Efforts back on track to ban youth conversion therapy in Massachusetts
Efforts to make Massachusetts the 16th state in the country to ban conversion therapy got back on track this week with "a crowded, emotional hearing in front the Committee on Children, Families and Persons...
Register by March 4 for EqualityMaine’s ‘Spill the Equalit-Tea’ youth conference
EqualityMaine is proudly hosting its ninth annual LGBTQ+ youth conference on March 8 on the Biddeford Campus of the University of New England—and calling it “Spill the Equalit-Tea,” and it’s literally overflowing with activity.
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GLSEN study finds Massachusetts schools unsafe for many LGBTQ middle and high-school students
Despite many initiatives to make Bay State public schools more inclusive and welcoming to LGBTQ students, a recent national study by the LGBTQ youth advocacy group GLSEN finds Massachusetts schools "unsafe for many LGBTQ...
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...
Maine voters can still ban conversion therapy by replacing LePage
Maine Governor Paul LePage's veto of the conversion therapy bill—which had passed both houses of the state's legislature with strong support but was nixed by LePage—could yet be overturned, says Equality Maine Executive Director...
Maine gov. vetoes conversion therapy ban, approving harmful practice
Despite strong support in the state's legislature, Governor Paul LePage late this week vetoed the bill that would have banned the harmful practice of conversion therapy on youth in the state of Maine, becoming...
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,...
RI Congressman: ‘no policies in place’ for detained LGBT immigrant youth
Among all the disturbing problems created by the Trump administration's policy of separating thousands of immigrant children from their parents, it should come as no surprise that no policies appear in place to address...
NH governor signs trans rights bill and conversion therapy ban into law
Friday, June 8, 2018 is now a historic day for LGBT rights in New Hampshire.
Republican Governor Chris Sununu signed not one but two pro-LGBT rights bills into law: House Bill 1319, banning discrimination against transgender...
Nearly 16 percent of Bay State youth identify as LGBT, recent survey shows
Today's young people feel significantly free to identify as LGBT in Massachusetts—nearly 16 percent for those ages 18 to 25 and more than 10 percent for those 25 to 34, according to a recently...
