Maine Senator Susan Collins casts sole Republican vote against judicial appointee with anti-LGBTQ record
Maine Senator Susan Collins cast the sole Republican vote against the confirmation of anti-LGBTQ White House lawyer Steven Menashi to become a judge on the New York-based 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals.
"Menashi," say HRC...
First openly LGBTQ woman elected to historically diverse Boston City Council
Come January 2020, Boston's City Council welcomes its most diverse city council to take office in history, with minority candidates making up the majority, with eight of the 13 members women, and the first-ever...
Rhode Island grants US veteran’s benefits denied due to LGBT status
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed into law a bill reinstating benefits to gay and transgender veterans of US armed services who were not granted honorable discharges on account of their sexual orientation or...
Only 10 votes shy of becoming first lesbian, Latinx Boston city-councilor-at-large, St. Guillen calls...
This is a case study for why it's important to get out to the those polls and vote in every single election.
Boston city officials are still examining votes for the city council's fourth at-large...
First openly trans official wins Nov. 5 election in Newton, Mass.
Ward 8 City Council Candidate Holly Ryan made history on November 5 when voters headed to the polls in Newton, Massachusetts, and cast their ballots. Running unopposed, Ryan became the first openly transgender elected...
‘The 2020 Census: If you aren’t counted, we don’t count,’ urges Fenway Institute
It's critical that each and every LGBTQ individual respond to the 2020 US Census. How come? Tim Wang and Sean Cahill of The Fenway Institute spell it out for us:
Six months from today, on April...
Bay State senator’s bill examines solitary confinement for gay inmates
Word that gay prison inmates are being placed for extended periods in solitary confinement for reporting as victims of sexual abuse by other prisoners—and in some cases for even showing affection for other gay...
Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy addresses LGBT Asylum Task Force in Worcester
Say what you will about US Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III's run for US Senator Ed Markey's seat in the other Capitol Hill chamber. As congressman or candidate, the US Rep from Massachusetts is...
Boston voters move first Latinx lesbian city council candidate to Nov. 5 ballot
Alejandra Nicole St. Guillen, the first openly gay and Latinx woman running for a seat on the Boston City Council, earned voters' support in yesterday's preliminary election. Voters selected St. Guillen among their top...
VT Senator Sanders to skip HRC LGBTQ town hall on CNN; MA Senator Warren...
Citing scheduling conflicts, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders told CNN that he will not participate with other leading Democratic presidential candidates in the Human Rights Campaign's LGBTQ-focused town hall, "Power of Our Pride," to be...
