Four New England universities earn ‘Best of the Best’ Campus Pride scores
In commemoration of LGBTQ History Month and National Coming Out Day, Campus Pride announced its "Best of the Best" list of colleges and universities across the nation. And New England has four...
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...
Pride, BLM flags to fly over schools across Vermont’s Mill River district
After careful consideration by a school board in Vermont, the LGBTQ Pride flag and Black Lives Matter flag will fly over all public schools in Clarendon, North Clarendon, Shrewsbury, Wallingford and Tinmouth,...
New England’s queer proms set their sights on future dates
For many LGBTQ adults, the very idea of being able to participate in the rite of passage of a prom is hard to even imagine. Unfortunately, all of...
LGBTQ youth-focused health project receives nearly $1 million grant
With a focus on LGBTQ youth, the Positive Pathways Project of Needham, Massachusetts–based JRI Heath is receiving nearly $1 million from the federal government to support its work to help Suffolk County...
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...
Belfast, Maine senior may be first transgender valedictorian in US
A winning combination of intelligence, hard work and inspiring character are surely among the top qualities that brought Belfast, Maine senior Syd Sanders to this moment. Not only has Sanders earned the...
OUT Maine maintains much of its youth programming by going online
Though forced to cancel, or postpone, many of its highly anticipated gatherings, OUT Maine is moving much of its programming for youth online during the COVID-9 pandemic.
Its...
Emergency grants for LGBTQ youth projects offered to individuals, groups
This just in from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth:
The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth is offering a minimum of $10,000 in emergency grants to help individuals and...
OUT MetroWest moves LGBTQ youth support online in response to COVID-19
As of March 12, as a precautionary measure against coronavirus, OUT MetroWest has canceled its in-person youth meetings ... but they replaced them with sessions online. The next scheduled online sessions will be held...