Maine transgender woman files first-known discrimination claim against an assisted living facility
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) filed a discrimination case with the Maine Human Rights Commission on behalf of a 78-year-old woman denied a room by Sunrise Assisted Living in Jonesport,...
Moonbox partners with Trans Resistance MA for ‘Rocky Horror’
Moonbox Productions is partnering with Trans Resistance MA for its current production of that gender-bending, fabulous glam-rock musical "Rocky Horror Picture Show," on stage through Oct. 31 at Moonbox's pop-up theater at...
Transhealth Northampton CEO nominated as a ‘Hero’ of the year
Dallas Ducar, CEO of Transhealth Northampton — the first independent trans health care center in the US, which opened earlier this year in Northampton, Mass. — is among a select group of...
Then and now: Part II, Now it’s Gabi’s time to live: Transitioning at 60
Gabi Morgan, 65, from Jamaica Plain is becoming a fixture not only in her own community of JP but also with older trans and gender diverse adults...
First two transgender women of color begin teaching at Harvard Law School
This month, Anya Marino and Alejandra Caraballo became the first two transgender women of color to teach at Harvard Law School, according to a report in The 19th.
‘Let Trans Athletes Play’ day of sports, games and protest held in Cambridge
Last Sunday afternoon, a welcoming and inclusive group gathered in North Cambridge's Mayor Thomas W. Danehy Park to play frisbee, softball and other games from chess to the corn-hole toss and to...
Epping, NH school board weighs when, or if, to out trans students to parents
The school board of Epping, New Hampshire is grappling with a new policy of guidelines concerning transgender and nonbinary students. The major concern is over when, or if, it's appropriate to allow...
Massive wall mural in Providence honors local+ LGBTQ leaders
A massive outdoor mural recently completed by internationally renowned artist Brian Kenny to honor LGBTQ community leaders is turning heads in Upper South Providence. The image stands tall on the wall of...
Then and now: Part I, David’s story, transitioning in the 1970s
“There was no word for it, no language, no history, no information, no support systems and no role models.” This is how David Weekley, 70, from Hull, describes...
Trans Olympic hopeful, who trains in New England, not allowed to compete
CeCé Telfer, the openly transgender NCAA track-and-field title winner who trains in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, has been disqualified from the current 2021 Olympic trials, where she had previously been accepted to...
