Business leaders support campaign to uphold trans rights on Nov. 6 ballot
Business leaders of more than 50 major organizations gathered at a July 31 event in Boston to stand together against the ballot referendum that would repeal nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in Massachusetts in...
Bay State passes LGBT awareness training for aging services into law
This just in from Fenway Health:
Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law late last week “An Act Relative to LGBT Awareness Training for Aging Services Providers.” The first-in-the-nation law will require that all state funded...
Mass. congressmen introduce national bill to ban gay, trans panic defense
US Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Joe Kennedy III have introduced national legislation that would ban “gay or trans panic” as a legal defense for committing a violent act. Many states have passed similar...
Maine gov. vetoes conversion therapy ban, approving harmful practice
Despite strong support in the state's legislature, Governor Paul LePage late this week vetoed the bill that would have banned the harmful practice of conversion therapy on youth in the state of Maine, becoming...
Massachusetts house votes 137–14 to ban conversion therapy
Massachusetts took an important step closer this week to becoming the 15th state in the country to ban conversion therapy on minors.
On Wednesday, the Bay State's house of representatives voted 137–14 to pass H.4664,...
RI Congressman: ‘no policies in place’ for detained LGBT immigrant youth
Among all the disturbing problems created by the Trump administration's policy of separating thousands of immigrant children from their parents, it should come as no surprise that no policies appear in place to address...
Ballot initiative to repeal transgender rights in Massachusetts appears very close, new poll shows
A new Suffolk University Political Research Center survey shows the ballot initiative aimed at repealing transgender rights in Massachusetts looks to be one of the closest battles the state has seen.
According to a June 14...
NH governor signs trans rights bill and conversion therapy ban into law
Friday, June 8, 2018 is now a historic day for LGBT rights in New Hampshire.
Republican Governor Chris Sununu signed not one but two pro-LGBT rights bills into law: House Bill 1319, banning discrimination against transgender...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus to sing at US Conference of Mayors annual meeting
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has invited the Boston Gay Men's Chorus (BGMC) to perform at the annual meeting of the US Conference of Mayors, which Boston is hosting June 8–11.
“We’re honored and thrilled...
Rhode Island House overwhelmingly passes bill to ban ‘gay panic’ defense
The Rhode Island House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would ban "gay or trans panic" as a legal defense for committing a violent act. The vote was 68 to 2.
"If this...
