Ask Lambda Legal – Transitioning at Work
By: Greg Nevins/Supervising Senior Staff Attorney at Lambda Legal Q: I’m a transgender woman, and it is time for me to transition at work but…
2012
Fenway Institute Report: PrEP could be “game changer” in fight against HIV
Analysis examines biomedical prevention technology to be reviewed by U.S. Food and Drug Administration by June 15, 2012 BOSTON, Mass. — Pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis (PrEP)—taking antiretroviral…
The Kate Clinton Q&A: Her responsibility to be political
Comedian talks election, pissing off right-wingers By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Times like this – election years, when politics are a comedian’s punching-bag – were…
MTPC’s former co-chair: Openly transgender woman to be appointed NHRC
Boston, MA – The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition is pleased to announce that Holly Ryan, a former chair of MTPC, has been appointed to the…
More Momentum in Maryland: Senate Passes Civil Marriage Equality Bill
But marriage not yet a reality; voter referendum expected Washington – On the heels of the historic House of Delegates vote last week, the Maryland Senate…
Scott Brown: Include Women on the Front Lines, Exclude Women from Birth Control?
BOSTON, Mass. – Yesterday, Massachusetts’ Republican junior Senator, Scott Brown, submitted a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta urging him to expand opportunities on…
Boston Mayor To Headline LGBT-Rights Fundraiser
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass. — A Massachusetts statewide advocacy group hopes to raise its public profile and revenue coffers through a new venue….
Estate Planning for Transgender Clients by Mass. LGBTQ Bar Assoc.
BOSTON, Mass. – The Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association today announced their upcoming seminar, Estate Planning for Transgender Clients. The brown-bag seminar, to be followed by…
DOMA ruled unconstitutional again by federal judge
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A federal district court judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday (February 22) that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates…
Boston Pride names The Rainbow Times Official Media Sponsor
Nonprofit announces The Rainbow Times as an official media sponsor and producer of the official Pride Guide Boston, MA – Boston Pride today announced its…
AIDS Action Committee Opens New Drop-In Center, Specialty HIV MOMS Pharmacy
BOSTON, MA—AIDS Action Committee announce today, Feb. 22, that it has opened a drop-in center and an onsite MOMS specialty HIV pharmacy at its Amory…
Finances at ‘turning point’ for LGBT groups, stabilizing; but donors fleeing
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– Good news and some concerns about the LGBT equality movement emerge from a new study by a LGBT think tank….
Civil and Human Rights Coalition to Honor Barney Frank and Janet Murguía
Hubert H. Humphrey Award is the Highest Honor of the Civil and Human Rights Movement– Washington, D.C. – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human…
MassEquality To Honor Icons of LGBT Equality At New Event
Inaugural Icon Awards Will Recognize Contributions to LGBT Equality by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, philanthropist Ron Ansin, community activist Gladys Vega, and Eastern Bank BOSTON, MA…
Marriage Equality in NJ: Positive Effects For 16,875 Couples Raising 6,650+ Children
LOS ANGELES, CA – As the New Jersey legislature votes on the legalization of marriage for same-sex couples, the Williams Institute, a leading research institute…
Creep of the Week: One Million Moms
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special for TRT– Lest there be any confusion, last week’s Creep is not just a million random ladies with kids. One Million Moms…
Thinking Out Loud: Two Lesbians Abroad
What our guidebook didn’t tell us about being out of the closet in Egypt By: Abby Dees/Special for TRT– Nearly 3500 years ago, the female…
Santorum Brings Anti-Gay Message to Washington State as Marriage Equality Becomes Reality
Washington – Rick Santorum is bringing his increasingly vitriolic campaign to Washington State today, the same day Governor Christine Gregoire is signing into law historic marriage…
Washington governor signs law; NJ Senate passes bill
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– In a sometimes emotional ceremony Monday morning (February 13), Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed the freshly passed marriage equality bill,…
President Obama’s 2013 Budget shows commitment to ending HIV/AIDS
BOSTON, MA—Today, President Obama released his Fiscal 2013 budget, which contains recommendations for Ryan White CARE Act funding and support for the Administration’s historic National…
MassEquality Statement on Mitt Romney’s Remarks about Marriage
BOSTON, February 13, 2012—During Friday’s Conservative Political Action Conference, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney spoke about the history of marriage rights in Massachusetts. MassEquality Executive…
Whitney Houston Dead At 48: Death Details
UPDATE– Recent reports from the Huffington Post about the County Coroner’s office “confirmed that some prescription medications were found in the hotel room where Whitney…
Creep of the Week: Stacey Campfield (R-Tennessee) On Forbidding Sex Ed
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special for TRT– There are a lot of things wrong with State Senator Stacey Campfield (R-Tennessee). Mainly mouth things and brain things, as…