Maine high school crowns transgender youth homecoming king
He's a dedicated student athlete who loves Christian music, soccer and snowboarding—and Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine just voted this transgender 17-year-old their homecoming king.
Stiles Zuschlag told the Associated Press, as reported...
Harvard rescinds visiting fellowship offer to Chelsea Manning
Responding to immediate backlash after announcing that Chelsea Manning would be a visiting fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics, the university swiftly disinvited Manning from the fellowship—while maintaining every other aspect of its...
Dell EMC settles former transgender employee’s hostile workplace claim
Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based computer storage company Dell EMC received a perfect score on HRC's 2016 workplace equality index. It also was named one of the top companies for LGBT employees by Diversity Inc.
Still, the tech giant...
Boston-based GLAD and lesbian rights center move to block Trump’s ban against trans military...
President Trump turned his harassing Tweets against transgender US military service people into official Pentagon policy on August 25, signing an order that would prohibit transgender Americans from military service and halting military service...
GLAD, NCLR file federal suit against Trump’s transgender military ban
Today, lawyers from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging President Trump’s directive...
Massachusetts officials weigh in on Trump’s ‘un-American’ transgender military service ban
Anyone still in doubt that Trump's cavalier behavior reflects dangerous disregard for the American people he was elected to serve can look no further than yesterday's break-neck about face against transgender people serving in...
Major CDC grant expands HIV prevention services in Lowell & Boston
Boston and Lowell are two cities with the highest average number of HIV infection diagnoses in the Bay State, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Recognizing the need for greater prevention services, the CDC...
Mayor Walsh raises transgender flag as anti-trans bus rolls into town
"Boston is, and will remain, an accepting and inclusive City. I'm proud to raise the transgender flag at Boston City Hall today."
Such was the message that Boston Mayor Marty Walsh sent out via Twitter...
Study shows discrimination against trans apt seekers in Boston
"Discrimination with a smile."
That's how a new study by researchers at Suffolk Law School describes what transgender apartment seekers in Greater Boston face. Even though such discrimination is illegal in Massachusetts, more than 60...
Mass Medical Society honors doctor for major work in trans health
While the national debate over whether healthcare should truly be available to everyone rages on, many in the medical community are busy working to establish and enhance what healthcare for everyone truly means.
Example: the Massachusetts Medical...