Boston Pride grants a record almost $80,000 to grassroots groups
Some very good news came to the 39 recipients of the 2020 Boston Pride Community Fund grants totaling a record of almost $80,000. Since 2016, Boston Pride has awarded approximately $180,000 to...
North Shore Pride cancels parade and festival, looks toward innovative ways to connect community
North Shore Pride’s board of directors has decided to cancel the 2020 North Shore Pride Parade and Festival events due to public safety concerns around COVID-19. They're now planning to further announce...
Boston Pride 50th anniversary parade and festival postponed to June 2021
Boston Pride and City of Boston officials announced today that they are postponing Boston Pride's 50th anniversary parade and festival until next year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The new date will...
Boston Pride moves all possible meetings, events online through April
Boston Pride announced today that all of its remaining meetings and events scheduled this month and through April will either be held online as virtual gatherings, or will be postponed or canceled....
Easthampton Strong Man Rob Kearney honored at Boston Celtics Pride Night
The Boston Celtics honored professional Strong Man Rob Kearney of Easthampton, Massachusetts, with their Heroes Among Us award. The Celtics recognized Kearney at their second annual Pride Night, held on Feb. 7 in front...
UK pastor resigns after taking a page from Rhode Island bishop’s playbook
Posting a message taken largely from a tweet by Rhode Island bishop Thomas Tobin, UK-based pastor Keith Waters suggested that Christians should not be supportive of events that are held in honor of LGBTQ...
New England candidates among first Victory Fund 2020 endorsements
The "Rainbow Wave" of LGBT candidates running for office across the United States, which drew national attention in 2018, has yet to crest, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, the national organization dedicated to electing...
Boston Pride fills two new senior staff positions to meet growing mission
Boston Pride's board of directors this week made good on their strategic-planning mission to add additional staffing by 2020 with two new senior position hires: Pierce Durkin as director of operations and Reina Ysaguirre-Boersma as director...
VT Senator Sanders to skip HRC LGBTQ town hall on CNN; MA Senator Warren...
Citing scheduling conflicts, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders told CNN that he will not participate with other leading Democratic presidential candidates in the Human Rights Campaign's LGBTQ-focused town hall, "Power of Our Pride," to be...
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center hosts panel discussion on the history of queer activism...
"Looking Back, Moving Forward: Four Decades of Queer Activism in Vermont," a panel discussion on key individuals, organizations and the history of queer activism in southern Vermont from the 1980s to the present, starts...
