Senate candidate Rebecca Perkins Kwoka has become the first to receive endorsements from national organizations in her district, which encompasses Durham, Lee, Madbury, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket and Portsmouth.
