December 2011

April 7, 2011 By: Chuck Colber/TRT Reporter Catholic advocates for LGBT rights got a boost with the release of a new report showing the faithful…

April 6, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter A historic report on LGBT health was released on late last week. The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,…

**Update on Cipollini’s negative comments regarding Gov. Patrick’s former judge’s nominations** April 6, 2011 By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief BOSTON–Governor Deval Patrick’s nomination of openly gay Massachusetts…

April 4, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT ReporterRhode Island State Rep. Dan Gordon (R-Portsmouth-Tiverton) recently made derogatory comments about a Gay-Straight Alliance at Tiverton High School….

March 20, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter BOSTON – One in four LGBT persons experience domestic violence, according to research conducted by a non-profit organization,…

March 22, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Felix Arroyo, a Boston City Councilor, did not participate in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on March…

March 14, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter The members of the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee listened to testimony from supporters and opponents of same-sex…

March 3, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter In a surprising and significant legal turnaround, President Obama has determined that part of the Defense of Marriage…

March 3, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter The headline for a recent public forum was as provocative as it was unsettling. Even the event’s keynote…

March 3, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Dr. Kenneth H. Mayer will be honored by Fenway Health with this year’s Congressman Gerry E. Studds Award,…

March 3, 2011 By: Carly Burton*/Special for TRT The state’s new anti-bullying law is a tremendous step forward in keeping students safer in our schools….

March 3, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter Two hundred people turned out on Feb. 19, as the state’s largest gay-rights and lobbying organization rolled out…

March 3, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Reverend David Martins is the pastor of Saint Therese Old Catholic Church in downtown Providence. The church is…

February 18, 2011 By Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter Governor Deval Patrick issued an executive order that prohibits discrimination based on “gender identity or expression,” a move…

February 10, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter The fight to pass a same-sex marriage bill in the Ocean State reached a critical point Tuesday, when…

February 3, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter What makes for a successful relationship? How can a relationship stay fresh when the partners have been together…

February 3, 2011 By: Graysen Martínez Ocasio*/TRT Publisher By now, many of you already know that The Rainbow Times (TRT, New England’s Freshest LGBT Newspaper)…

January 28, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter The Boston archdiocese has issued a new admissions policy for parochial schools, saying it will not “discriminate…

January 28, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Rhode Island News briefs On Saturday, February 12, Boston’s Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project and the Providence Gay…

January 28, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT ReporterBOSTON-AIDS Action Committee has designed 2 programs to inform youth about a variety of topics, including HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, birth…

January 19, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on January 13 filed its opening brief at the U.S. Court…

January 18, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter The Rhode Island chapter of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is airing a television commercial in an…