OUT Maine launches queer BIPOC youth leadership initiative program
Thanks to generous gifts from The Rocking Moon Foundation and Leonard-Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation, OUT Maine is spearheading a year-long “action research project” led by BIPOC LGBTQ+ youth living in Maine.
Vermont Rep. Taylor Small named an International Politician of the Year
Vermont State Representative Taylor Small received a 2022 International Politician of the Year Award from One Young World, the global forum for young leaders, at their annual summit in Manchester, England on...
Rep. Lewis and Sen. Cyr’s youth HIV prevention bill signed into Mass. law
Thanks to the steadfast efforts of Massachusetts State Sen. Julian Cyr and Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis, legislation allowing individuals under the age of 18 to access live-saving HIV prevention medication—such as pre-exposure...
Mass. AG Healey joins coalition advocating for trans student rights
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in filing a brief in support of a 13-year-old Indiana transgender boy who is suing his school district for...
Supporters of bill to update sex ed in public schools rally on Beacon Hill
Massachusetts legislators and advocates for a bill to update the sex education curriculum in public schools gathered yesterday at the steps of the State House on Beacon Hill.
Parent cites trans people, drag queens in deadly threat against VT school
A parent of a student at the Canaan Schools in Vermont has been charged with harassment and issued "an Extreme Risk Protection Order, prohibiting from purchasing or possessing a dangerous weapon...
Weymouth High School students win approval to paint a rainbow crosswalk
Weymouth High members of the school's Human Rights Coalition painted a rainbow crosswalk in front of their school after their campaign to create it won the superintendent's approval last week. The students...
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.
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...
NH state senate passes bill to make teachers out students to parents
The New Hampshire’s state senate has passed a bill that would force teachers to out LGBTQ students to their parents, even when the news could potentially lead to abusive situations at home....
