Massachusetts senator’s husband indicted on assault, lewdness charges
The Boston Globe reported late yesterday that a grand jury has indicted Bryon Hefner, husband of Massachusetts Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg, on "multiple charges of sexual assault, criminal lewdness and distributing nude photographs without...
Maine state house evacuated after bomb threats following hearing on transgender health, abortion shields
The Maine State House was evacuated on March 8 after two legislators, the State House and the Maine Democratic Party received bomb threats in emails. The Portland Press Herald also received a...
U.S. To Appoint Openly Gay Envoy To Overseas LGBT Communities
U.S. Secretary of State and former Mass. State Sen. John Kerry is set to appoint a special envoy for LGBT rights around the world. The appointee, who will be a current openly gay U.S. State...
Vermont’s Christine Hallquist on the problem with Caitlyn Jenner’s run
Striking an equally collegial and critical tone in an open letter published in Condé Nast's Them online magazine, Christine Hallquist of Vermont, the country's first openly transgender gubernatorial nominee from a major...
Rhode Island lawmakers consider legislation to protect LGBTQ+ families
House Judiciary Committee members last week heard testimony on a bill (H 5226) that would provide a crucial next step in protecting LGBTQ+ families in Rhode Island, something that is urgently needed...
Which political candidates are getting LGBT money: Who isn’t, and why?
LGBT Donors & Aggregating Resources in the Mid-Term Elections
I’m sure many of you summer in Ogunquit – in fact I know many of you do. You’ve followed Barney and others up north and made...
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.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott signs gender-neutral bathroom bill into law
Vermont Governor Phil Scott said he hoped to send a "powerful message" in signing HB 333 in to law. The bill makes it the law of the state that all single-user public bathrooms be...
Burlington, VT voters elect Emma Mulvaney-Stanak their city’s first woman, first openly LGBT mayor
One exciting result from Super Tuesday is the election of Vermont State Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, who Burlington, Vt. voters last night chose to become their city's first woman and first openly LGBT...
New Hampshire Log Cabin Republicans retry pulling anti-marriage-equality language from party platform
Log Cabin Republicans in New Hampshire are once again proposing to strike the anti-marriage equality provision from the state's Republican party platform.
“I think it would be a very important step for the Republican Party...
