Fenway Institute policy brief calls out 98 anti-trans youth bills in 33 states
The Boston-based Fenway Institute has just released a policy brief calling out some 98 bills aimed at restricting the ability of transgender and gender diverse youth to access health care, school facilities...
Malinda Lo, openly LGBTQ Bay State author, wins National Book Award
Openly LGBTQ young-adult author Malinda Lo of Massachusetts won the 2021 National Book Award in Young People's Literature for her novel "Last Night at the Telegraph Club." Lo, who graduated from Wellesley...
Dunkin’ foundation helps fund food programs for LGBTQ youth in need
Canton, Mass.–based Dunkin's Joy in Childhood Foundation is distributing six grants to community nonprofits committed to helping LGBTQ+ youth across the US. One of the Dunkin' grant recipients is Fenway Health, the...
Speaking out against bullying, gay high school senior harassed at Franklin, MA school committee...
An openly gay high school senior speaking out against homophobic harassment and bullying was herself harassed by a member of the audience at a school committee meeting in Franklin, Massachusetts last week....
Block Island students forming their school’s first Gay-Straight Alliance
The Block Island School, the K–12 public school for the year-round community just off the Rhode Island mainland, has given their students the go-ahead to form the school's first Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)...
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...
OUT Maine youth programs awarded 11K from United Midcoast Charities
OUT Maine received an $11,000 grant from United Midcoast Charities to support its programs for LGBTQ+ youth. Specifically, the grant will help fund the Rockland-based nonprofit's weekly virtual programs, regional overnights in...
11th annual Outright Vermont Fire Truck Pull goes virtual again this year
Outright Vermont's Virtual Fire Truck Pull 2021 fundraising drive has begun. This year, the goal is $120,000, with all proceeds going to support the nonprofit's LGBTQ youth programs.
Traditionally,...
New mural in support of LGBTQ youth in the works for Springfield, Mass.
A new mural in support of LGBTQ youth is going up at the corner of Gridiron and Main streets in Springfield, Massachusetts. Work began at a paint party last weekend by community...
GLAD Legal Briefs: Urgent action needed for LGBTQ youth in the MA child welfare...
There is increasing understanding among those who advocate for children that structural biases embedded in the child welfare system hurt youth and families, and that these harms fall...
