Best LGBTQ Reporting 2016 by The Rainbow Times
Popular picks for our best LGBTQ reporting in 2016 By: The Rainbow Times’ Editorial Team— The year 2016 highlighted progress for Transgender rights in Massachusetts. Transgender…
2016
Holyoke Supper Club Brings LGBTQ Social Gatherings to Western Mass. Elderly
Holyoke LGBTQ Supper Club launched by area service providers By: John Paul Stapleton/TRT Reporter— HOLYOKE, Mass.—In November, WestMass ElderCare Inc. in Holyoke held a dinner that was the first…
Far, Far a Gay
Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence on queer & gay plumbers in space, LGBT equality and surviving cosmic travel with Beyoncé By: Chris Azzopardi/Special to TRT*—…
6 Tricks to Giving Your Partner the Perfect Gift
What your partner may want in that Holiday Season Gift By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT— Choosing the perfect gift for your significant other can be…
Pets Empower: Free Pet Fostering for Survivors Fleeing Crisis Situations
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— BOSTON—Soon after graduating from college, Jordan Ross found himself on the streets along with his black lab in order to escape domestic violence. Little did he know that this experience would inevitably change the…
Alliance Defending Freedom Drops Lawsuit Intended to Create Exemption from MA Nondiscrimination Law
BOSTON—The anti-LGBT group Alliance Defending Freedom, ADF, representing four Mass. churches, has formally withdrawn a lawsuit they recently filed that sought to exempt the plaintiffs from complying…
Global Campaign to End Violence Against Women Supported by Mass. Groups
Violence against women is not just a women’s fight, but an LGBTQ fight too By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— The Dominican Republic experienced a national…
The Trump Effect: Emboldening Prejudice, the Social Construct of Hate
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— An inscribed swastika on a school’s bathroom wall, another in a dugout accompanied with the words “make America white again,” fake deportation forms handed to school students, and the “N” word spray painted outside of buildings…
TV Host Dale LePage Wins Award for LGBTQ Entertainment & Education Programming
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— WORCESTER, Mass.—Dale LePage, openly gay host of “New England Pride TV” (NEPTV), has received congressional recognition for his work. On October…
Startup Connects LGBTQ Clients and Mental Health Care in Providence, Boston
Startup Connects local LGBTQ Clients and Mental Health Care By: Jenna Spinelle/TRT Reporter— PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Making the decision to see a therapist is often a great first step toward…
Electoral College Electors Should Vote With Conscience
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— Like her or hate her, Hillary Clinton won nearly 2.6 million more votes than Donald Trump and has far surpassed the number…
Wal-Mart Settles Lawsuit Over Same-sex Spouses’ Health Care Benefit
Wal-Mart settles over same-sex spouses’ health care benefit and avoids LGBT employee discrimination suit. By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— BOSTON— Walmart settled a suit last week that alleged the…
Love is Love: Michael Bublé on Leaving an LGBT-Affirming Legacy, Man Crushes & Admirers
Michael Bublé, a staunch LGBT-rights advocate By Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— “You know what I’ll be Googling tonight: Bublé, gay, queer, all that stuff,” says Michael…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Rosie O’Donnell Joins SMILF Cast, More
By: Romeo San Vicente/TRT Special— Rosie O’Donnell joins SMILF, American Gigolo on its way and Ocean’s Eight is a Carol reunion. American Gigolo is coming, eventually…
We Aren’t Fully Out of the Closet Just Yet: Intimate Partner Violence
The effects of Intimate Partner Violence; and the silence around it By: Wyatt O’Brian Evans*— I’m really proud of my best bud “Jase,” whom I’ve…
In the Wake of 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, Vigilance Needed More Than Ever
Trans-columnist dissects the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and action to take By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— It’s been nearly a month since the 2016 U.S. Presidential election and the…
Ask a Trans Woman: After the Election, Importance of Strangers Protecting Strangers
After the Election Results, What We Can do for One Another By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— A few months ago, I wrote a column about being…
The OutField: A Show of Sports Gratitude in Spite of it All
Thankful Sports Attitude in Spite All By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— It’s the time of year when we show gratitude – and LGBT folks (and their…
Faith, God and Family: LGBTQ People Have Been Survivors Throughout History
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— It will be okay. My best friend called me in tears the day after the national election fearing the worse. Will he and…
Governor’s 9C Cuts Could Impact Access to Health Care
Compromised access to health care that is a necessity for many people with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C BOSTON―Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker this week announced $98…
Public Health Experts Call on FDA to Better Manage Estrogen Shortage Process
Estrogen is a hormone therapy that is life-saving for many transgender women BOSTON—Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, and Treatment Action…
For BGMC, It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The BGMC Continues to delight audiences this Holiday Season By: Boston Gay Men’s Chorus— After all these years, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus’s (BGMC) annual…
Game Over for McCrory: NC Elects Roy Cooper
RALEIGH, N.C.—Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality North Carolina hailed Governor-Elect Roy Cooper’s victory—which crossed the crucial 10,000 vote mark today—and called on…