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...

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...

US Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn marriage equality

The US Supreme Court announced this morning, Nov. 10, that they have rejected hearing a case aimed at, in part, overturning marriage equality. Reports The...

Newton, MA City Councilor-Elect Cyrus Dahmubed among openly LGBTQ winners of Nov. 4, 2025 election

Cyrus Dahmubed, city councilor at-large–elect for Newton, Massachusetts, is among the openly LGBTQ winners of the November 4, 2025 election. Dahmubed was endorsed by...

Is VT Pride Center Closing? ‘No.’ But their current challenges are serious

After getting out the word last month that the Pride Center of Vermont was taking an "operation pause," in which several of their critical...

State policies banning discrimination against LGBTQ foster youth threatened by Trump administration

The Trump administration has sent letters threatening funding for states including Vermont, Massachusetts, New York and California warning that state policies supporting LGBTQ foster...

Support for trans rights front and center in Maine Gov. Mills launch for US Senate

When Maine Governor Janet Mills officially announced her campaign for US Senate last week, she put her support for transgender rights — and legal...

Middlebury College swim team trans diver’s death deemed a suicide

Vermont State Police have announced that 21-year-old Middlebury College senior Lia Smith, a diver on the school's swim team who had been reported missing...

Former LGBTQ+ Victory Fund co-chair runs for Providence City Council

Matt McDermott, a former co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Campaign board, is running for city council in Providence, Rhode Island. Reports Ocean State...

Candidate for US Senate from Maine admits posting antigay slurs, calls them ‘indefensible’

Graham Planter, a Democratic candidate for US Senate from Maine, has admitted to and apologized for posting antigay slurs on Reddit, while serving in...

GLAD Law issues fact sheet on protections from DOJ subpoenas for trans youth and their families

The Trump administration has escalated its campaign against transgender youth by issuing more than 20 civil subpoenas to health care facilities that provide care...

Women’s colleges in New England reaffirm support of trans women

Smith, Mount Holyoke and Wellesley colleges in Massachusetts are among New England women's institutions of higher education reaffirming their support of trans women on...

Fenway Health halts gender-affirming care for minors, faces backlash

The Boston-based Fenway Health — one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people — is halting its gender-affirming care (hormones...

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BGBL’s Fighting Irish at National Competition

The Fighting Irish traveled to Chicago this past September to represent the Boston Gay Basketball League at the 35th Anniversary LGBTQ+ Basketball National Championships....

AIDS survivor’s story: A black lesbian’s struggle for answers

In the early 1980s, Shirley Royster, an African American lesbian, knew something was wrong. She saw people in the black community dying at an...

New Hampshire AG’s office opposes bill to ban ‘LGBTQ ideologies’ from schools

New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General Sean Locke has publicly come out against new legislation aiming to ban "divisive concepts," such as critical race theory...

Lady Bunny to headline Winter Rendezvous ski week at Stowe, VT

From January 23 to 27, the mountain slopes of Stowe, Vermont will once again be host to Winter Rendezvous, the hugely popular gay ski...