Pittsfield, Massachusetts police review board approves transgender policy
The Pittsfield Massachusetts Police Department's new policies and procedures for conduct with transgender people—approved on Feb. 17 by the city's policy advisory review board—could be a model step for police departments across...
President Biden lifts ban on transgender military service
Less than a week into his presidency, President Biden has lifted the ban on transgender people serving in the US military with an executive order today.
“America is...
Providence city councilor resigns leadership position after anti-trans remarks revealed on recording
Providence City Councilor Michael Correia gave up his leadership position last week as president pro tempore after a recording went public in which he'd made a number of anti-transgender remarks about a...
Boston city council to consider adding nonbinary option to city documents
Boston City Councilors Michelle Wu and Liz Breadon are backing a proposal for the city to adopt a nonbinary gender designation for all of its forms, documents and certificates, and they planned...
Transgender Day of Remembrance to be observed in Boston, on Cape Cod
Every year in November, the Boston transgender and gender nonconforming communities come together to mourn those who have been taken from us due to anti-transgender violence. This tradition began in 1998, with...
Taylor Small becomes Vermont’s first openly transgender state legislator
Taylor Small, a trans woman from Winooski and director of health and wellness at the Pride Center of Vermont, has become the first openly transgender person elected to the Vermont state legislator. ...
US Dept. of Ed. pressures Franklin Pierce University to rescind trans athletics inclusion policy
Under pressure from the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, has rescinded its policy of inclusion for transgender athletes.
First openly transgender, nonbinary, two-spirit person elected in Maine
Geo Soctomah Neptune, a two-spirit artist, education and member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, has become the first openly transgender or nonbinary person elected in Maine. Neptune won the most votes for a...
Worcester city buildings to get gender-neutral bathrooms by executive order
Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. signed a Sept. 8 executive order requiring nearly all city buildings to provide at least one gender neutral bathroom by the end of 2020. That includes...
New Bedford Marine convicted of killing trans woman is pardoned and deported from Philippines
US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton from New Bedford, Massachusetts has been pardoned by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and has been deported from that country after serving five years, half his...
