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...

Lowell, MA school stands by inclusivity after injuries involving transgender basketball player on competing team

A high school in Massachusetts that recently forfeited a game after two of their players were hurt in plays involving a trans player on...

NH legislators consider bills targeting transgender students, athletes

New Hampshire's Senate Education Committee is considering two bills that would ban transgender athletes from participating on K–12 and collegiate sports teams and currently...

TD Garden lit up in Pride colors for Bruins’ Hockey Is for Everyone Night

The Boston Bruins lit up TD Garden in rainbow colors for their annual Hockey Is for Everyone Night, presented by TD Bank, this past...

Fenway Health to award three runners bibs for 2024 Boston Marathon

Fenway Health is partnering with Bank of America's Boston Marathon Official Charity program to award bibs to three motivated fundraising runners to run in...

Couple hikes up Vermont mountain in wedding dresses to wed at summit

Alicia and Crystal Blakely hiked up to the 4,083-foot summit of Vermont's Camel's Hump mountain in their wedding dresses to marry each other against...

South Hadley woman becomes first to swim all 410 miles of Connecticut River

This past Sunday, Kari Kastango, who lives with her wife in South Hadley, Massachusetts, became the first known person to swim all 410 miles...

‘Outdoor gear library’ gets LGBTQ+ Portland, Mainers out on the trails

A new queer-focused "outdoor gear library" in Portland, Maine is helping the LGBTQ+ community get out into nature with all the health, fitness and...

Red Sox grapple with starting an anti-LGBTQ tweeting pitcher on Pride Night

Though it remained unclear yesterday when NBC Sports Boston reported that Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Dermody, who'd posted an anti-LGBTQ statement on Twitter...

Healey administration supports federal protections for trans student athletes

Bay State Governor Maura Healey's office came out yesterday in support of proposed protections for transgender student athletes from elementary school through college. Reports...

Congressman Cicilline (RI) condemns House bill to ban trans kids from sports

US Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island spoke out in strong opposition to H.R. 734, a House Republican bill that would actively discriminate against...

Tufts athletics community forms group for LGBTQ+ and ally student-athletes

The athletics community at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. has officially formed a chapter of Athlete Ally, "a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the...

27 nonbinary athletes to run in first Boston Marathon that officially registers their gender identity

For the first time in the history of the Boston Marathan, nonbinary runners can officially register in a division that matches their gender identity,...

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Seventh Annual Toys for Joys Gift Gala

Revelers at the Seventh Annual Toys for Joys Gift Gala piled thousands of presents for children in need under a giant Christmas tree while...

GLAD Law: You can’t ‘take back’ our families; the freedom to marry endures

Within the churn of political, cultural, economic and legal forces that shape our society, LGBTQ+ Americans have built something enduring: the freedom to marry...

Federal judge grants motion to ‘quash’ DOJ’s subpoena for details on trans patients at Boston Children’s

A federal judge last week rejected a request from the US Department of Justice for "an astonishing array" of information from Boston Children's concerning...

FLAG Flag Football Volunteering

Pine Street Inn | Boston | January 29, 2017 | photos Adam Vavrek A squad of volunteers from Boston FLAG Flag football league tackled kitchen duties at...