For Trump, ‘LGBT stands for ‘lets go back in time,’ says Senator Ed Markey
US Senator Edward Markey called the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court a "direct attack" on the LGBTQ community in a news conference held at the Adams Courthouse in...
Granite State Congressman Pappas among HRC History Month honorees
October is LGBTQ History Month and the Human Rights Campaign is marking it by honoring today's out and proud candidates running for office this year. Along with many emerging leaders across...
GLAD committed to ‘fight like hell’ for LGBTQ rights despite SCOTUS nominee
Within minutes of President Trump's SCOTUS nomination of Amy Coney Barrett — the US Circuit Court judge with an alarming anti-LGBTQ record of positions and rulings — the Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates...
First openly transgender, nonbinary, two-spirit person elected in Maine
Geo Soctomah Neptune, a two-spirit artist, education and member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, has become the first openly transgender or nonbinary person elected in Maine. Neptune won the most votes for a...
LGBTQ winners in New Hampshire and Rhode Island Sept. 8 state primaries
By mail and in person, voters in New Hampshire and Rhode Island cast their ballots in the states' Sept. 8, 2020 primaries, with over a dozen openly LGBTQ national, state and local...
Rhode Island’s Congressman David Cicilline launches bid to become Assistant Speaker of the US...
Congressman David Cicilline of Rhode Island has launched a bid to become Assistant Speaker of the US House of Representatives. Cicilline currently serves as chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee,...
Some wins, some losses for LGBT candidates in Bay State primary
The good news is the number of LGBT candidates moving on to the general election after the Sept. 1 state primary in Massachusetts.
There's actually some "silver lining"...
UMass Democrats apologize for attacks on Holyoke mayor, candidate for US Congress Alex Morse
The University of Massachusetts Democrats sent letters of apology to their membership and directly to Holyoke Mayor and US Congressional candidate Alex Morse concerning their accusations against the mayor of online contact...
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...
Rhode Island Secretary of State Gorbea partners with ‘Drag Out the Vote’ drive
Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea is partnering with the national Drag Out the Vote campaign to educate and register (and entertain) voters.
Drag Out the...
