NH lawmakers move to push through anti-LGBTQ bills in session’s final weeks

With only a few weeks to go before the end of the legislative session, lawmakers pushed forward a number of bills with anti-LGBTQ+ proposals,...

603 Equality, the NH LGBTQ+ rights nonprofit, hires first full-time employee

603 Equality, the two-year-old statewide LGBTQ+ rights nonprofit that advocates for legislative and policy change in New Hampshire, now has its first full-time employee...

Rhode Island AG leads AG coalition suing HHS over anti-trans funding cuts

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is leading up a coalition of a dozen US state attorney generals in a lawsuit against the...

Vermont lawmakers introduce bill that would fund federally cut gender-affirming health care

Newly introduced legislation in the Vermont state house would provide funds to offset federal cuts aimed at health care providers of gender-affirming services. Reports...

Trump admin. investigates New England schools over trans athletes

Eighteen New England schools across four school districts are under investigation for their inclusion of transgender athletes in school sports by the US Dept....

Federal funding threats paused against providers of trans youth health care

Late last week, 22 states filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in their legal challenge to the Declaration issued by Health and Human Services...

New Hampshire GOP lawmakers reprise anti-LGBTQ-inclusive education efforts

Despite a gubernatorial veto and rejections from federal courts in 2025, New Hampshire Republican legislators are trying again this year to restrict LGBTQ-inclusion in...

Brunswick, Maine selects first LGBTQ – and youngest – town council chair

Last week, Brunswick, Maine's town council chose who they believe to be their youngest and first openly LGBTQ+ chair. Reports Bangor Daily News: The council...

Federal judge lets MA parent opt child out of LGBTQ-, ‘DEI’-inclusive lessons

The father of a Lexington, Massachusetts kindergartner who sued the town’s school district over the inclusion of books with LGBTQ- and DEI-inclusive themes —...

MA Senator Julian Cyr honored as one of MassLive’s top leaders in the state

Massachusetts State Senator Julian Cyr (Cape & Islands) made MassLive's list of (just 12 political) Leaders to Watch from 2025. "Cyr, who is gay, got...

MA AG Campbell, Sen. Markey, Planned Parenthood oppose Trump ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth

Statewide, national and grassroots leaders across the country reacted in opposition to President Trump's proposed executive order that would withhold federal funding from institutions...

GLAD Law challenges halt of trans youth care at Connecticut hospitals

Ten Connecticut individuals and families are challenging the sudden termination of medical care for transgender adolescents and young adults at Yale New Haven Health...

Trans inmate forced to detransition in NH prison sues state corrections dept.

An inmate in the New Hampshire Department of Corrections is suing the state for forcing her to detransition, live in the state's men's facility...

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THE LGBT BUSINESS WEEK (2/7/2016): Italian media awards, Manchester United’s rainbow laces, Indiana fails, Harvard Business Review, and global events

Here's the first week of February's LGBT Business Report: a weekly round-up of news of consequence to the LGBT business professional community. This week in: NEWS: Italian LGBT...

Newsmakers | Rhode Island

This Just in from the Ocean State Parenting Rights Act The Rhode Island Uniform Parentage Act, signed into law last summer by then-Governor Gina Raimondo, went...

New England’s queer proms set their sights on future dates

For many LGBTQ adults, the very idea of being able to participate in the rite of passage of a prom is hard to even...

How big business of drag impacts local entertainment scene in New England

It’s good to be king. It’s even better to be a drag queen. Well, that’s true for a certain segment of the royal family, anyway....