Vermont Governor Phil Scott signs gender-neutral bathroom bill into law
Vermont Governor Phil Scott said he hoped to send a "powerful message" in signing HB 333 in to law. The bill makes it the law of the state that all single-user public bathrooms be...
Former Bay State Senate president resigns following ethics committee report
The Boston Globe reported early today that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healthy and other state offices called for former Senate President Stanley Rosenberg to immediately resign following a Senate Ethics Committee...
28 percent of Bay State GOP delegates back anti-gay activist in governor’s race
At last Saturday's state Republican convention in Worcester, nearly 30 percent of GOP delegates backed the anti-LGBT activist pastor Scott Lively from Springfield, Massachusetts, in his primary run against Governor Charlie Baker, according to...
Former Bay State Senate President’s husband pleads not guilty to sexual harassment charges
The Boston Globe reported yesterday that "he scandal that ended the Senate presidency of Stanley C. Rosenberg moved out of the State House and into the courthouse Tuesday as Rosenberg’s husband, Bryon Hefner, faced...
Maine House of Representatives votes to ban conversion therapy
After an emotionally charged debate, the Maine House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban conversion therapy on anyone under the age of 18. The 76–68 vote was cast on April 12. The...
Kathy Griffin opens up to Boston Spirit about comedy, controversy and her upcoming Boston...
Hard to believe it was only a year ago.
But just weeks after Kathy Griffin wowed a crowd of more than 1,200 LGBT professionals and friends at Boston Spirit’s 2017 Executive Networking Night with her...
Massachusetts senator’s husband indicted on assault, lewdness charges
The Boston Globe reported late yesterday that a grand jury has indicted Bryon Hefner, husband of Massachusetts Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg, on "multiple charges of sexual assault, criminal lewdness and distributing nude photographs without...
HRC, GLAD condemn Trump’s latest attack on trans military servicepeople
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and LGBT Legal Defenders and Advocates (GLAD) came out swiftly and strongly condemning the Trump-Pence administration's announcement late yesterday that it's once again attempting to ban transgender troops from...
N.H. house votes to include trans people in state anti-discrimination law
New Hampshire's House of Representatives voted 195–129 to include transgender people in the state's anti-discrimination law yesterday. The bill now moves on to the state's Senate, which will vote on it in the coming...
Kennedy, trans task force demand meeting with Trump officials
Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III, as chair of the Congressional LGBT Caucus's Transgender Equality Task Force, called for a meeting with top Trump administration civil rights officials today.
The letter raises concerns about such issues...
