Boston Legacy women’s pro soccer team hosts first Pride Match at Gillette Stadium

Boston Legacy Football Club — the new women's professional soccer team that currently plays at Gillette Stadium and will move to Boston's White Stadium...

Judge upholds challenge to pro-trans student athlete policy in Connecticut

A US District Court judge who initially dismissed a lawsuit back in 2021 challenging Connecticut's policy that allows trans students to compete on school...

Parents sue NH school district that stopped anti-trans protest at soccer match

Four parents who protested the court-ordered inclusion of a transgender student athlete at a New Hampshire high school girls' soccer match are suing the...

Federal court blocks enforcement of trans sports ban against NH students

A federal court issued an order today blocking enforcement of a New Hampshire law that bans transgender girls from playing on school sports teams,...

Provincetown Swim for Life photo archive reaches 1M views, inspires celebration before Sept. 7 swim

The 37th Provincetown Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla, set for September 7, is pleased to announce its photo archive has reached one million...

Federal judge allows NH trans student to keep playing on girls soccer team

A federal judge ruled yesterday in favor of a transgender student who challenged the state of New Hampshire's new law barring all transgender girls...

Students challenge NH law excluding transgender girls from school sports

Late last week, the families of two New Hampshire public high school students filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law, HB 1205, which...

Red Sox player Jarren Duran apologizes after homophobic slur at heckling fan

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran made a public apology after cameras caught the player shouting a homophobic slur at a fan who was heckling...

MassEquality responds to controversy around Olympic boxer Imane Khelif

The controversy surrounding Imane Khelif's right to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games has ignited a firestorm of ignorance and bigotry reminiscent of the...

Teen’s testimony helps defeat trans sports ban in NH House committee

In a 19-1 vote, New Hampshire's House Education Committee killed an anti-trans student athletics bill after transgender teenager Maëlle Jacques appeared before them, "appeal...

GLAD’s Mary Bonauto to throw first pitch at Fenway Park’s Pride Night

In celebration of 20 years of marriage equality, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)’s Mary Bonauto, who argued the landmark Massachusetts Goodridge case, will throw out the...

NH Senate approves bills barring trans athletes, outing LGBTQ+ students

The New Hampshire Senate approved two anti-LGBTQ+ bills last Friday, one to ban transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams, the other requiring...

Boston’s Renovation Husbands win HGTV’s ‘Battle on the Mountain’

The Dorchester, Mass. couple Stephen and David St. Russell — aka the Renovation Husbands — recently competed in HGTV's popular reality competition "Battle on...

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Mass ACLU files civil rights lawsuit against college on behalf of rebuked professor

The Bay State branch of the ACLU is backing tenured professor Lauren Barthold against her employer, Gordon College, which strongly disciplined Barthold for speaking out...

EqualityMaine, ME Council of Churches stand against discrimination in schools

EqualityMaine, the largest and oldest LGBTQ+ organization in Maine, and the Maine Council of Churches, an ecumenical coalition of seven mainline Protestant member denominations,...

Mass. SJC to hear Gordon College’s LGBTQ workplace discrimination case

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear the claim of a Christian college in Wenham, Mass. that maintains it has the right on religious...

Mass. Nurses Assoc. stands with Congressional candidate Alex Morse after student group’s allegations

The Massachusetts Nurses Association announced on Aug. 11 their continuing support for Holyoke Mayor and US Congressional candidate Alex Morse after last week's allegations...