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...
OUT MetroWest’s youth programs get permanent home in Framingham, MA
This fall, OUT MetroWest is moving its programs that support LGBTQ+ youth to a new, permanent home in the ātac*: downtown arts + music building at 160 Hollis Street in Framingham, Mass....
Leading Maine lawmakers support LGBTQ youth in Trevor Project video
Leading Maine lawmakers — including US Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, US Congressman Jared Golden and US Senators Angus King and Susan Collins — have teamed up in a Trevor Project video to support...
Vermont police treating vandalized LGBTQ school artwork as hate crime
The defacement of about a dozen chalk drawings in support of LGBTQ rights created by student volunteers at their elementary and middle school in Hinesburg, Vermont, is being treated by police as...
Federal case against trans high-school athletes in Connecticut dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a high-profile lawsuit seeking to bar transgender athletes from competing in high school girls sports. The case drew national attention in 2020 as some 20 other states...
Bill to let young adults access HIV prevention and treatment filed in MA
Massachusetts State Reps. Jack Patrick Lewis and Chynah Tyler along with State Sen. Julian Cyr have filed a bill to let young adults, without parental consent, receive prescriptions for PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis protection against...
Biden admin. withdraws from federal case against trans high school athletes
The Biden administration has withdrawn federal support from a lawsuit filed by the families of three Connecticut high school girls to block transgender athletes from competing in high school girls sports.
OUT Maine awarded $100K to create online LGBTQ educational tools
OUT Maine, the Rockport, Maine–based LGBTQ youth support nonprofit, has been awarded $100,000 to create online educational tools for schools and providers.
Here's what OUT Maine is doing...
Waltham House: Creating permanency in the lives of LGBTQ youth
The first in New England, and one of only three of its kind in the country, Waltham House is a residential group home designed specifically for youth who self-identify as part of...
Bernie’s mittens creator donates a pair for Outright VT auction, raising $14,850
Jen Ellis — the LGBTQ mom from the Burlington, Vermont area who crafted the infamous mittens sported by Senator Bernie Sanders at President Biden and Vice-President Harris's inauguration last month — recently...
