Boston city council to consider adding nonbinary option to city documents
Boston City Councilors Michelle Wu and Liz Breadon are backing a proposal for the city to adopt a nonbinary gender designation for all of its forms, documents and certificates, and they planned...
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...
Mary L. Trump on her life as an openly gay member of the First...
Of all the Trump exposés that hit the bestseller lists in the past six months, one stands out.
Mary L. Trump, niece of President Donald...
Sen. Warren slams Alito’s homophobic remarks, and she has a plan for them
LGBTQ Ally Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren called out Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after he addressed the Federalist Society on a public video link last week; in his remarks, Alito cast dispersion...
Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus endorses Cicilline for Assistant Speaker
The Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus today endorsed US Congressman David Cicilline of Rhode Island in his campaign to become the next Assistant Speaker of the House.
The openly gay...
Reelection of Cicilline and Pappas help make incoming Congress ‘queerest in history’; plus more...
Well before many 2020 election results began dragging on for days, incumbent Congressmen David Cicilline of Rhode Island and Chris Pappas of New Hampshire sailed into early wins with 71.1% and 51.4%...
Taylor Small becomes Vermont’s first openly transgender state legislator
Taylor Small, a trans woman from Winooski and director of health and wellness at the Pride Center of Vermont, has become the first openly transgender person elected to the Vermont state legislator. ...
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka becomes first openly LGBTQ woman elected to New Hampshire Senate
Former Portsmouth City Councilor Rebecca Perkins Kwoka last night became the first openly LGBTQ woman elected to the New Hampshire Senate. Voters in Perkins Kwoka's district — which encompasses Durham, Lee, Madbury,...
New England’s LGBTQ candidates in today’s record-breaking election
The number of openly LGBTQ people running for elected offices across the US jumped from 432 to 574 between the 2018 midterm and 2020 general elections — an increase of 33%, according...
SCOTUS to hear first LGBTQ rights case after Barrett seated as ninth justice
Even before the US Supreme Court will hear arguments threatening the Affordable Care Act in November, the "next high stakes LGBTQ rights case," said Janson Wu, executive director of the Boston-based GLBTQ...
