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,...
Rhode Island Pride to host Halloween Street Jubilee, anniversary events
Traditionally, Halloween weekend is often referred to as a high holiday in the LGBTQIA+ community. That makes it a perfect time, Rhode Island Pride just announced, to do something new and unique...
Tre’Andre Valentine, John Ward to be honored at 2021 HistoryMaker Awards
The History Project, Boston’s LGBTQ community archives, will hold its annual HistoryMaker Awards event, featuring an in-person reception with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, November 4,...
Newsmakers | Vermont
Green Mountain State Update
Double rainbows
The Burlington Free Press celebrated the last day of Pride month by sharing photos posted on social media of...
Newsmakers | Connecticut
Articles from the Constitution State
Permanent Pride
Norwalk, Connecticut, has a new, rainbow crosswalk outside Norwalk’s Mathews Park, and unlike many other LGBTQ-affirming Pride-season installations,...
Newsmakers | Maine
News from the Pine Tree State
A good turn
When TikTok star Meredith Steele of Bath, Maine, heard about an openly gay waiter twice stiffed...
Newsmakers | Rhode Island
This Just in from the Ocean State
Pro-LGBTQ bills
In July, Governor Daniel McKee signed two important pieces of legislation, both pro-LGBTQ bills, and he...
Newsmakers | New Hampshire
Headlines from the Granite State
Pappas introduces veterans bill
US Rep. Chris Pappas introduced a bill that would create an LGBTQ Veterans Advisory Committee at...
Pride Vermont’s Pride Week | Aug. 26–Sept. 5, 2021
Vermont Pride Week is back this year! Along with the big events on Sunday, Sept. 5—Pride Vermont's Parade and Festival—there'll be a BBQ and mixer, a drag queen story hour, Pride hikes,...
Orono, Maine’s Pride ostrich stolen; creators seek no-question-asked return
A much-loved ostrich sculpture from Orono, Maine's Pride "zoo" has been stolen. The Pride Zoo is made up of several life-sized animal sculptures, painted in rainbow flag colors and displayed around town...
