MA Senator Markey hosts roundtable with LGBTQ+ community leaders in support of trans, nonbinary...
Amid the state of emergency that transgender and nonbinary people in Massachusetts and across the United States are experiencing—including increasing reports of violence, discrimination, and fear—Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday hosted...
Congresswoman Pressley, Senators Warren and Markey deliver the $850K for Pryde LGBTQ+ senior housing
On Monday, March 25, 2024, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) applauded the final passage of $850,000 in federal community project funding for The Pryde, an affordable...
NH House passes bill to out students, allow parents to block instruction on sexual...
By a narrow margin — with three Republicans voting with the Democrats in an attempt to block it — a Republican-backed bill passed the New Hampshire House of Representatives that would mandate...
Maine state house evacuated after bomb threats following hearing on transgender health, abortion shields
The Maine State House was evacuated on March 8 after two legislators, the State House and the Maine Democratic Party received bomb threats in emails. The Portland Press Herald also received a...
Op/ed: The right to an abortion is a queer issue
France has just enshrined abortion rights in its Constitution. What's wrong with the US?
We have collapsed the church into the affairs of the state. For example, the recent...
Burlington, VT voters elect Emma Mulvaney-Stanak their city’s first woman, first openly LGBT mayor
One exciting result from Super Tuesday is the election of Vermont State Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, who Burlington, Vt. voters last night chose to become their city's first woman and first openly LGBT...
VT State Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak could become first female and first openly LGBT mayor...
One Super Tuesday race to watch today is in Burlington, Vt., where if State Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak prevails, she would become not only the city's first female but first openly LGBTQ mayor....
MA Senate once again advances bill to make sex ed curriculum more inclusive
While other states' legislators are bowing to a politically motivated wave of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment by enacting restrictions, the Massachusetts Senate last week approved a bill to make the Bay State's sex ed...
Connecticut state treasurer speaks out against proposed anti-trans legislation
Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell, himself an openly gay man, penned a February 28 op/ed in the Hartford Courant calling out recent proposed state legislation targeting transgender children:
It’s...
US Rep. Balint (VT) calls out GOP colleagues for anti-LGBTQ remarks
At a recent hearing of the House Budget Committee on which she serves, US Representative Becca Balint of Vermont rebuked her GOP colleagues on the committee after a witness called federal programs...