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,...

HRC expresses gratitude for LGBTQ+ activism of Rob and Michele Reiner

The Human Rights Campaign is mourning the loss of legendary actor, director and LGBTQ+ activist Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner. The...

Recent poll shows US Rep. Pappas (NH) with slight lead in US Senate race

A recent Saint Anselm College poll suggests that Congressman Chris Pappas enters New Hampshire’s 2026 US Senate race as the dominant Democratic contender—and a...

Maine Gov. Mills delivers rousing remarks at LGBTQ+ Victory Institute leadership conference

"Freedom, not fear. Compassion, not cruelty," were core messages of Maine Governor Janet Mills last week at the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute's 2025 International LGBTQ+...

New Mass. legislation facilitates legal name changes for trans residents

Last week, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed an end-of-year Fiscal Year 2025 supplemental budget that included an amendment, championed by advocates for LGBTQ+ people...

More cities than ever earn perfect scores on HRC Municipal Equality Index, including 10 in New England

Human Rights Campaign Foundation released its 14th edition of the Municipal Equality Index (MEI) — the only comprehensive nationwide assessment of LGBTQ+ equality in...

Lexington parent sues town schools over LGBTQ-inclusive picture books

The father of a Lexington, Massachusetts kindergartner is suing the town's school district over the inclusion of books with LGBTQ+ themes that he says...

Transgender Day of Remembrance memorial on Boston Common ‘erased’

Last week, more than 400 transgender flags were illegally removed from a Transgender Day of Remembrance memorial on Boston Common, across from the state...

Out Maine Democrat Jordan Wood drops US Senate bid for House run

Jordan Wood, the openly gay candidate for US Senate from Maine, has announced he is dropping out of that race and will now run...

Markey, Garcia reintroduce bill to direct US State Dept. to monitor, respond to anti-LGBTQ+ violence worldwide

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Robert Garcia (CA-42) today reintroduced the "International Human Rights Defense Act" (IHRDA) following the Supreme Court’s rejection of...

Bay State Senate passes bill to limit book bans in public schools, libraries

The Massachusetts Senate last week passed, "An Act Regarding Free Expression" (S.2338), legislation to limit bans on books and other materials from schools and...

Trans Day of Remembrance events in Boston to emphasize community

Preparations for Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) in Boston have been underway since June. The day of remembrance is held annually on Nov. 20...

On SCOTUS upholding marriage equality: GLAD Law ‘will continue fighting every day’

After the US Supreme Court denied the request to revisit marriage equality earlier this week, Mary Bonauto, senior director of civil rights and legal...

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Design Tour de North Shore

Three top North shore home design showrooms—Landry & Arcari Rugs and Carpeting in Salem, Lucia Lighting + Design in Lynn and Mitchell Gold +...

Little Compton, Rhode Island man sues state over anti-gay job discrimination

Antone DeSouza, a former Rhode Island state worker, is suing the Ocean State and former State Property Management Director David Patten for anti-LGBT job...

Understanding SCOTUS decision on the anti-discrimination wedding cake case

Coming at the start of Pride Month, the Supreme Court's decision on the case of the Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding...

G4G May 2011 Service Project

Over thirty volunteers from Boston’s Gay For Good (G4G) showed up to help paint and otherwise spruce up an elementary pilot school in Mattapan.