Ellsworth, Maine school board endorses student plan to paint crosswalks in rainbow colors
A group of high school students in Ellsworth, Maine received their school board's endorsement to paint two crosswalks in the colors of the rainbow flag at the city's high school and elementary-middle...
Cigna Foundation grants 50K for OUT Maine to support school GSTA groups
The youth advocacy nonprofit OUT Maine has received a $50,000 grant from the Cigna Foundation to provide support and resources to gay-straight-trans alliances (GSTAs) at schools throughout the state.
Portland Maine school board adopts broad transgender protections
The Portland, Maine School Board unanimously voted in a comprehensive new policy that protects transgender and gender nonconforming students at its November 28 meeting.
The policy includes protections for students to use restrooms and changing...
Mass. Attorney General Campbell co-leads multi-state coalition to support LGBTQ+ kids in public schools
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown are co-leading a multi-state coalition of 19 attorneys general in supporting a Maryland local board of education’s efforts to create...
Depression rates still high among gay teens, Brown University study shows
According to a new Brown University study on Massachusetts teenagers published in an American Medical Association journal, JAMA Pediatrics, depression rates of teens remain significantly higher than their heterosexual peers, despite an overall decline...
Boston’s Theater Offensive’s ‘Beyond the Stage’ benefit postponed
Due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) concerns, The Theater Offensive's March 12 "Beyond the Stage" benefit event has been postponed.
The event is the premier annual fundraiser of Boston's LGBTQ youth theater program, the longest running such...
Massachusetts house votes 137–14 to ban conversion therapy
Massachusetts took an important step closer this week to becoming the 15th state in the country to ban conversion therapy on minors.
On Wednesday, the Bay State's house of representatives voted 137–14 to pass H.4664,...
Department of Education weighs in against Connecticut trans athletes competing in high school sports
The Associated Press reported yesterday that a 45-page letter from US Department of Education's civil rights office finds that "Connecticut’s policy allowing transgender girls to compete as girls in high school sports...
Maine school board votes against banning a second LGBTQ-inclusive book from school library
For the second time in a month, the Bonny Eagle district school board has voted in favor of keeping an LGBTQ-inclusive book in the school library. Both votes took place at packed...
Dunkin’ foundation helps fund food programs for LGBTQ youth in need
Canton, Mass.–based Dunkin's Joy in Childhood Foundation is distributing six grants to community nonprofits committed to helping LGBTQ+ youth across the US. One of the Dunkin' grant recipients is Fenway Health, the...
