By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— HYANNIS, Mass.—Over $100,000 was raised Saturday, December 6 as Promise Place School—a residential school aiming to provide a permanent, safe…
A controversial ad that ran in three Minnesota newspapers this weekend opposing a statewide transgender rights school policy is being criticized for misleading readers with false, fear-based…
By: The Seattle Lesbian/Special Collaboration— Freedom Michigan coalition members are speaking out against a bill introduced by State Rep. Frank Foster (R-Petoskey) that would allow continued…
By: Matthew Heinz, MD/Director of Provider & LGBT Outreach— The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a longstanding and deep commitment to advancing…
By: Dan Woog */Special to TRT— The full-page ad on the back of the Sunday Minneapolis Star Tribune sports section was meant to attract attention….
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The leader of the nation’s largest LGBT organization offered an apology to the transgender community at the same time…
By Sean Cahill*— In the last five years, the federal government has taken significant steps toward recognizing and addressing health disparities that affect lesbian, gay,…
Gender Identity in U.S. Surveillance (GenIUSS) Group Releases Groundbreaking Recommendations on Best Practices for Asking Questions to Identify Transgender and Other Gender Minority Respondents on…
By: Sean Cahill— The maxim that you cannot manage what you cannot measure has become a cliché. But when it comes to managing―and ending―the disparities…
Court Rejects Anti-LGBT Groups’ Constitutional Challenges to Law TRENTON, NJ—Today, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit unanimously upheld…
BOSTON, Mass.―A study conducted by researchers from The Fenway Institute and the Center for American Progress and published yesterday in PLOS ONE Journal finds that a diverse…
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Earlier this summer marked the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which President Lyndon B. Johnson signed…
Coalition looks forward to working with the city to improve language around gender identity nondiscrimination protections BOSTON Mass. ─ On Tuesday, the Worcester City Council voted unanimously…
By: Chuck Colbert / TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Only one candidate for statewide office in Massachusetts has earned his party’s endorsement outright: former state Senator Warren…
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Have you ever been misgendered? That is, have you ever been mistakenly referred to as “she” instead of “he,” or…
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Yesterday, nine former leaders of so-called “ex-gay” ministries published a joint letter denouncing the dangerous practices of conversion therapy and lending their support…
TRENTON, NJ—Today, Judge Freda Wolfson of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a 2013 New…
BOSTON, Mass.─This morning, President Obama signed two executive orders establishing nondiscrimination protections for federal employees and employees of federal contractors based on sexual orientation, gender…
Impact of White House Executive Order on LGBT Federal Workers and Contractors in New England; Statement by Gary Buseck, Interim Executive Director ofGay & Lesbian Advocates…
Fact Sheet on Executive Order By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— WASHINGTON, DC—In a brief ceremony in the East Room of the White House, with a…
Report finds that transgender-related discrimination harms health BOSTON, Mass.—Nearly two-thirds of transgender Massachusetts residents have experienced discrimination in a public accommodation setting in the past…
BOSTON, Mass.—The provision in the current version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that allows religious organizations to discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender…
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—A growing number of national and statewide LGBT organizations are coming out against the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act, saying that…