Bay State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis endorsed by LGBTQ Victory Fund
The LGBTQ Victory Fund, the national nonprofit dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, has endorsed Massachusetts State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis for re-election to his third term as state representative.
Rep. Lewis, a Democrat who...
Newton’s openly trans city councilor Holly Ryan endorses Alan Khazei for Joe Kennedy’s Congressional...
As Joe Kennedy's race for US Senate heats up, Newton City Councilor Holly Ryan, the first transgender city councilor elected in Massachusetts, is endorsing Alan Khazei to take the seat Kennedy plans to vacate...
Victory Fund endorses openly gay Ross LaJeunesse of Maine for US Senate
On January 23, the Victory Fund—the national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office—endorsed Democrat Ross LaJeunesse for US Congress.
LaJeunesse, a former Google executive who’d previously served as advisor to US Senate Majority Leader...
Fenway Institute: Trump administration expanded anti-LGBT policies in 2019
The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health today released its annual policy brief laying out the Trump administration's expansion of anti-LGBT policies over the past year.
“During Donald Trump’s third year as president, we moved from...
Former NH GOP chair cofounds ‘Lincoln Project’ to take on Trump, Susan Collins, other...
Jennifer Horn, former head of New Hampshire's Republican Party and former national board member of the Log Cabin Republicans, has cofounded and assumed a key managing role in a national committee called the "Lincoln...
Single vote stands between first lesbian Latina Boston City councilor, but candidate still calls...
If Alejandra St. Guillen won last month's election, she'd become both the first lesbian and the first Latina to serve on Boston City Council. But after yesterday's third recount of her very tight race,...
New England candidates among first Victory Fund 2020 endorsements
The "Rainbow Wave" of LGBT candidates running for office across the United States, which drew national attention in 2018, has yet to crest, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, the national organization dedicated to electing...
Vermont, Maine, Connecticut senators add sexual orientation and gender ID protections to homeless youth...
Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Susan Collins of Maine and Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, reintroduced the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act late this month. The legislation includes expanded protections for LGBTQ...
Granite State’s first openly trans city councilor elected in Rochester
The first openly transgender person voted onto a city council in New Hampshire will officially take her seat in Rochester following the election earlier this month.
Palana Belken, transgender justice organizer for the American Civil...
Bay State Senator Cyr and Rep. Lewis push to expand PrEP in Massachusetts
Two openly LGBTQ Bay State legislators recently testified for the expansion of access to the life-saving HIV-prevention PrEP treatment for young people in Massachusetts.
Senator Julian Cyr of Truro and Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis of...
