National Association of Social Workers’ Massachusetts chapter condemns anti-LGBTQIA+ extremism
The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW-MA) issued the following statement on recent anti-LGBTQIA+ violence:
, Boston Children’s Hospital was targeted with a bomb...
Coalition of Rhode Islanders urges legislators to reject bills targeting LGBTQ+ people
A coalition of local organizations, advocates, and community members have sent an open letter to Rhode Island legislators urging them to reject a series of proposed bills that would undermine the well-being of LGBTQ+...
Bomb squad sent to Boston Children’s Hospital after threat over trans care
NBC News reported an investigation is underway into an anonymous bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital Tuesday evening. The threat comes after weeks of harassment resulting from an online campaign of transphobic...
US Rep. Balint (VT) calls out GOP colleagues for anti-LGBTQ remarks
At a recent hearing of the House Budget Committee on which she serves, US Representative Becca Balint of Vermont rebuked her GOP colleagues on the committee after a witness called federal programs...
Three more Massachusetts churches targeted with anti-LGBTQ+ vandalism
Three more churches in Massachusetts were targeted with anti-LGBTQ+ vandalism in late July, and the churches' leaders and their communities, along with the Massachusetts Council of Churches, are once again rallying in...
Texas man sentenced in Boston federal court for threatening local doctor who works with...
A Texas man was sentenced last week in Boston federal court for a series of threats he made to a doctor at the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, a program of the...
Harvard Law instructor repeatedly cc’d on anti-LGBTQ, -trans bomb threats
Harvard Law School instructor and civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law's Cyberlaw Clinic, has been cc'd on some three dozen emails containing bomb threats this year. Caraballo,...
Beverly man arrested for homophobic spree of graffiti, vandalism in Salem
Salem police have arrested a suspect in a recent spree of anti-LGBTQ+ graffiti and vandalism in Salem, Massachusetts during the late night hours of Sept. 13. Mohammed Saeed Rajab, age 25, allegedly...
ACLU-NH, GLAD: School book ban would violate NH Constitution
The ACLU of New Hampshire and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) on Monday a letter to Frank Edelblut, the Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education (DOE), warning that his...
New Bedford city councilor apologizes for anti-transgender Facebook posts
After a high-school student protest and criticism from fellow public officials, New Bedford City Councilor Shawn Oliver apologized in a public statement Monday for having, a few years back, in his own...
