Superintendents condemn attack on transgender high school student after North Attleboro/Foxborough game
Massachusetts school superintendents from two districts condemned an alleged hate-crime assault against a transgender North Attleboro high school junior after a North Attleboro and Foxborough school basketball game last week in North...
Bechdel donates signed book bundle for Outright Vermont Fire Truck Pull
In a heartfelt gesture to support LGBTQ+ youth, acclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel has donated a collection of her signed books to Outright Vermont’s annual Fire Truck Pull fundraiser, which took place this...
In tie-breaking vote, New Hampshire House kills anti-conversion therapy bill
In a 166–165 vote, the New Hampshire House of Representatives struck down a bill on January 10 that would have prohibited counselors from proposing or performing treatments aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender...
Rhode Island Foundation awards $53,000 to eight LGBTQ nonprofits
The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $53,000 to share between eight LGBTQ nonprofits. The funding aims to support groups "engaged in efforts ranging from civil rights advocacy for families and youth to improving the...
Vermont Reads program focuses on LGBTQ youth for its 2021 selection
The Vermont Humanities Council has selected the LGBTQ young adult novel "We Contain Multitudes" for its Vermont Reads program's book selection of 2021.
Partnering with schools, libraries and...
NH gov. vows to veto bill that would force teachers to out students
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has pledged to veto legislation, recently passed by the state’s senate, that would force teachers to out LGBTQ students to their parents, even when the news could...
MA Senate once again advances bill to make sex ed curriculum more inclusive
While other states' legislators are bowing to a politically motivated wave of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment by enacting restrictions, the Massachusetts Senate last week approved a bill to make the Bay State's sex ed...
Promoting her platform of LGBTQ youth safety, 5th grader Ella Briggs elected Connecticut’s Kid...
Running on a platform of LGBTQ Youth Safety, fifth-grader Ella Briggs has been elected the 2019 Kid Governor of Connecticut. Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill announced the results last week in a special...
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...
VT high school rallies LGBTQ+ support with homecoming halftime drag show
Burlington High School in Vermont came out in support of the LGBTQ+ community last Friday by hosting a halftime drag show at its annual homecoming football game. By all accounts, it was...
