NH Senate advances bill requiring teachers to out student to parents
The New Hampshire State Senate last week advanced the so-called “Parental Bill of Rights” (SB272), to the state’s House of Representatives. The legislation passed on a party line vote of 14-10. It...
Rhode Island lawmakers consider legislation to protect LGBTQ+ families
House Judiciary Committee members last week heard testimony on a bill (H 5226) that would provide a crucial next step in protecting LGBTQ+ families in Rhode Island, something that is urgently needed...
New Bedford city councilor apologizes for anti-transgender Facebook posts
After a high-school student protest and criticism from fellow public officials, New Bedford City Councilor Shawn Oliver apologized in a public statement Monday for having, a few years back, in his own...
Winooski, Vermont voters elect entire slate of LGBTQ+ city councilors
Voters in Winooski, Vermont last week elected an entire slate of LGBTQ+ city councilors, "a first for Vermont and likely one of the first such instances in the US," according to VT...
Congressman Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, fiancé Vann Bentley marry
US Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire and his fiancé Vann Bentley recently announced they've officially tied the knot.
Reelected in 2022, Pappas became the first openly gay...
David Cicilline, cochair of LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, to resign from Congress and lead...
US Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, cochair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, today announced he will resign from Congress, according to the Boston Globe. Says the Globe, Cicilline will then...
Second-term openly LGBTQ Vermont State Rep. Kate Donnally steps down
Kate Donnally, an openly LGBTQ Vermont state representative serving her second term, announced she would step down from her House seat on January 27, explaining the reason in her regular column for...
US Rep Katherine Clark’s nonbinary daughter arrested for alleged assault of police officer, anti-police...
Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Massachusetts' nonbinary daughter, Riley Dowell, was arrested over the weekend for allegedly assaulting a police officer and spray-painting anti-police graffiti on the Parkman Bandstand in Boston Common, according...
Bay State’s first openly LGBTQ governor, Maura Healey, takes office
Massachusetts’ former Attorney General Maura Healey has been sworn in as the Bay State’s first elected woman and openly LGBTQ governor — and the first lesbian governor to be elected in the...
President Biden signs landmark Respect for Marriage Act into law
After delivering a powerful speech in a moving ceremony yesterday afternoon, President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage bill into law, ensuring federal rights for same-sex and interracial marriages. While the...
