Isaacson honored with Boston Women Communicators Lifetime Legacy award
Prominent marriage equality activist and LGBT-rights advocate Arline Isaacson is receiving some major well-deserved recognition when Boston Women Communicators honors her with its 21st Annual Lifetime Legacy Award on Wednesday, October 21.
The award ceremony takes place from 6 to...
Biden praises LGBT community, speaks out against violence at HRC dinner
Vice President Joe Biden praised the LGBT community's work and gave some advice in his Oct. 3 keynote address at the 19th annual Human Rights Campaign Fund national dinner in Washington, D.C.
He also "shrugged at the...
Gov. Baker nominates GLAD’s Vickie Henry to state appeals court
Vickie Henry, senior staff attorney and Youth Initiative Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been nominated to serve on the Massachusetts Appeals Court by Governor Charlie Baker.
In an Oct. 1...
LGBT Catholics reach out to Pope Francis through social media campaign
No question Pope Francis is being very generous with his time during his visit to the United States—what with his nonstop tour of public events and frequent attempts to break through security barriers for impromptu meet...
Google and Eastern Bank among corporations that back Transgender Public Accommodations protections in Massachusetts
Major corporations like Google and Eastern Bank have signed on with Freedom Massachusetts to ensure that transgender people are not denied service at any hotel or restaurant.
New organization Freedom Massachusetts and its Co-Chairs Kasey Suffredini...
Only 2.5% of Maine anti-gay marriage ballot battle funds came from Maine
Of $2 million spent to help keep Maine from having an equal marriage law on the books in 2009 only about $50,000 came from donors who actually lived in Maine.
In fact, most of it...
Brookline native appointed first openly transgender White House staff member
The first openly transgender person to serve as a Beacon Hill staffer has made history again. The Obama administration appointed Raffi Freedman-Gurspan as its new outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the White House...
Hillary Clinton’s well-timed Provincetown visit provides a major boost to Presidential campaign
Though never pitched as a "whistle-stop" or "town meeting" event, many Provincetown residents and visitors were sorry not to catch a glimpse of Hillary Clinton when she came to town last week for a private...
While marriage-equality garners growing support, 85 anti-LGBT bills in 28 states attempt to fly...
With all the promising news about marriage equality coming out of the U.S. Supreme Court, it can be easy to overlook the many other civil rights fights the LGBT community is facing all over the...
First openly gay NBA player Jason Collins and Mass. Rep. Joe Kennedy III guests...
Massachusetts Congressman Joseph Kennedy III and Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in the NBA (now retired), were roommates in college and have been buddies every since. You can read all about that in...
