Granite State’s first openly gay Dem party chair runs for eighth term
Raymond Buckley, New Hampshire's first openly gay Democratic Party chair, has filed to run for a historic eighth term. The Granite State's Democratic committee will meet on March 14 to take the...
Congressman Cicilline receives death threats in lead role to impeach Trump
US Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, has received multiple death threats for being the lead sponsor of the House resolution to impeach President Trump...
Warnock and Ossoff’s wins increase likeliness Equality Act becomes law
One bright fact poking through the chaos of last week's shameful and tragic attack on the US Capitol is the increasing likelihood of the passage of the LGBTQ Equality Act, introduced...
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders joins call to remove President Trump
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) Executive Director Janson Wu issued the following statement on Jan. 7 in response to Wednesday's attack on the US Capitol:
Yesterday...
National LGBTQ Task Force calls for ‘immediate removal’ of Trump
With his long overdue statement affirming "there will be an orderly transition on January 20th" issued early this morning, President Trump may have sidestepped some calls to remove him from office immediately...
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....
Providence city councilor resigns leadership position after anti-trans remarks revealed on recording
Providence City Councilor Michael Correia gave up his leadership position last week as president pro tempore after a recording went public in which he'd made a number of anti-transgender remarks about a...
Meet Wayne Yeh, the openly gay Bay State Presidential elector from JP
Wayne Yeh, 26, of Jamaica Plain is one of two LGBTQ electors who represented Massachusetts in yesterday's Presidential Electoral College vote. He is also one of three people of color among the...
Fecteau sworn in as Maine’s first openly gay Speaker of the House
Maine State Rep. Ryan Fecteau, 28, made history yesterday, Dec. 2. As he entered his fourth term in the legislation, Fecteau was officially elected and sworn in as Maine’s youngest and first...
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...
