GLAD Law: ‘Post Pride, LGBTQ+ youth in foster care still require our attention’

The following column appears in the July/August 2026 issue of Boston Spirit Magazine: Another Pride Month is in the books. For many of us, Pride...

GLAD Law: DC Circuit hears arguments against Trump’s trans military ban

WASHINGTON, DC—A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today heard oral arguments in Talbott v. USA (formerly Talbott v. Trump), a...

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...

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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...

NoWoCo Pride Festival

The vibe was casual cool as hundreds of LGBTQ+ “ladies, gentlemen and all those in between,” in the words of Emcee Mizery, came out...

What makes a New Englander? LGBTQ artists prominent in Vermont show

It seems fitting that for its first post-pandemic public exhibition, the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont will showcase New England by celebrating the region’s...

Northampton, MA considers transgender sanctuary city status

Northampton, Massachusetts City Councilors Rachel Maiore and Deborah Klemer have introduced a resolution to deem Northampton a sanctuary city for gender-affirming and reproductive health...