Provincetown offers free trips for some lucky young LGBTQ people for Pride Week 2026

The Provincetown Business Guild's new PtownONE Program is offering free weekend trips to some 50 lucky LGBTQ young adults, ages 21–29, plus one guest...

Sites to See: LGBTQ History for New England Day Trippers

Renowned for its leading role in the LGBTQ-rights movement, New England’s LGBTQ history goes way back. There’s so much to explore in our region’s...

Provincetown updates guidelines in response to increase in COVID cases

This week, Provincetown officials updated their public health guidelines in response to a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases as summer crowds returned. The new...

Return of Provincetown’s theme weeks

Dee Grace LaValle was so overcome with emotion, she sat down at the Pilgrim Monument and started to cry. She was attending her second...

City of Boston launches $2.5 million promotional drive focusing on diversity

The City of Boston has just launched a new, $2.5 million campaign to promote local Latinx-, LGBTQ- and Black-owned businesses. "All-Inclusive Boston" aims to...

Chic Full Gay in Vermont serves up tasty alternative to homophobia

The concept's as brilliant as it's delicious. "Chic Full Gay," a Burlington, Vermont pop-up is serving a tasty alternative (with tasteful sides and sweets)...

Patrick Joslyn (aka Joslyn Fox) puts fresh talent to work staging homes

Patrick Joslyn is ready for a second act. He certainly has it with Stage Door Home Staging, his new Worcester-based company that specializes in styling...

Slope Scene: Great gay getaways for winter-loving New Englanders

Itching to get outside during an especially long winter? Luckily, we live in New England—where mountain skiing is one of the few activities it’s...

Community Servings’ Thanksgiving pie sale | Nov. 24–25, 2020 (or til Nov. 26 at Whole Foods)

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the Boston nonprofit Community Servings is making it easier to treat your holiday table with gourmet deliciousness and...

Community Servings’ Thanksgiving pie sale prevails through pandemic

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the Boston nonprofit Community Servings is making it easier than ever to put a pie on everyone's table...

A Maine resort collection that’s tailor-made for socially distant getaways

We’re in the middle of a pandemic, and America’s economy is in tatters. Maine tourism, a vital industry in the state, has been particularly...

2020 James Beard semifinalists include Boston chef Tiffani Faison and Karen Akunowicz’s Fox and Knife eatery

Two out, proud LGBTQ Boston chefs are among the semifinalists announced this week for prestigious 2020 James Beard Foundation Awards—Tiffani Faison for best chef,...

America’s Test Kitchen celebrity chef Elle Simone’s bold new recipe

When Elle Simone arrived to “America’s Test Kitchen” in 2016, she became the first black woman to join the cast of the long-running, Boston-based...

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Massachusetts Senate passes bill to include protections for transgender people

With an overwhelming majority—33-4—the Massachusetts Senate passed a long-awaited bill to ensure that transgender people have the same rights to public accommodations as everyone else in the Bay State. "The...

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...

‘PRIED’ queer arts show kicks off summer at Society of Arts + Crafts

Are you someone who constantly runs out of things to do despite always wanting to bask in the heat of summer activities? One recommendation...

Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association Dinner

The Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association’s 26th annual dinner, which drew a crowd of over 400 people, was held on May 6, 2011 at the...