Boston Pride Parade 2012: “Redefining What Pride Means”
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Prayers and petitions to the patron saint of Boston Pride were made. And Barbra Streisand delivered. For the first time in…
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HRC: Landmark Survey of LGBT Youth, Great Disparities Found
New HRC President Chad Griffin calls tremendous disparities between LGBT and straight young people a call to action WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign – the…
Prop 8 Could Head to The U.S. Supreme Court
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A glimmer of politics showed through Tuesday (June 5) when the full Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals declined a…
City Hall Rainbow Flag Raising Initiates Boston Pride 2012
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– BOSTON — June is busting out all over with LGBT Pride. This year, there’s plenty of pride and joy to go…
DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Appeals Court in Boston
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A unanimous three-judge panel of the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today (Thursday, May 31) that the core…
Lambda Legal Files Lawsuit: Seeks Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in Illinois
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Lambda Legal Defense and the ACLU filed separate lawsuits Wednesday (May 30), seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples…
Gay Democrats, Activists Decry Senator Brown’s Anti-Gay Track Record
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– When Scott Brown first ran for election to the US Senate in 2010 he promised not to be “another loud and…
NAACP’s Historic Move: Organization Sanctions Marriage Equality (Update)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Saying that the NAACP has “always stood against laws that demean, dehumanize, and discriminate against people,” NAACP Board Chairman Roslyn…
GOP Proposals Aim to Upend “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Two anti-gay measures have been introduced in the House Armed Services Committee in an apparent attempt to undermine the successful implementation…
White House Objects as House Omits LGBTs from Domestic Violence & Defense Bills
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Despite a warning that President Obama may exercise his veto power, the U.S. House Wednesday (May 16) approved a version…
BREAKING: Obama “Comes Out” For Marriage Equality
By Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– President Obama said in a White House-arranged interview Wednesday afternoon that “same-sex couples should be able to get married.” The…
Iowa Justices Explain Why They Didn’t Campaign To Retain Seats; Receive Awards
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– BOSTON – Three Iowa state Supreme Court justices ousted by voters in 2010 for ruling that same-sex couples were due…
Boston Pride Announces 2012 Marshals for Boston Pride Parade
Boston– May 3, 2012 –Boston Pride is pleased to announce that Mix 104.1’s Fast Freddy and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition have been named Grand…
Lesbian Editors Insulted When Defending “Lesbian Rape Comment” on Radio Show
By: Graysen Martínez Ocasio*/TRT Publisher– Yesterday, one of The Seattle Lesbian editors responded to vitriolic comments that one caller made to the Clear Channel 100.7…
Senate Vote Keeps LGBT Protections in Domestic Abuse Bill
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A casual listener to U.S. Senate debate Thursday (April 26) would not have heard the skirmish over protections for LGBT…
Sex Scandal Involving the State Democratic Party Erupts in North Carolina
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Less than three weeks before voters in North Carolina go to the polls to cast a vote on same-sex marriage…
GLAD Publishes Groundbreaking Transgender Family Law Book; organizations react
BOSTON, Mass — Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, GLAD, is proud to announce the publication of Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy,…
Executive Order Rejection: Old strategy or New campaign?
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The Obama administration revealed a political calculation last week: Now is not a good time to sign an executive order…
MTPC 3rd Annual Lawyers for Trans Rights Awards Robert A. DeLeo
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition’s 3rd Annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights event was held on Thursday, April 12th at The Estate in…
Virulent Anti-Gay Santorum Finally Out of Republican Race; Thank you!
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum was one of the most virulently anti-gay candidates in the large field of Republican presidential…
First Argument Against DOMA at U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit
By: Lisa Keen & Chuck Colbert/Keen News Service– The seventh-floor courtroom of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston was…
Women net $375K-plus for Fenway Health
By: Chuck Colbert/ TRT Reporter– Raise your glass! They did just that — the more than 1,100 women (lesbian, bisexual, transgender) and men who attended…
Federal Appeals Court Judges Hear Arguments Against DOMA Case
By: Chuck Colbert/Keen News Service– When a panel of three judges on a federal appeals court hears arguments against the federal Defense of Marriage Act,…