Y2Y Harvard Square, Fenway Health’s Youth on Fire granted $1 million for at-risk, LGBTQ+...
Prospects look brighter today for Boston-area youth and young adults facing homelessness, street involvement, and health challenges thanks to a $1 million gift to Y2Y Harvard Square and Youth on Fire, which share space in Harvard Square. The endowment from Karen and Rob Hale through...
Anti-conversion therapy bill brings Rhode Island closer to statewide ban
If the Prevention of Conversion Therapy for Children Act is passed, licensed medical practitioners would be prohibited from practicing "a range of dangerous and discredited practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or...
Transgender teen Nicholas Bulman crowned prom king at Barnstable High
Barnstable High School crowned graduating senior Nicholas Bulman its prom king at its Class of 2019 fête last Friday night. Bulman's friend and field hockey teammate Abby Al-Asousi accompanied him to the prom, held...
OUT Maine releases ‘Best practices’ for LGBTQ+ inclusive youth programming
As of 2019, 20% of Maine’s high school teens identify as LGBTQ+, according to the 2019 Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey. This is just one example, says OUT Maine, that demonstrates there...
Little Queer Library in Waltham ransacked again—but witnessed
The LGBTQ-themed Little Free Library in Waltham, Mass., has been ransacked again. But this time, say the women who manage it, there was a witness in addition to video of the person who took...
Heidi Carrington Heath appointed executive director of Seacoast Outright
Seacoast Outright has a new executive director. Following an extensive search to locate the right mix of organizational management and programming skills combined with personal passion and commitment to Outright’s mission, the...
Connecticut’s True Colors conference celebrates 25th anniversary
The annual True Colors conference is turning 25-years-strong this Friday and Saturday, March 16 and 17, on the UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut.
Says the event organizers on their website, True Colors is the “largest...
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...
Epping, NH school board weighs when, or if, to out trans students to parents
The school board of Epping, New Hampshire is grappling with a new policy of guidelines concerning transgender and nonbinary students. The major concern is over when, or if, it's appropriate to allow...
Courage to overcome: Breaktime’s cofounder Connor Schoen empowers homeless youth
Connor Schoen decided early on that he wanted a career in public service. What he couldn’t anticipate was how following that path would so greatly serve him, too.
