Dismay, key questions after Boston Pride’s announcement to shut down
Leading LGBTQ Bay State groups and a frustrated community are expressing dismay and concern the week after Boston Pride's board of directors announced late last Friday they would "close down the organization."...
New England’s finest celebrates nearly a quarter century of positive relations with LGBT community
With all the serious concern about insensitivity in law enforcement across the country, we wanted to share a little good news coming out of New England's finest. GOAL (Gay Officers Action League) of New England turns 25 next year....
Menino named honorary marshal for 2015 Boston Pride
Boston's late Mayor Thomas M. Menino has been named honorary marshall for the city's 45th annual Boston Pride Parade, which will be held on Saturday, June 13.
In a March 26 press release, Boston Pride's President Sylvain...
President Obama designates Stonewall Inn national historic landmark
Forty-seven years after the Stonewall Uprising, President Obama is honoring the Greenwich Village nightclub as a historic national monument. The famous New York City gay club—where patrons famously stood up and fought back against harassment and...
In response to calls for a boycott, Boston Pride board president will resign, Globe...
The Boston Globe has reported that Linda DeMarco, Boston Pride's long-time board president, will resign this summer "to make way for new leadership in response to activists who have boycotted the group...
Rhode Island Pride to host Halloween Street Jubilee, anniversary events
Traditionally, Halloween weekend is often referred to as a high holiday in the LGBTQIA+ community. That makes it a perfect time, Rhode Island Pride just announced, to do something new and unique...
Weymouth High School students win approval to paint a rainbow crosswalk
Weymouth High members of the school's Human Rights Coalition painted a rainbow crosswalk in front of their school after their campaign to create it won the superintendent's approval last week. The students...
Burlington comes out for biggest Pride Vermont since their first march in 1983
Pride Vermont turned out to be one bright rainbow on a rainy day this past Sunday when the Pride Center of Vermont hosted the largest Pride parade and festival in the city...
LGBTQA Mainers celebrate Pride statewide through ‘Pride Passport’
Communities throughout New England during this socially distanced summer have come up with many creative ways to safely celebrate Pride during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the LGBTQ community in Maine is doing...
Tufts, UMass-Amherst score perfect five stars on the LGBT Campus Pride Index
Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst earned top marks on the 2017 Campus Pride Index. The national LGBT youth support and advocacy organization examined more than 300 campuses, and these two Massachusetts...
